Colorado Mesa University graduates 950 despite a little rain and hail

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Colorado Mesa 2013 Graduation


Kevin Mand waves to family after receiving a his diploma from Colorado Mesa University at Stocker Stadium Saturday. More than 950 students graduated from various programs at CMU. A thunderstorm briefly soaked the ceremony. Many sought cover but, others enjoyed the cool temperatures.

4 sheriffs join suit against new gun laws

Four local sheriffs joined 50 others from around the state Friday in a federal lawsuit against the state challenging two gun-control measures approved by the Colorado Legislature earlier this year. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Denver, charges that the two new laws, limiting gun magazines to 15 rounds and background checks in all gun sales, violate the U.S. Constitution, specifically the right to possess firearms under the Second Amendment and due process rights under the Fourteenth

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Gagne keeps blacksmithing alive

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Photo by Sarah Rose

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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