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RINT “If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour.” ~Victoria Erickson .
October 2022
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ATCH Monday: Sunny, with a high near 65. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Proposition FF: Slashing tax breaks for the wealthy would fund program giving all Colorado public school students free meals
Measure would create new school meals program funded by reducing state income tax deductions claimed by households earning more than $300,000 in federal adjusted gross income Proposition FF is a measure on the November ballot that aims to guarantee free school meals for all Colorado public school students, regardless of their household income. It comes after the end of a federal initiative that provided free meals to all kids through the first two years of the pandemic.
Transparency group: Colorado lawmakers’ secret ballots violate state sunshine law
A government transparency group says Democratic lawmakers’ use of “secret ballots” to decide on bills runs afoul of Colorado’s sunshine law. The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, which is made up of news organizations and other groups, sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Alec Garnett (D-Denver), House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar (D-Pueblo), Senate President Stephen Fenberg (D-Boulder) and Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno (DCommerce City), detailing why the practice, also known as “quadratic voting,” is wrong.
Hoehne volleyball team ends regular season — playoffs around the corner
The Colorado Class 2AA girls’ volleyball playoff will be starting next week and the Lady Farmers (15-8, 9-4) are ready after a Tuesday night win at home during senior night over the Sargent Farmers (10-12) in three sets 2512, 25-13 and 25-14.
Kim/Branson VB wraps up season with wins
The Kim/Branson Lady Mustangs (11-11, 5-4) ended their regular season this week. They captured a win over Holly (1-22, 1-12) in four sets 25-10, 21-25, 2523 and 25-15.
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It’s your loss — learning to cope with all types of grief
It’s your loss. How many times have you heard that, or blithely and dismissively said it, as if it’s not worthy of your time or attention? How many times have you written it reflexively, never thinking about its meaning? And now it really is your loss, and in “What’s Your Grief?” by Eleanor Haley, MS, and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW- C, you can learn to cope with it.
A decades-old pipeline project in the Arkansas Valley region will receive $60 million to finish construction by 2029
About 50,000 southeast Colorado residents could by 2029 have safe, clean drinking water, after the federal government agreed to spend $60 million to help complete a languishing pipeline project in the Arkansas Valley region, where groundwater is contaminated with naturally occurring radionuclides.