The gates effectively block off much of the ditch banks where Marie used to train her horses. “It’s impossible,” said Marie, who usually drives horses with a cart attached behind the horse.

John Tackitt, Department of the Army guard chief, explained, and the gate remains open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Switching to the automated system would save 10 guards from staffing the ...

WELD COUNTY, Colo. — In Colorado, farmers rely on an intricate system of irrigation ditches to get water to fields. The super storm that flooded much of the Front Range, also took out many of… ...