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In the previous week’s article, Rusty Jordan wrote about the pressure on the Imperial Irrigation District to make the QSA possible. Jordan said the IID gave up water storage in Lake Mead of intentionally created surplus for later withdrawal. In addition, Metropolitan Water District extended … Read more
Environmentalists think they've found an upside to COVID-19. Although the outbreak has claimed over 175,000 American lives and upended the economy, it has also caused pollution to plummet in cities across the country. Read more
Editor's note: This is the first of a series by Brawley farmer, Rusty Jordan, on his view of valley water issues. Read more
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There’s no question that the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe recession it spawned are widening California’s economic divide. Read more
EL CENTRO — When the shelter-in-place directive was ordered by the State to address the coronavirus, Imperial County’s Area Agency on Aging was inundated with calls from seniors with concerns about losing access to basic needs. Read more
I’ve been hearing rumors lately of the NCAA canceling the college football season. While this would have seemed like an almost unimaginable occurrence just a month ago, it very well could happen. After all, if people can’t congregate, then they’d have a hard time getting 100 guys on a practi… Read more
President Trump just proposed a small update to methane-emission regulations. But judging by the Democratic candidates' hyperbolic reactions, you'd think he personally assaulted Mother Earth. Read more
More than 38 million Americans are living in poverty, according to the latest U.S. Census data. That's just under 12 percent of the population. Read more
We all know the saying, “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.” Well, the same goes for keeping our local communities and economies healthy and strong. If we don’t shop and dine small and support our local community businesses, we will lose them, and our economy will suffer as a result. Read more
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