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Saturday Oct 11 | High Plains Journal

Entries accepted for 35th annual Southeast Colorado Bull Test

Entries for bulls to participate in the 35th annual Southeast Colorado Bull Test are currently being accepted.

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Related Topix: Holly, CO

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

School is online at the Pueblo Mall

What high school student wouldn't want to spend the day at the mall and not get in trouble for missing school? If school is at the mall, the problem is solved.

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Related Topix: Colorado, La Junta, CO, Boone, CO, Canon City, CO, Northglenn, CO

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Lamar Daily News

LPD forms special tactics team

The Lamar Police Department's fight against crime took a large step forward in recent months.

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Related Topix: Fountain, CO, Crowley County, CO, Springfield, CO, Las Animas, CO, La Junta, CO

Fri Aug 22, 2008

NPR

5 Things Delegates Should Do In Denver

Denver's oldest restaurant - serves a variety of unusual meats such as yak, elk and bison.

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Related Topix: Denver Metro

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

Rainy weather boosts farmers' spirits

Recent rains have turned the season around for some farmers, while others may find it's a case of too little too late.

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Related Topix: Lamar, CO, Prowers County, CO, Springfield, CO, La Junta, CO, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

Valley Fair

THE LOWER Arkansas Valley Fair is under way. This is the 131st edition of a valleywide event, held at the fairgrounds in Rocky Ford.

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Related Topix: Swink, CO, Pueblo, CO, Pueblo Metro, Opinion

Thu Aug 14, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

Mythic Melon

All cantaloupes yearn to be from Rocky Ford. Stroll through the twice-weekly Farmers Market in Midtown Shopping Center and all the stands claim to be selling Rocky Ford melons.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, Colorado State University, Fruits, Agriculture, Science

Tue Aug 12, 2008

Rocky Mountain News

Landowners aim to reclaim losses in easement scandal

Hundreds of landowners caught up in the state's conservation easement scandal are joining forces in hopes of reclaiming thousands of dollars lost on transactions now deemed invalid.

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Related Topix: Ordway, CO, Swink, CO, Prowers County, CO

Thu Jul 03, 2008

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

2 Victim's Identified In Train vs Pickup Collision

Two people were killed Tuesday in a collision between a train and a pickup truck near Rocky Ford.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

2 killed in truck-train crash near Rocky Ford ID'd

Two men killed after their vehicle collided with a train in southeast Colorado are being identified as residents of the Lower Arkansas Valley.

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Related Topix: La Junta, CO, Otero County, CO

Tue Jul 01, 2008

9NEWS

2 dead in vehicle crash with train near Rocky Ford

The Colorado State Patrol says two men have died after their vehicle collided with a train in southeast Colorado.

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Related Topix: Otero County, CO

Sat Jun 07, 2008

John Orr

Southern Delivery System

Here's a look at water distribution and uses in the Arkansas River Valley from The Pueblo Chieftain .

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Related Topix: La Junta, CO, Prowers County, CO, Las Animas, CO, Buena Vista, CO, Canon City, CO

Fri May 30, 2008

Lamar Daily News

Class 2A District 6 baseball teams announced

" Kyle Eck and Cole Miller. ROCKY FORD - " Jordan Grano, Nathan Knapp, and Martin Valdez.

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Related Topix: Crowley County, CO, Swink, CO, Holly, CO, Wiley, CO, Las Animas, CO

Tue May 27, 2008

KOAA-TV Pueblo

Remembering the Whitlows

Rocky Ford Published 1 hour ago Shocking seems to be the only word that comes to mind.

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Related Topix: Pueblo, CO, Pueblo Metro, La Junta, CO

Mon May 26, 2008

9NEWS

Friends: 2 killed in tornado 'happy couple'

A couple from Rocky Ford killed in a tornado in Kansas Friday was remembered by their fellow churchgoers Sunday as a happy couple that was always willing to help out.

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Related Topix: La Junta, CO

Sun May 25, 2008

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

Residents React To Death Of Local Couple

Another deadly tornado in Kansas took the life of a Rocky Ford Couple Friday night.

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Related Topix: Saturn, Saturn ION, La Junta, CO

Sat May 24, 2008

KKTV

Rocky Ford Residents Killed In Kansas Tornado

Officials from the Pratt County Sheriff's office in central Kansas report two residents of Rocky Ford, Colorado, were killed in a tornado Friday night.

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Sat May 17, 2008

Daily Record

Antique car show highlights weekend events

“It was all polished and looked like it had never been restored”

Glen Davis, from left, stands near his 1931 Stutz while John Amerine, Bev Gann and Kathy Kunselman stand by at the Abbey. via Daily Record

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Related Topix: Aurora, CO

Tue Apr 29, 2008

The Gazette

The dry, dusty aftermath of Ordway's fire

“They have a house and 30- to 100-acre lots, but they don't have the equipment to make it work.”

By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD ORDWAY - When the wind picks up in this eastern plains town, it rolls across the scorched earth like a choking tsunami, carrying dust that burns the eyes and stings the lungs. via The Gazette

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Related Topix: Colorado Springs, CO, Colorado Springs Metro, Ordway, CO, Crowley County, CO

Thu Apr 24, 2008

Pueblo Chieftain

Thursday

Shareholders of six ditch companies have signed on for a "Super Ditch," which will lease water under a rotational fallowing plan, and plan to incorporate the agency next month. via Pueblo Chieftain

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Related Topix: Pueblo, CO, Pueblo Metro, Ordway, CO

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