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Presidents' Day Today, you've probably noticed there is no trash pick-up; no mail, and places like banks are closed. Yep — it's a federal holiday, Presidents' Day. Why do we celebrate it? The good folks at The History Channel clued me in with details I'd forgotten, or even, didn't know. (For instance, some states also honor additional people. Arkansas honors Daisy Gatson Bates, a civil rights advocate, in addition to U.S. presidents.) Although four presidents were born in February, Presidents' Day as it is now celebrated almost never falls on the actual birthday or any of them. However, celebrating a particular president began after the death of our very first, when parts of the country honored George Washington on his birthday, Feb. 22. It became a federal holiday, thanks to Arkansas Sen. Stephen Wallace Dorsey, and another after another president, Rutherford B. Hayes, signed the measure into law, which at the time applied only to the District of Columbia. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act came about in the 1960s and part of that act combined marking Washington's birthday with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12. By the 1980s, most people were marking "Presidents' Day." You can read this brief, but detailed explanation from The History Channel right here. The more you know! — Katharhynn, from the Newsroom

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Historic valve replacement underway at Blue Mesa Dam For the first time since its completion in 1966, the Bureau of Reclamation is replacing all four original valves at Blue Mesa Dam, the largest of the three dams that make up the Aspinall Unit on the Gunnison River. Read More US House in bipartisan vote defies Trump, agrees to end his tariffs on Canada; Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction Republican, joins Democrats in voting against Trump policy WASHINGTON — In a notable break from President Donald Trump's signature trade policy, several House Republicans joined Democrats in passing a resolution to terminate the president's national emergency at the northern border that triggered tariffs on Canada just over one… Read More Grant award boosts local suicide-prevention efforts In a four-year period between 2020 and 2024, Montrose County lost 87 community members to suicide, and 52 of them completed suicide by using a firearm. That grim statistic may be in keeping with the national average of about 55… Read More

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