CARBONDALE, Colo. Conserving a 1,180-acre ranch on the fringe of Carbondale came at a steep price last month for its three buyers. Bob and Ruth “Ditty” Perry’s Mt. Sopris Hereford Ranch sold for $27.25 million, according to deeds recorded in Garfield and Pitkin counties.
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Small Plane Lands In Tree 
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A plane landed in a tree Thursday night at Meadowlake Airport in El Paso County. The pilot was the only person on board, and he survived. His injuries were minor with a cut in his head. He was released at the scene.
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Greg Ashley Named President and Partner of New Kor Group Real Estate Company 
LOS ANGELES—-Brad Korzen, CEO and founder of the Los Angeles-based hotel, real estate development and management firm, The Kor Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Ashley as president and partner of a new Kor company being established, effective January 1, 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Empty apartments left and right 
As Fort Carsons troop levels go, so goes Colorado Springs apartment market. Apartment vacancies climbed to 11.3 percent in the third quarter, 1 percentage point higher than the second quarter of this year and the third quarter of last year, according to a survey released Monday by the Apartment Association of Colorado Springs.
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A specialist for Spot 
Dawn Anderson never thought she’d could stick a needle into her beloved cat, Toto, but then she watched Toto’s older brother, Freddie, battle kidney failure and die about two years ago. She had been taking Freddie to the veterinarian every month so the vet could administer subcutaneous fluids to help him fight the dehydration that accompanies kidney failure. And then shortly after Freddie died,
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Clerics need comfort, too: But reaching out for help challenging 
Everybody knows clergy help people through the worst of crises, providing a listening ear, a caring heart and spiritual guidance through life’s troubles.
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Road to bruin: Factors ease bear incidents 
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. Bad-news bears have been on the decline in the Glenwood Springs area in recent years, and a combination of factors are getting the credit.
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Remote though it seems 
Holly Strack hopes her remote-control garage door opener isn’t a national security threat, but it quit working this week when a top-secret Air Force facility in Colorado Springs began using the same frequency for homeland security.
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