MediaNews Group Inc. plans to launch a weekly publication serving Longmont Oct. 25, both as an insert into its Denver and Boulder papers and as a standalone paper, The Denver Business Journal reports.

The paper will be known as Longmont Weekly.

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A new poll shows appointed Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) could indeed have a difficult primary on his hands in 2010, according to The Hill newspaper. The Tarrance Group poll for the Colorado Policy Institute appears to be the first public polling on Bennet’s primary with former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. It shows Bennet leading Romanoff 41-27.

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Dan Slater of Cañon City will announce his candidacy for Colorado Attorney General on Thursday, according to The Canon City Daily Record. “I think there is a clear difference in terms of the vision that I have, and I think most Coloradans have, for the office of Attorney General, and the vision that the current Attorney General has for the office,” Slater said Friday. Slater’s firm in Cañon City specializes in personal injury, employment law, real estate, civil litigation and small business law. He unsuccessfully campaigned for the Colorado State Senate in 2002.

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What is former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens up to these days? Host Jon Caldara finds out.

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From The Colorado Statesman: Colorado Democrats are shaking their heads over having to choose between two candidates for the U.S. Senate — incumbent Michael Bennet and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. So imagine the gigantesque dilemma for Colorado Republicans, who must decide which of nine contenders for GOP nomination has what it takes to beat the winner of the Democratic U.S. Senate primary.

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With more than 200 patrons in attendance, the event featured 30 different beers from 15 Colorado breweries, paired with 23 menu items using food from five Colorado farms, and all prepared by 17 chefs from the Culinary School of the Rockies, The Colorado Statesman reports.

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From The Colorado Statesman: If it were up to George McGovern, the nation’s health care crisis would be solved with a one-sentence mandate: Medicare for every American.

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One month after he searched the budget in a quest to cut an additional $320 million to balance Colorado’s 2009-’10 budget, Gov. Bill Ritter is being forced to pick up the axe again, The Colorado Statesman reports.

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The Colorado Statesman has compiled a GOP gubernatorial candidate staff list.

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The Republican Party is on its way to the top again. That was the message Colorado State GOP Chair Dick Wadhams delivered to the Larimer County Republicans during a speech in Fort Collins on Thursday at the group’s monthly luncheon, The Colorado Statesman reports.

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