Driven by drought and demand from oil and gas producers, the price tags on Colorado-Big Thompson water sales are four times higher than they were three years ago as farmers and cities struggle with a shorter supply of the resource.

The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, which operates the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, doesn’t officially track water prices, but spokesman Brian Werner said water sales this MORE

DEADLINES

May 20 is the last day to submit nominations for the 2013 Women of Vision Award, which honors Northern Colorado women who have made a significant contribution to the well-being and empowerment of women and the betterment of their communities through outstanding vision, innovation, leadership and social impact. Nominees can come from any career field or volunteer group, but must reside in Northern MORE

I don’t even have time to think any more.”

Owning a business is all-consuming. Even when you’re not “on the job,” you’re worrying about all the issues that came up today and the fires you’ll have to put out tomorrow.

But I hope that you want your company to thrive for years and decades to come. You’ll have to pace yourself. Otherwise you’ll become its primary limiting factor. Here are some great ways to sustain yourself for the long term:

Realize MORE

No one likes over-intrusive government, certainly not conservatives and sometimes not even the most liberal liberals.

Gallup, in a survey in 2010, found record-high percentages of Americans who were critical of the size and scope of government. Nearly 60 percent of those polled said they thought the federal government had too much power, which was up eight percentage points from the previous year.

I doubt those figures have gone in any direction but up in the past couple years.

So, could it be MORE

BANKING

Karen Burd was hired as a Raymond James financial adviser at Bank of Colorado’s branch in Eaton. A Colorado State University graduate, she has more than17 years of experience as a financial adviser.


EDUCATION

Nowell Vincent and Erik Arthun were named master teachers of 2013 at Front Range Community College’s Larimer Campus. A graduate of MORE

FORT COLLINS – Although Larimer County’s search for its first community development director ended in the bayous of Louisiana, Robert “Terry” Gilbert isn’t unfamiliar with the land, people and issues of Colorado’s Front Range urban corridor.

Gilbert, of Mandeville, La., began work April 15 in the county’s newly defined role. The position formerly was called “planning MORE

A family-owned farm in Zimbabwe has outfitted its anti-poaching patrol with GPS tracking devices from Fort Collins’ Rocky Mountain Tracking Inc. to keep patrollers honest.

Rocky Mountain Tracking will ship 10 GPS tracking devices overseas to Howick Farms in Zimbabwe to monitor movements of its patrols, said Tom Baranowski, general manager for Rocky Mountain Tracking. The family-owned farm raises soy beans and tobacco.

The 10-member anti-poaching teams patrol on foot the farm’s remote and MORE