During ice ages, ice sheets like the one in Greenland have covered much of Earth’s surface.

Birthdays

July 4

• Emilee Weirich
• Les Faulkin
• Kendra Kraft

July 5

• Jett Denies
• Robbie Frazee
• Riki Berry Cordova

July 6

• Cindy Pitman
• Zackary Fowler
• Braya Wylee Ferris
• Shannon Banion

July 7

• Berklee Mae Alvidrez
• Dustyn Newman
• Breyl Weisdorfer
• Jayden Ellicott
• Aubree Lane
• Lucas Phipps
• Kierra Coen
• Addeline Smith
• Ally Spady 
• Donna Heddles
• Tyler McCracken

Boaters heading out onto the water this weekend will see additional Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers enforcing boating under the influence (BUI) laws as part of the national Operation Dry Water campaign.

May 2022 grain stocks highlights for the USDA mountain state region.

May 2022 planted acreage report highlight for the United States from the USDA.

May 2022 Kansas hog inventory report from the USDA.

(The Center Square) – New Mexico had one of the largest decreases in gross domestic product (GDP) among states in this year's first quarter.

The state's GDP shrank 4.7 percent from January to March, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Only Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota, and West Virginia had larger GDP decreases.

Tourism in Montana will be affected by high gas prices, inflation and flooding at Yellowstone, but early season tourism was strong, the head of the Montana Chamber of Commerce said.

It is a central principle of law: Courts, including the Supreme Court, are supposed to follow earlier decisions – precedent – to resolve current disputes. But on rare occasions, Supreme Court justices conclude that one of the court’s past constitutional precedents has to go, so they overrule it.

Colorado’s gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 1.9 percent during the first quarter of 2022, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.