Winds Could Gust to 60 MPH Tuesday – Fire Danger Returns
High fire danger across eastern Colorado Monday is expected to return Tuesday as winds are predicted to gust as high as 60 miles per hour.
Red Flag Warning Monday for Southeast, Western Colorado Fire Danger (updated)
A fire weather watch originally issued Saturday has become a red flag warning for most of southeast Colorado Monday. Portions of western Colorado have also been placed under a warning. Fire danger and a high wind watch are on tap for Tuesday as well.
BLM Approves Oil Development Plan Near Grand Junction
This week, the Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office approved Fram Operating, LLC’s Whitewater Unit Master Development Plan, an oil development project 15 miles southeast of Grand Junction that supports the Administration’s America First Energy Plan.
Pages from the Past - From our 131-year Archives
15 Years Ago
March 28, 2003
- The Eads Town Board learned the plans for constructing a new water system are complete & advertising for bids has started.
- Tiffanie Gooden And Treva Richardson, Eads seniors, were invited to play in the Colorado Coaches Games
25 Years Ago
March 31, 1993
Prospective Plantings Report – March 1
COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS
As of March 1, Colorado growers intend to plant 1.50 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2018, up 40,000 acres, or 3 percent from last year's plantings, according to the March 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Sorghum planting intentions total 400,000 acres, down 10,000 acres from last year. The area expected to be seeded to oats, at 55,000 acres, is up 5,000 acres from a year ago.
Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report – March 1
COLORADO
Colorado inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2018 was 770,000 head, up 3 percent from December 1, 2017 and up 10 percent from last year. Breeding inventory, at 155,000 head, was up 5,000 head from the previous quarter but unchanged from last year. Market hog inventory, at 615,000 head, was up 3 percent from last quarter and up 13 percent from last year.
Home Country
Hear ye! Hear ye! Cometh to the think tank this morning Delbert McLain, our very own Chamber of Commerce. A broad smile beameth.
You know, we’re really proud of Del. Of course, what he’d like to do is make this valley so rich and crowded that none of us would want to live here anymore, but at least he works really hard at it. We admire hard work.
“Hey Del,” Steve said, “pull up a cup and sit down.”