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  1. Rocky Documentary "Final Edition" to run at 4:30pm today on ABC 7 News Denver
  2. You can also download pdf files from the Rocky's commemorative, 52-page section. http://tinyurl.com/bqoo25
  3. The final home page of RockyMountainNews.com is live at 4 a.m. The video is well worth the 21:49 it takes to watch. Goodbye Colorado.
  4. Gov. Bill Ritter just walked into the newsroom. One editor's joke, "State jobs for everybody!" Ritter laughed. We applauded.
  5. Thanks to all the kind words from people in the Twitter community. I'll post in the newsroom so people can read. Regards. Mike Noe
  6. The meeting has broken up. Many are crowding into the conference room to see the first Rocky.
  7. "Thank you everybody for everything you done for this newspaper. It's been a pleasure to work with you. Thank you." Temple
  8. Temple: We're printing 50 percent more papers for tomorrow.
  9. Temple: "We've had a very beautiful thing here. You realize it when you start losing it. It's torturous how I feel."
  10. Temple invites everyone to go to conference room to see the first edition of the Rocky Mountain News.
  11. Kevin Vaughn won in feature writing for story, Crevasse. http://bit.ly/tGd5f
  12. Huge applause. Deadly Denial covered Department of Energy's treatment of sick government nuclear workers. You can find it on the site.
  13. Temple announces Best of Scripps award to reporter Laura Frank and photographer Manzano for their work on series Deadly Denial.
  14. Temple: "Our Sports section was named one of the best in the nation." Huge applause.
  15. Temple stops discussion. Time to turn to producing an excellent paper to remember. "We need to turn our attention to that."
  16. Contreras says that agreement couldn't be reached.
  17. Contreras says for Rocky to continue as online-only product , the partner in the JOA - Dean Singleton's Denver Post - would have to agree.
  18. Question: Why not start an online-only edition. Contreras: If we thought we could do that, we would not be here today.
  19. Boehne: "You are the model of what a great newspaper should be. It's a tragedy for the industry that you disappear."
  20. Boehne: "We intend to stay in the game."