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Freezing overnight temperatures recently don’t appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations. Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing. The Palisade region’s proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warme...

Freezing overnight temperatures recently don’t appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations. Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing. The Palisade region’s proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warme...

Customers can buy the well known peaches directly from the orchard at a small store at Clark Family Orchards. Friday, August 3, 2018. Fran Kohl (left) was the third grade teacher to both of the Clark girls and is now a clerk at the orchard store. She chats with Mackenzie and baby, Cash Clark Schmalz. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE

Area utilities are urging customers to go easy on their water consumption this year to help the Grand Valley better absorb the impacts of continuing drought. Water providers and other officials gathered Wednesday at a press conference to discuss the expected below-normal spring runoff this year and the need for everyone to work together to help safeguard precious water supplies. The event was a project of the Drought Response Information Project, or DRIP, an effort involving local water providers and others to inform the public about the importance of conservation. “Drought conditions ar...