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6:50am

Thu May 23, 2013
Business Report

A Cleaner Way To Power Electric Vehicles

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A solar charging station in a parking lot

5:00am

Thu May 23, 2013
Agriculture

Broader Competition For USDA's 'Rural' Dollars

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Eugene Jacquez’s family has grown beans and raised sheep at the base of the Culebra peaks in San Luis, Colo., for generations. He belongs to the Rio Culebra Cooperative and says without federal funding, many of his neighbors will be reluctant to sell to the co-op.

As lawmakers debate the Farm Bill in Washington, millions of dollars are at stake for small businesses across the country. Rural development grants go out to everything from home loans to water projects to small co-ops.

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11:15am

Wed May 22, 2013
Business

EAGLE-Net Back To Work On Rural Broadband Project In Early June

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Screencap of the EAGLE-Net network map. Green represents completed links, blue under developement, and red links are future development

7:10am

Wed May 22, 2013
2008 Windsor Tornado

Five Years Later, Memories Of Windsor Tornado Still Raw

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A home heavily damaged by the 2008 Windsor tornado

All eyes are on Moore, Oklahoma following this week’s massive tornado. The National Weather Service has confirmed the twister an EF5. Five years ago an EF3 tornado tore through parts of northern Colorado with the most damage occurring in Windsor.

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5:00am

Wed May 22, 2013
Agriculture

Federal Funds Flow Into Rural Communities

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Staunton, Ill., Mayor Craig Neuhaus (left) checks out the town’s new water plant with Hank Fey, a public works director.

In the small town of Staunton, Ill., the new $9 million water plant is a welcome addition. After all, when the 80-year-old facility it replaces seized up last year, the community’s 5,000 residents were without water for five days.

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