Tracy Ross

Ron and Karen Moreland own the Tackle Box fishing store in Hasty, which is on the market for $110,000. They say a dispute between Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Fort Lyon Canal Company that has closed public access to two reservoirs people fish in their region of southeastern Colorado could make it harder for them to sell and retire. But CPW says they will do what it takes to keep people on the water.

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Why Southeastern Colorado’s fishing economy could sink

State parks dispute with the Fort Lyon Canal Company has cut off public access to local reservoirs. Plus: Floyd’s 99 turns 25, downtown Denver updates and is finding a job getting worse?

Adobe Creek Reservoir in Bent and Kiowa counties has been a favorite location of southeastern Coloradans to fish, camp, rest and relax for decades. On June 24, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced it was closing access to the spot beloved by many including Lincoln County Commissioner Wayne Ewing, who says the closure will force him and his wife to seek out lakes and reservoirs in other states.

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CO reservoir closures threaten recreational lifeline for Eastern Plains campers and anglers

Tracy Ross

CPW is closing public access to Adobe Creek and Thurston reservoirs after negotiations for a new lease failed

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Ready for your next steak? These Colorado ranchers are battling drought to get it on your plate

Shannon Mullane, Tracy Ross

With an eye on water levels, grazing options and the bottom line, cattle producers tailor strategies for survival

Ryan Eakes tends hemp plants at the grow operation he manages, Typhoon Farma, near Montrose. Eakes fears having to lay off most of his staff when new federal rules around intoxicating hemp products go into effect in November.

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What’s Working: Colorado’s largest hemp grower fears big staff layoffs under new federal rules

Tracy Ross

Following negotiations to reopen the federal government during the shutdown in November, the U.S. Senate surprised the hemp industry when it included language in a 2026 Agriculture appropriations act that effectively bans all intoxicating hemp products within one year of President Donald Trump signing the bill on Nov. 12.

Striking employees carry picket signs near the JBS meatpacking plant Monday, March 16, 2026, in Greeley. Approximately 3,800 meatpackers are on strike, as of 5:30 a.m. Monday, after the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 bargaining committee voted to end an extension of an expired contract.

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Thousands of JBS workers go on strike at meatpacking facility in Greeley

Tracy Ross

Meatpackers have not struck in more than 40 years. The Greeley walk out happened after 8 months of talks about pay and working conditions failed.