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The historic San Luis Valley, which holds the state’s oldest water rights, is increasingly in the crosshairs of private interests and a seemingly insatiable demand for water, putting at risk generations of farm families who grew up irrigating out of shared streams called acequias. These ancient irrigation ditches were not just “a linear waterway in the landscape,” according to landscape architect and multigenerational farmer Arnie Valdez, but a communal feature with rich social, ethical, ecological and spiritual implications.

State Point It can be scary when a loved one is diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD affects more than 15 million Americans and is responsible for one death every 4 minutes nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Rich Alford Art Correspondent The Chronicle-News Tonight, from 5 to 8 p.m., is Trinidad’s First Friday Art Walk for Sept. Galleries and other businesses will remain open downtown, showcasing art openings and local musicians.

A coalition of Western states that have formed a regional “hub” to attract hydrogen development is now taking stakeholder input on the project. The governors of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah came to an agreement in February to form a coalition that would vie for part of the $8 billion in federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to form a regional hydrogen hub.

Colorado teachers earn almost 36% less than other workers with college degrees, the widest such gap in the nation and a full 3 percentage points worse than the next closest state, Virginia. That finding comes from the Economic Policy Institute, a union-backed progressive think tank, that for years has studied the teacher wage penalty, meaning the earnings that teachers forego by not going into another profession that requires similar training and education.

StatePoint If you haven’t spent time considering what your healthcare needs will be in the years or even decades from now, you’re not alone. Recent research suggests that many aging Americans aren’t aware of the full range of options available to them.

Employees with Trinidad Public Works Dept. are seen repainting the road markings at Main Street and Commercial Street Monday, Aug. 22, where faded road markings made driving through the intersection dangerous. Numerous drivers have lamented online of how “confusing” the intersection could be trouble for tourists who aren’t aware that the right lane is actually a double lane and the right-hand side of it goes straight through onto E. Main St., while the left side is only for left-hand turns onto N. Commercial St.

Every time I write a check, I document the date with reference to the most important event in human history. This year is 2022 A.D., Anno Domini, Latin for “Year of our Lord.” Approximately 2022 years ago Jesus was born.

Besides some of the most amazing garden produce available anywhere on the planet and a plethora of others great items, the Trinidad Farmers Market offers a world of fun for residents and visitors alike. The kids love the “Cotton Candy Lady” who shows up weekly to make the sweet treat and lets them watch the whole fascinating process. There’s nothing quite like seeing the creation of your snack and then taking a turn at the chalked-in hopscotch grid that’s made on the sidewalk right beside the cotton candy booth. The Trinidad Farmers Market is open every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Oct. 1— you’ll want to catch it before it’s gone for the season. Thank you, Chip Shirley for taking a moment to capture this special scene and then share it with the rest of us.

History Colorado DENVER — History Colorado and the Colorado Department of Agriculture have expanded their annual Centennial Farms and Ranches commemoration to include categories that now recognize the cultural and commercial sides of agriculture’s heritage, in addition to Colorado ranch and farm family operations who are honored for their longstanding commitment to agricultural values. On Aug.