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Wed July 4, 2012

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Wed July 4, 2012
Agriculture

Colorado, Weld County Farmers Battle Drought

Credit Grace Hood / KUNC

There’s an old saying that corn should be “knee high by the fourth of July”. That’s not necessarily true for Colorado farmers battling drought this year. For some in Weld County, the picture is even worse.

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4:36am

Wed July 4, 2012

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Wed July 4, 2012
Youth Radio

Youth Radio: Favianna Oropeza

Favianna Oropeza

As part of the Lighthouse Writer’s Workshop we’ve been hearing voices and perspectives from members of our community that we don’t often hear from, inner-city teens from Arrupe Jesuit Academy in Denver. The goal of the youth radio project is to teach teens of all walks of life how to become better writers and speakers. Today we hear from Favianna Oropeza.

12:04am

Wed July 4, 2012
Space Exploration

Colorado Designed Orion Spacecraft Delivered To NASA

Credit NASA
Artist’s rendering of Orion during Exploration Flight Test-1, the first spaceflight of America’s next generation spacecraft.

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first space-bound Orion Spacecraft Crew Module to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The module was designed at the company’s Littleton facility and will be NASA’s first orbital test flight outside of Earth’s atmosphere since the 60’s.

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