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Meteorologists say severe storms that dumped 2 inches of rain and pounded parts of Colorado with hail and heavy wind also spawned several tornadoes.

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A severe storm moved through Southern Colorado Wednesday evening, producing several tornadoes.

The eastern counties of Kit Carson and Cheyenne were pounded with large hail Friday evening, with some reports of baseball-sized hail 2.75 inches in diameter.

Colorado's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged in June at 7.6 percent, according to Donald J. Mares, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

These storms were located along a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Burlington to 15 miles north of Cheyenne Wells to firstview... moving east at 20 mph.

The Colorado Department of Transportation begins another project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act next week - a nine-mile reconstruction of U.S. 40 & 287 near Boyero.

Although the local branch of the state workforce office has more job openings posted now than in recent months, the picture is still grim compared to previous years, staffers at the Frisco office said Monday.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Colorado edged down one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.4 percent in April, state labor officials said on Friday.

Colorado State University Extension, the Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District, and the Kiowa County Soil Conservation District are sponsoring a Range Management School, June 5, 2009, at the Kit Carson Community Building in Kit Carson, Colorado.