Extreme drought, limited irrigation water and rising production costs are reducing crop yields as Southwest Colorado enters harvest season.
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A contempt hearing regarding long-running concerns about the Ironwood property south of Dolores has been delayed. -
Farmers and ranchers face rising debt, high input costs, weaker exports and drought as Colorado’s rural economy slows and Colorado River supplies remain strained. -
For hundreds of years, there have been reports of a Demon lurking in the southern woodlands of New Jersey. -
Farmers face projected crop losses, higher diesel costs and persistent drought, while states debate foreign ownership of agricultural land and Colorado officials address produce safety.
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The 2025 measles outbreak in New Mexico cost that state an estimated $5.4 million. That’s according to an analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine published on Aug. 3.
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More than 330 organizations and businesses have sent a letter to the Trump administration protesting the drastic reductions in two Utah national monuments.
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Maybe ghosts aren’t always spirits.
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Drought grips the Four Corners as reservoir levels fall, farmland values rise and rural communities confront new demands on limited water supplies.
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Cortez native Jadon Cruzan will conduct the world premiere of his new Cortez Overture during a free Four Corners Community Band concert Aug. 15. -
As the Cortez City Council prepares to ask voters for an increase in the lodgers’ tax, one member wants to use some of the resulting revenues for water infrastructure.
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