Annual directory connects hay producers, buyers

The Colorado Department of Agriculture publishes the Colorado Hay Directory annually to help promote Colorado grown hay. The 2013 edition of the directory is available to the public at no cost. ...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Medicine Horse Center offers volunteer training

Looking for a way to spend your free time this fall? The Medicine Horse Center needs volunteers for its therapeutic riding sessions at facilities in both Mancos and Durango. A volunteer training...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Water seminar participants to discuss shrinking supply, growing demand

The Colorado River District’s annual water seminar — “Shrinking in Supply, Growing in Demand” — will take place Sept. 13 at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction. The cost is $30 and...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Uranium workers’ meeting set to discuss compensation

The Department of Labor is hosting a local outreach event to assist claimants who may be eligible for benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICPA), which...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Mobile-home, property taxes due to county by Sept. 11

Montezuma County Treasurer Sherry Dyess reminds property owners that 3 p.m. Sept. 11 is the deadline to pay 2012 mobile home and personal property taxes before they are published as delinquent. For...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Beware of phone scheme Scam involves fake debt-collection agencies

The Colorado Judicial Department has received reports of telephone scams involving fake debt-collection agencies, which threaten people with arrest warrants, operating in at least three judicial...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

The Market on Market

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Linking school instruction to the real world

If you were asked what percentage of the word’s population was involved in agriculture 500 years ago, would you know the answer? For me, those kinds of facts are harder to hold onto than a greased...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

High-tech system rapidly tracks lightning strikes

When summer monsoons bring thunderstorms to Southwest Colorado, lightning bolts can come fast and furious. Justin Moore, assistant manager of the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center made the...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Lightning, controlled burning can be dangerous

The fire restrictions are suspended, but residents should still exercise caution with fires. Recent rains have penetrated the soil and increased the fuel moisture, but it only takes a few dry days...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Hopi Tribe blasts drilling plan near Chaco park

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The Hopi Tribe is blasting the idea of potential drilling near Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Farmington Daily Times reports that Hopi Tribe has submitted...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Drought-stricken states elevate Colorado hay prices

DENVER (AP) — Colorado ranchers won’t be getting a break on hay prices despite recent rains. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says prices have increased about 54 percent in the last five years,...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

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