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• Ranchers sell off cattle due to drought Play Video

  July 24, 2012 8:08 PM

  A drought means little rain and, for farmers, little growth. For ranchers it means high grain prices. We found out that's trouble for cattle producers. Poor grazing means more cows will end up at auction, before their time. "The conditions are just so bad," said Kimmi Lewis,... more »

• Drought forcing ranchers to sell cattle

  July 24, 2012 7:45 AM

  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Cattle are streaming into auctions across the country as ranchers sell animals amid a spreading drought that has shriveled pastures and driven up the price of feed corn. Beef from those animals will start showing up in grocery stores in November and December, temporarily driving down... more »

• Lockheed Martin to sell EIG unit for $815M

  October 13, 2010 8:45 AM

  Lockheed Martin says it has agreed to sell its enterprise integration group to the private equity firm Veritas Capital for $815 million in cash. Lockheed Martin, which is based in Bethesda, Maryland, announced its plan to sell the group in June along with the Pacific Architects and Engineers unit... more »

• Teens with 150 baby turtles in Pueblo ticketed

  August 31, 2010 8:26 PM

  On Monday, police busted two teenagers selling about 150 baby turtles on a street corner in Pueblo. The men set up a stand on the corner of Northern and Pueblo Blvd. Officials say the men were selling a species known as red ear sliders. Ofc. Matthew Ballard says the turtles... more »

• After 378 years, N.H. family farm goes up for sale

  August 2, 2010 8:53 AM

  In 1632, John Tuttle arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm. Eleven generations and 378 years later, his field-weary descendants - arthritic from picking fruits and vegetables and battered by competition from... more »

• Blago expected on the witness stand today

  July 20, 2010 8:03 AM

  Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to step into the witness box at his corruption trial. Prosecutors will finish cross-examining his brother, who also is charged. For most of the trial, Robert Blagojevich faded into the background. But on Monday, the sometimes emotional older brother told jurors... more »

• Governor Ritter lists state assets that could be sold

  March 23, 2010 2:36 PM

  Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is offering to sell state buildings if the state ever needs money to cover major emergencies. Assets that could be sold include the Hanging Lake Tunnel on Interstate 70, worth $269 million, skyboxes and club seating at the University of Colorado stadium. The list... more »

• GM saying goodbye to the Hummer

  February 24, 2010 4:21 PM

  General Motors is shutting down Hummer, after its bid to sell the brand to a Chinese company collapsed. GM says it will continue to honor existing Hummer warranties. Hummer is the second brand after Saturn that GM has failed to sell as part of its restructuring. more »

• Lawmakers fight to save state run nursing home

  February 3, 2010 8:04 PM

  Colorado lawmakers are taking steps to stop the only state run nursing home from being sold. In 2009, they passed a bill allowing the Department of Health and Human Services to sell the nursing home in Trinidad to a private owner. However, on Monday those same lawmakers introduced a bill... more »

• Pills for pets abused by people

  January 18, 2010 11:10 AM

  People are abusing a drug designed for pets and veterinarians say they feel under siege. "It worries you because everyone of us are susceptible," Dr. Jason Rodgers with Lone Oak Animal Clinic said. The drug is a painkiller for your pets and could be the next go-to drug for... more »

• State may sell nursing home in Trinidad

  January 8, 2010 8:41 PM

  Lawmakers are debating whether to sell the only state run nursing home that's open to everyone in Colorado. The nursing home has operated in Trinidad for more than 50 years. However, the state says over the past two years, it's become too expensive to run. As one of the... more »

• Discussion begins on future of Memorial Health System

  January 6, 2010 8:29 PM

  The process of deciding how to restructure Memorial Health System is underway in Colorado Springs. Leaders of the city-owned hospital system met with city council Wednesday afternoon in a special meeting to discuss whether to take the hospital private, let the city keep it, or find something in the... more »

• Animal House! Students keep gator in dorm room

  December 9, 2009 9:51 AM

  It's a real-life "Animal House". Two students at the University of Arkansas were caught with more than ten reptiles in their dorm room, including an alligator and a rattle snake. University of Arkansas police found the scaly critters in a dorm room Thursday night. "The students were collecting... more »