Dallas Heltzell

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab in Boulder.

Trump’s plan to shut down NCAR blasted

A business leader and elected officials in Colorado are sharply attacking the Trump administration’s announced decision to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which opened in Boulder in 1960 and employs 830 people.

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CSU-led regional food business center awards $2M in grants

A regional food business center led by Colorado State University and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has selected 116 small and medium-size farm and food business projects in Colorado, the Mountain West and the Pacific Northwest to fund with nearly $2 million in grants.

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Quantum panel members.

Panel: Quantum ‘is going to move forward’

Although they expressed concern about whether federal research funding would continue, panelists at a Longmont Economic Development Partnership summit on Tuesday agreed that industries involved in quantum computing would continue to grow.

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Laser-focused

Partnerships with the federal government and private companies are hoped to propel research at Colorado State University into a world-leading role in finding clean-industry solutions

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CSU veterinary school rendering

A ‘transformative’ investment

Spurred by action in the Colorado Legislature, the already world-renowned school of veterinary medicine at Colorado State University is poised to expand its reach even further.

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