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March 2023
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New RV park to open at Lathrop State Park
People who are not from the area may not realize Walsenburg is home to a hidden gem. Lathrop State Park is Colorado’s only state park that has a golf course. This spring, another treasure is coming to the area: The Walsenburg Golf Course is opening a new, 10site RV park.
New ‘magic beans’ produce ingredients for cancer treatments, vaccines and more
When Brian DeDecker drives past the bucolic green soybean fields en route to his childhood home in rural Illinois, his mind drifts not to the past but to the future. As a first-generation college student turned molecular biologist, DeDecker imagines a day when these humble beans, which his family has grown for generations, pack a bounty of therapeutic but hard-to-obtain natural compounds.
Urban Forestry Board plans to increase city tree population
Trinidad’s Urban Forestry Board plans to increase the city’s canopy with the help of nonprofit grant funding, yet specific details are unable to be shared at this time, according to a city official.
Love is lost in good marriage as abuse increases with time
DEAR ABBY: I have been married 14 years and have two children. The first three years of marriage were great. We both cared for and respected each other. As our children grew older and our jobs have become more demanding, my husband has changed about how he views our sex life.
BOB LUCAS
Robert “Bob” Dale Lucas Jr. passed away peacefully in his home March 12, 2023.
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Yesterday needn’t take up too much of today. You handle things when they happen, as completely as possible.
Colorado bill would encourage, but not require, CPR training in high schools
A bill advancing in the Colorado legislature would encourage schools to begin teaching students lifesaving skills before graduation, but critics contend it’s little more than a “feel-good” measure devoid of vital requirements and funding.
Dave Williams elected to lead battered Colorado GOP for next two years
Dave Williams’ election as Colorado GOP chair has prompted prominent Republicans to announce they are leaving the party and heightened the possibility that unaffiliated Coloradans, who make up nearly half of the state’s electorate, could be shut out of the GOP’s future primaries. Mandy Connell, a conservative talk radio host, tweeted her exit from the GOP on Saturday just after Williams, a 2020 election denier and former state representative, was chosen to lead Republicans for the next two years.
Colorado’s healthy snowpack promises to offer some relief for strained water supplies
The Western Slope snowpack has piled up to its normal peak weeks ahead of usual, and with more snow in the forecast, the healthy supply promises some relief to receding Colorado reservoirs, experts say. Rivers in western Colorado help feed the Colorado River Basin, which provides water to 40 million people across the West.