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Students at Caliche School are now able to enjoy locally raised beef as part of their school lunch. During a RE-1 Valley School Board meeting held at the school Monday, several key contributors to Caliche were recognized by Principal Joe Vergilio, including Andy and Crystal Frank, who have helped the school highlight local Colorado beef […]

The salient facts about the so-called Perkins Canal are undeniable: Nebraska has the right to dig a ditch from the South Platte River near Ovid in Colorado to somewhere in western Nebraska to drain 500 cubic feet per second during the winter months into a reservoir for irrigation. But the devil, as they say, is […]

With 18 days to go in the 120-day session, the bill to address the crisis on the Colorado River does not match the lofty proposal hinted at in January. Instead, its a bill to set up a task force.

What rural Coloradans want most from the General Assembly is to be heard, according to most of the bakers dozen of lawmakers whose districts lie outside the urban corridor.

History Colorado and the state Department of Agriculture will honor eight more farms and ranches with the states Centennial honor, recognizing those that have engaged in agriculture for at least

History Colorado and the state Department of Agriculture will honor eight more farms and ranches with the states Centennial honor, recognizing those that have engaged in agriculture for at least

Republican secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson has won endorsements from a bevy of current and former elected officials, including three of the Republicans elected to the office shes seeking.

Republican secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson has won endorsements from a bevy of current and former elected officials, including three of the Republicans elected to the office shes seeking.

Kerry Donovan-D, Edwards, Colo., who is the chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy, has been leaning into the state’s agriculture community prior to the start of the legislative session. Donovan met with a small group in Yuma, Colo., in the machine shed at former agriculture commissioner Don Brown’s farm last week. Donovan said Brown’s operation, like most agriculture operations, uses precision, technology, research, and science to adjust soil amendmen...