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Why forested Colorado barely has a Christmas tree industry
Colorado farmers are known for many beloved crops, but not Christmas trees. Here’s why.
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By Stina Sieg
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From the Continental Divide to Utah, or somewhere else? Where is the Western Slope in Colorado?
Is the official name of the region West Slope or Western Slope?
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By Stina Sieg
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Dispatches from Gaza: What a Grand Junction pediatrician and humanitarian saw as bombs fell
Dr. Barbara Zind was supposed to see scores of young patients with chronic conditions. Instead, she sheltered from bombs.
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By Stina Sieg
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After nearly a month trapped in Gaza, a Grand Junction pediatrician is finally coming home
Dr. Barbara Zind arrived in Gaza just before the surprise attack by Hamas on a humanitarian mission with the Palestine Children’s Relief fund.
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By Stina Sieg
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What we know about the heavily armed man who was found dead at a Glenwood Springs amusement park
The man’s older brother says, “I didn’t think he was a dangerous person.”
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By Stina Sieg
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Winning the season’s first ski run isn’t easy. Colorado’s ‘Kings of First Chair’ have done it for 31 years
Scoring the coveted first chair of the season requires constant vigilance and a lot of hand warmers.
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By Stina Sieg
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How did No Name, Colorado, get its name?
It could be a creek … or it could be something else entirely.
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By Stina Sieg
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A Colorado rodeo legend clinches one more title: his name in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
The retired champion was aggressive in the arena and a crowd favorite. Today, he lives in an old schoolhouse, watches his grandkids compete — and still rides every day.
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By Stina Sieg
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New moms find not just guidance, but connection, in breastfeeding support group on the Western Slope
Community Hospital’s weekly breastfeeding support group is focused on helping with nursing and also navigating life as a parent.
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By Stina Sieg
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As Coloradans struggle to get home from Gaza and Israel, some are turning to their members of Congress for help
Among those trying to get out are a doctor from Grand Junction who was volunteering in Gaza and a former chair of the Anti-Defamation League on a birthday trip to Israel.
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‘I wanted to see if I could do it!’ How a training run over Imogene Pass became a beloved Colorado tradition
In 1974, a young trail runner from Ouray stood at the corner of Main Street and Third Avenue, where he liked to start his long runs, and decided to do something no one ever had: run all the way to Telluride over a rough mountain road.
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By Stina Sieg
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Grand Junction closes park considered ‘center of the homeless community’
Whitman Park has been a regular congregation spot for Mesa County’s unhoused for years.
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‘At home with the yaks’: This Ridgway family has made these beloved bovines their life’s work
In the 1970s, Peter Hackett was a volunteer doctor in Nepal. Then he fell in love with yaks — and through yaks found love.
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By Stina Sieg
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The future of Olathe sweet corn is being endangered by a tiny, fearsome foe: worms
The cornsilk earworm is threatening the long-term viability of the delicacy — and the livelihoods of the farmers who grow it.
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By Stina Sieg
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Grand Junction mayor jumps into congressional race to take on Lauren Boebert
Anna Stout will join Democrat Adam Frisch in the race for the 3rd Congressional District.
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Mesa County sees suicide rate increase for the second straight year
The county has had a consistently higher suicide rate than state and national averages.
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By Stina Sieg