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Colorado Crop Progress & Condition Week Ending June 11, 2023

Colorado Crop Progress & Condition Week Ending June 11, 2023

  AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:   Another week of rainstorms across the eastern portion State continued to improve soil moisture and crop conditions, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association data, most of the eastern portion of the State received over half an inch […]

Helen Mary Martinez – February 27, 1933 – June 8, 2023

Helen Mary Martinez – February 27, 1933 – June 8, 2023

  Private family services for lifelong Las Animas, Colorado resident, Helen Martinez will be held. Helen Mary Martinez was born to Juan B. and Jesusita Chavez Martinez on February 27, 1933, in Las Animas, Colorado. She passed away June 8, 2023, in Las Animas, Colorado at the age of 90. Helen was born and raised […]

LUB Notes Slower Power Sales, Explains Brief Sunday Power Outage

LUB Notes Slower Power Sales, Explains Brief Sunday Power Outage

Light Plant Superintendent, Houssin Hourieh, noted that sales of electricity through May 2023 are down fractionally at 0.12% when compared to 2022’s time frame.  Residential sales were up 1.63%, irrigation sales were down 29.25% and commercial sales were down a fraction at 0.63%. Houssin explained that due to the rainy spring, use of irrigation electricity […]