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href="/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/goodbye-colorado/" title="Goodbye, Colorado"><p><strong>It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today.</strong> Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado, the nation and the world, is over. Thousands of men and women have worked at this newspaper since William Byers produced its first edition on the banks of Cherry Creek on April 23, 1859. We speak, we believe, for all of them, when we say that it has been an honor to serve you. To have reached this day, the final edition of the <em>Rocky Mountain News,</em> just 55 days shy of its 150th birthday is painful. We will scatter. And all that will be left are the stories we have told, captured on microfilm or in digital archives, devices unimaginable in those first days. </p> </a></p> <ul class="related_links"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/pages/special-reports/rocky-sale/" title=""><strong>SPECIAL REPORT:</strong> Rocky Mountain News closes</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/150-anniversary/" title=""><strong>SPECIAL REPORT:</strong> The Rocky @ 150 years</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/news/rocky-mountain-news-history/" title=""><strong>SPECIAL SECTION:</strong> The Rocky's final edition</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/our-storied-adventure/" title=""><strong>EDITORIAL:</strong> Our storied adventure </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="secondary_stories">  <h3><a href="/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/rocky-kept-swinging-until-the-very-end/" title="It came into being on a dark night two years before the Civil War's first gunshots, survived a flood that washed away its press and countless threats to its very existence, then enjoyed, in the twilight of its life, recognition as one of the best newspapers in the country. ">Rocky kept swinging until the very end <span class="comment_count">28 comments</span></a></h3> <p><a href="/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/rocky-kept-swinging-until-the-very-end/" title="It came into being on a dark night two years before the Civil War's first gunshots, survived a flood that washed away its press and countless threats to its very existence, then enjoyed, in the twilight of its life, recognition as one of the best newspapers in the country. ">It came into being on a dark night two years before the Civil War's first gunshots, survived a flood that washed away its press and countless threats to its very existence, then enjoyed, in the twilight of its life, recognition as one of the best newspapers in the country. </a></p> <ul class="bucket_list"> <li><a href="/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/to-readers-it-wasnt-just-a-newspaper/" title="For many subscribers, the Rocky Mountain News is more than the daily dose of news - it's an old friend they've turned to for decades. ">To readers, it wasn't just a newspaper <span class="comment_count">19</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/temple-why-denver-cant-support-two-papers/" title="Now that we have come to the end, I think it important to share with you a few thoughts about how we got here. ">TEMPLE: Why Denver can't support two papers <span class="comment_count">60</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/faq-for-rocky-subscribers/" title="For Rocky subscribers ">FAQ: For Rocky subscribers <span class="comment_count">28</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="sections"> <div id="featured-buckets" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <h2>Best of the Rocky</h2> <div class="page"><span id="page-1"></span><span id="page-2"></span><span id="page-3"></span></div> <ul class="auto-carousel"> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/news/politics/denver-dnc/" alt="DNC in Denver">DNC in Denver</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/news/politics/denver-dnc/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/dnc_front.jpg" title="DNC in Denver"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/news/politics/denver-dnc/" alt="DNC in Denver">Complete coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.</a></h4> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/crevasse-tragedy-mount-rainier/" alt="The Crevasse">The Crevasse</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/crevasse-tragedy-mount-rainier/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/crevasse_front.jpg" title="The Crevasse"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/crevasse-tragedy-mount-rainier/" alt="The Crevasse">A five-part series that examines one tragic day on Mount Rainier.</a></h4> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/deadly-denial/" alt="Deadly denial">Deadly denial</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/deadly-denial/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/denial_front.jpg" title="Deadly denial"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/deadly-denial/" alt="Deadly denial">Sick nuclear workers applied for government compensation but most haven't seen a dime.</a></h4> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/final-salute/" alt="Final Salute">Final Salute</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/final-salute/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/salute_front.jpg" title="Final Salute"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/special-reports/final-salute/" alt="Final Salute">The Rocky followed Maj. Steve Beck as he took on the most difficult duty of his career.</a></h4> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2002/jun/28/hayman-war/" alt="2002 Colorado wildfires">'Colorado's burning'</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2002/jun/28/hayman-war/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/hayman_front.jpg" title="2002 Colorado wildfires"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2002/jun/28/hayman-war/" alt="2002 Colorado wildfires">Coverage of the state's worst wildfires.</a></h4> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/special-reports/columbine/" alt="Columbine shootings">Columbine shootings</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/special-reports/columbine/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/columbine_front.jpg" title="Columbine shootings"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/special-reports/columbine/" alt="Columbine shootings">Coverage of the April 20, 1999, shootings at Littleton's Columbine High School.</a></h4> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/https://cfapp2.rockymountainnews.com/crossing/" alt="The Crossing">The Crossing</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/https://cfapp2.rockymountainnews.com/crossing/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/crossing_front.jpg" title="The Crossing"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/https://cfapp2.rockymountainnews.com/crossing/" alt="The Crossing">Colorado's deadliest traffic accident killed 20 children on Dec. 14, 1961.</a></h4> </li> <li> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/1999/feb/14/osvelis-journey/" alt="Osveli's journey">Osveli's journey</a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/1999/feb/14/osvelis-journey/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011im_/http://media.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/content/static/osveli_front.jpg" title="Osveli's journey"/></a> <h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014011/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/1999/feb/14/osvelis-journey/" alt="Osveli's journey">Osveli Sales left Guatemala for a better life. 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