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Why the revision matters for Southeast Colorado—and Baca County. The deadline for comment on this process is September 25, 2025 (see more below) LA JUNTA, Colo. — Timpas Grazing Unit permit holders packed a room at Otero College on Sept. 16 before joining a U.S. Forest Service Zoom session on revising the management plan…
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Harvest is go-time across the High Plains—especially here in Baca County. It’s also the stretch of the year when small oversights can turn into life-changing injuries. That’s why National Farm Safety & Health Week (Sept. 21–27) exists, and why we’re inviting every farm family, custom crew, elevator hand, and rural driver to join in this…
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On the eve of the 24th anniversary of 911 I find myself returning—in memory and in photographs—to the plaza where the twin waterfalls fall into absence and One World Trade rises in defiant light. I’ve had the good fortune to visit the 9/11 Memorial a couple of times while traveling to New Jersey for software…
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“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die…” How do you invest your God given time during your life on this earth? Psalm 90:10 “The days of our years are threescore years and ten…” We all waste…
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I was sittin’ in my recliner the other night readin’ the national news. I came across headlines that read, “The race is on to find another inhabitable planet as the earth looses oxygen.” I told ‘Ole Cheryl to get packed, we want to be on the first bus. Then I read this wasn’t going to happen…
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November 11th is Veterans Day. I have known and do know many veterans and love hearing their stories…if I can get them to talk. The past has taught me that many veterans don’t talk much about their military experiences. I have concluded it is usually for one of two reasons. Either they don’t want to relive those experiences…
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In 1991 an extreme cold front moved through the plains killing elm trees in southeast Colorado, western Kansas, New Mexico and into the panhandle of Texas/Oklahoma. The devastating freeze practically annihilated the Elm. Through the efforts of the Colorado State Forest Service, Springfield and area towns were able to replant trees in their…
