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Rocky Ford melon farmers hopeful to see a ‘comeback’ in this season’s crop

Jun 17, 2024

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in Lifestyle, News, Outdoors, OutThereColorado, Weather

Following a rough farming season in Colorado over the summer of 2023 due to unprecedented rain and hailstorms, Michael Hirakata of Hirakata farms said he hopes his Rocky Ford cantaloupe and watermelon crop will have a better time of it this season. “We’re praying for a comeback,” Hirakata said. “But we have a long way…

Some Coloradans’ drinking water still worst in the U.S. — and it’s a health risk

Nov 28, 2021

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Evan Wyloge

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some of the highest concentrations of radium-contaminated drinking water in the nation are clustered in rural Southeast Colorado, according to a recent compilation of data. The problem is hardly new. The presence of radium in the area’s groundwater, which is linked to an increased cancer…

High and Dry: Colorado in Drought — State’s residents have coped with extreme dryness for generations

Feb 28, 2021

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Jessica Van Dyne

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Rocky Ford melon farmers hopeful to see a ‘comeback’ in this season’s crop

Some Coloradans’ drinking water still worst in the U.S. — and it’s a health risk

High and Dry: Colorado in Drought — State’s residents have coped with extreme dryness for generations