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Colorado celebrates the power of preservation in May DENVER, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A 2011 report, "The Economic Power of Heritage and Place," found that communities that implement historic preservation practices create jobs, protect the environment, and promote their unique, distinctive places. Historic preservation not only protects and improves a community's aesthetics, but successful preservation programs are also shown to boost community pride, learning, and...

By Bill Scanlon For the farmers and ranchers who make a living off of Colorado's arid land, there's more at stake this drought year than browning lawns or serial sunburns. Gov. Bill Ritter has asked the federal government for disaster assistance to help farmers and ranchers in three counties that suffered late-spring freezes and in 20 counties where pastures and crops are withering in drought. The designation would make farmers and ranchers eligible for low- interest loans to help recover...