Tag: Bent County
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Cotton in CO? Southeast farmers test if crop has potential to take hold
BENT COUNTY — It’s easy to spot Caleb Wertz’s fields along the farmland east of Las Animas. About half of the Wertz family’s land is growing corn but the other half is filled with scraggly, foot-high plants dotted with soft white bulbs. Bulbs as soft as cotton. The Cotton Belt has never reached into Colorado before. But with…
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U.S. Marshals search for escaped Colorado inmate
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U.S. marshals are asking the public to be on the lookout for an inmate who escaped from the Bent County jail last month. Mark Desmond Fox, 46, escaped, along with three other men in late July, according to a news release by the U.S. Marshals Service. The U.S. marshals in the District of Colorado and…
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Wildfire burns at Colorado wildlife area, evacuation lifted
A fire burning Friday on the John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area is now 80% contained. The Bent County Sheriff’s Office says the fire is between 3,000 to 4,000 acres. An evacuation for Fort Lyon has been lifted. Smoke could be seen for miles starting Friday afternoon. The fire area is south of Fort Lyon…