The rumor: This one, spreading wildly through the Rocky newsroom and spilling out into the general public, has the Rocky Mountain News pulling back its writers and photographers from Rockies spring training in Tucson, Ariz., in preparation of some pending announcement about the fate of the newspaper.

The truth: It’s completely false. Baseball writer Tracy Ringolsby has been at spring training since early February and remains there, covering the Rockies. (Proof: here.) Columnist Dave Kreiger spent a week in Tucson covering the Rockies and returned to Denver on Monday — as scheduled. Photographer Chris Schneider has been in Tucson since mid-February and will return this weekend — as scheduled. Baseball writer Jack Etkin is arriving at spring training today — as scheduled. Nothing has changed.