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Cattle rustling — the ‘easy crime’ — decimating Western Slope ranchers

The grass crunches underfoot and dust billows in dense clouds as a truck and trailer speed out of public lands in Montrose County. The trailer is full of calves lowing plaintively. The driver gives the Western salute, one or two fingers raised as a four-by-four rumbles past. The truck turns on to the highway, nose pointed east.

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State EDC OKs millions in incentives to ‘Project Boron’ semiconductor maker for plant upgrades

A semiconductor manufacturer seeking to expand and modernize its Colorado Springs plant would be eligible for a $3.68 million cash award from the state under a financial incentive for the company approved Thursday by the Colorado Economic Development Commission.

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Superintendent says D-11 failed ‘people of Jenkins’ amid mounting criticism over middle school closure

Bus pick-ups and drop-offs, a new start time and new channels of communication were among the updates Colorado Springs District 11 provided to Jenkins Middle School families Thursday night as they prepare to exit the school next week.

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More than one-third of Colorado households endure financial hardship, report shows

A new report being released Wednesday from United Way Colorado and Ent Credit Union shows 37% of residents statewide and 34% in El Paso County are not earning enough to cover basic expenses such as housing, health care, transportation, food, child care and a rudimentary smartphone plan.

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Senate bill aims to stop the expansion of grocery stores selling hard liquor in Colorado

The number of grocery stores selling hard booze under a quirky license initially designed for pharmacies would stop at about two dozen under a bill that advocates say is meant to save independent liquor stores.

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