Tag: southeast colorado
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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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Hobby Smith, a new gaming store, opens in southeast Colorado Springs
A new, locally owned and operated hobby and game store has opened its doors in southeast Colorado Springs. Hobby Smith, l3029 Jet Wing Drive, opened this month and will offer a wide selection of table top games, model kits for those games, paints and building materials. The store, owned and operated by Jessica Tucker and…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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Child hit and killed by SUV in southeast Colorado Springs
A minor was killed after being struck by a vehicle Thursday evening at an apartment complex in southeast Colorado Springs. At 7:45 p.m., the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to an auto-pedestrian crash in the 2400 block of Lexington Village Lane and found the minor dead in a driveway. Initial investigation from CSPD’s Major Crash Team…
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‘Unique and unforgettable’ opportunity to walk with dinosaur tracks in Colorado
The U.S. Forest Service has opened an experience that only comes around every so often in Colorado. As weather allows every Saturday through June 15, the agency is offering guided auto tours to Picket Wire Canyonlands on the state’s southeast Comanche National Grasslands, outside La Junta. That’s the remote, rugged tract home to a long…
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Weather service forecasting risk of “excessive” rainfall in southern Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The National Weather Service in Pueblo is forecasting a risk of “excessive” rainfall from slow-moving storms on Sunday in central and southeast Colorado that could trigger flash flooding. The agency forecasts that thunderstorms are likely…
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Weather service forecasting risk of “excessive” rainfall in southern Colorado
The National Weather Service in Pueblo is forecasting a risk of “excessive” rainfall from slow-moving storms on Sunday in central and southeast Colorado that could trigger flash flooding. The agency forecasts that thunderstorms are likely to develop over the mountains Sunday afternoon, then drift across lower elevations, the Interstate 25 corridor and the southeast plains…
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Phil and Ann Winslow: Colorado Springs partnership both at home and in the garage
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Phil Winslow has headed the auto dealership that bears his name for 60 years through three locations, and the 81-year-old entrepreneur doesn’t plan to retire anytime soon. His son, Phil Winslow Jr. already owns the building and land for Winslow BMW of Colorado Springs near…
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Phil and Ann Winslow: Colorado Springs partnership both at home and in the garage
Phil Winslow has headed the auto dealership that bears his name for 60 years through three locations, and the 81-year-old entrepreneur doesn’t plan to retire anytime soon. His son, Phil Winslow Jr. already owns the building and land for Winslow BMW of Colorado Springs near Instate 25 and North Nevada Ave. and eventually will take…