Tag: baca county
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Cotton in CO? Southeast farmers test if crop has potential to take hold
BENT COUNTY — It’s easy to spot Caleb Wertz’s fields along the farmland east of Las Animas. About half of the Wertz family’s land is growing corn but the other half is filled with scraggly, foot-high plants dotted with soft white bulbs. Bulbs as soft as cotton. The Cotton Belt has never reached into Colorado before. But with…
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NEWS | Residents in parched Baca County fight water speculation
Local residents, including former state Rep. Wes McKinley, have spent months fighting the appropriation of wells in Baca County, Colo., where water levels are steadily receding. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Colorado unemployment jumps amid tighter pandemic restrictions
Colorado’s unemployment rate surged two full percentage points to 8.4% in December as tighter pandemic restrictions took hold, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The state’s jobless rate was the highest since 10.6% in June and was above the national rate of 6.7%; the state rate had remained unchanged at 6.4% between September…