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The USDA predicts that food prices will continue to go up with big increases in the price of eggs, China will need 8 million more acres of crop land annually, Maricopa County in Arizona is losing farmland at a faster rate than any other county in the nation due to low density residential development, and the CSU Coperative Extension is hosting an Annie's Project Workshop January 19th to the 21st at the Dolores Community Center.

Mountain towns in Colorado have seen an influx of development in recent years. Much of it has been concentrated in tourism or luxury housing, which has driven up costs and pushed out many locals. Rico has largely avoided that fate, and is proud of it. A new land sale could change that.

A large swath of land outside Rico could become a hot springs resort, or maybe protected open space. From partner station KOTO in Telluride, Julia Caulfield has more on a new conversation coming before the community.

America’s largest homebuilder is buying a water resources company with holdings throughout the Colorado River Basin. And the city of Moab has hired a new police chief after eight tumultuous months.

When a bear takes a walk in the woods, it’s only an average of 3.5 miles from significant human development. That’s one conclusion of an interactive…