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Remains Found in 1988 Identified Earlier this evening the Baca County Sheriff’s Office and Coroner’s Office issued a joint press release that remains found Southwest of Springfield have been identified. In June of 1988, a local farmer reported to the Baca County Sheriff’s Office that he had found what he believed to be human remains […]
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The Herald spoke this morning with both Shane and Tori Hawks of Stampede Power Line Services of Wiley. Stampede is extending the “neighbor helping neighbor” idea all the way across the country this week. Tori tells us: In anticipation of damage to be caused by Hurricane Ian, Stampede sent a convoy consisting of 8 men, […]
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Broadcast Licenses Returned to FCC Since purchasing the opportunity to steward your newspaper (The Plainsman Herald), we have more than once asked the question, “In the digital world, how much longer can a print publication stay relevant? I have commented to some of you that because of the pressures of online news entities and loss […]
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Sam Konkel was the editor of one of the two Boston Colorado Newspapers, The Boston World (1886-1889) and later the Springfield Herald /Springfield Democrat Herald (1913-1930). It was in 1918 -1919 during this time in Springfield where he relived and wrote during the stories of his time in Boston, which we used as the foundation […]
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I am often amazed by the historical connections to Baca County which have bubbled to the surface because of our digital world. When I discover a single name on a news clipping I have learned it isn’t always just a name. A single name can lead us down a path to a better understanding of […]
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Recently the Herald had the opportunity to visit the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado and talk with its founder and executive director, Pat Craig. He showed us some of their habitats, talked about the animals they have living there, and explained how and why they do what they do. Some of the Sanctuary’s big […]
