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Purdy Mesa telescope joins elite Air Force Falcon network
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — If a satellite, an asteroid or an old, dead rocket hurtles toward Earth, a telescope installed on Purdy Mesa is ready to help detect it and alert officials from around the world. Installers used a crane to carefully h...
Fungus killing peach trees, causing millions in losses
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and researchers. It's a fungus so widespread that every orchard in the valley is infected, i...