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Indoor range developers give it their best shot

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Shad Knowlton explains the layout of the multimillion dollar indoor gun range being built at 545 31 Road.

Like so many other local shooting enthusiasts, Shad Knowlton one day found himself literally dodging bullets in the north desert, where lead often flies in multiple directions and many times safety can seem more of an afterthought.
But unlike the everyday typical frustrated shooter, Knowlton is in a position to do something about it.

TABOR ruling may be Monday

Mesa County commissioners could decide Monday to change course, away from a 2007 decision in which the county began excluding sales tax revenue from its collection limitation calculations mandated by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. If they do, they’ll be directing the county back into the mainstream, an analysis shows. It seems Mesa County is the only county in the state to exclude its sales tax revenues without having first gone to voters for approval.

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Gagne keeps blacksmithing alive

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Lee Gagne, a 71-year-old blacksmith volunteer at Cross Orchards Historic Site, can’t bring himself to retire from blacksmithing just yet.

Lee Gagne can’t bring himself to retire from blacksmithing just yet. Because he wants to keep the art of blacksmithing alive. When Gagne, 71, was four years old, he began blacksmithing in Massachusetts. He said that his whole family was involved with it. “We would work on farms and … more

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