Perkins said his tobacco crop dried up rather than curing, and he said the rains will help darken the color of his crop, but he doesn't think it will help much. Richardson said it's rained 4.5 inches at his house this week, which is causing some runoff into streams and ponds, providing his cattle with fresh water. The rain this week has been a big help to Jimmy Richardson's cattle operation, and he said he hopes the wet weather continues. While it's late in the season, Richardson said he's...

Mike Miller talks to reporters after the Senate narrowly passed a plan yesterday that increases the sales, tobacco and corporate income tax rates to close a $1. Many of the elements of the plan being considered by the House are identical to what the Senate approved, but the two chambers remain divided over how progressive to make the individual income tax and how to ensure that corporations pay their fair share of taxes. Many of the elements of the plan being considered by the House are...

More deaths are caused annually by tobacco use in this country than HIV/AIDS, illegal drug use, alcohol abuse, car accidents, suicides and murders combined. Here are 10 tips on how to kick the cigarette smoking habit: 1 Make a list of why you want to stop smoking, the benefits of not smoking and obstacles that may occur. Tobacco is responsible for about one in five deaths annually, or about 438,000 deaths per year. He said the list could include wanting to walk up a flight of stairs with...

While wet weather has slowed much of the year's harvest, a mostly dry September helped Tennessee farmers get their crops in ahead of schedule. Hot weather vexed the state's soybean crop which is expected to be down 48 percent from last year, the lowest since 1966. The state's cotton and soybean crop took enormous hits this season, while corn production had one of its largest years. Cotton production is expected to be down 43 percent from last year and the 780,000 bales produced will be the...

It is my hope that through these programs, the continued health of this very vibrant part of Colorado will continue to grow. Some of the programs that are going to be highlighted include Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association Public Health Programs, Yampa Valley Autism Program, Newborn Network, First Impressions of Routt County, Horizon s and Steamboat Mental Health/SEED Project. Some of the programs that are going to be highlighted include Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse...

Military personnel who call the Quit Line will receive personalized coaching on how to quit, plus a two-week starter kit of nicotine replacement patches or gum and information on how to obtain additional medication through U. With more troops returning home and tobacco taxes increasing, there likely will be hundreds more military members and veterans trying to quit, said Dr. More than 30 percent of those tobacco users said they picked up the habit after entering the military. About 400...