Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending Sunday, July 5, 2026.

Former Colorado State Senator Mark Hillman explores issues affecting people in Colorado.

Progressive candidates including challenger Melat Kiros won upset victories in Colorado's Tuesday primary, but experts caution against reading sweeping political conclusions from individual election results.

Late-season storms delivered a half-inch to an inch and a half of moisture across central Colorado over the past week.

The Aspen Acres Fire burning across Pueblo and Custer counties has become the nation's top firefighting priority, with an estimated $15 million cost and over 160 structures destroyed.

Governor Polis fires two clemency board members who publicly opposed his decision to release election denier Tina Peters from prison.

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Prediction market platforms allowed bettors to wager $1.2 million on the outcome of California's deadly January wildfires while survivors lost homes and communities.

The Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, laying out grievances against British rule and asserting the colonists' right to self-governance and separation.

Western emergency management officials say FEMA neglects wildfires that strike their states annually in favor of Eastern hurricanes that occur far less frequently.

China's resumption of U.S. soybean purchases under a new trade agreement has lifted farmer morale, but exports remain well below pre-trade war levels and planting costs stay high.

Trump warned of a communist threat to America during a Mount Rushmore speech Friday, calling it a greater danger than past wars and attacks.

A new national survey reveals pregnant and postpartum women in Illinois face inadequate healthcare and mental health support, with advocates warning that Medicaid cuts could deepen the maternal health crisis.

Fair trade advocates push for workers' rights and environmental protections as the Trump administration renegotiates the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal following a missed extension deadline.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending Sunday, July 5, 2026.

Listen to top audio articles and podcasts from the Kiowa County Press for the week ending Sunday, July 5, 2026.

Pearls of faith from Pastor Richard Zabriskie.

Adapture Renewables invites Eads residents to an open house Tuesday to learn about the Golden Plains Energy Center wind project planned 12 miles southwest of town.

Celebrating birthdays and anniversaries in Kiowa County.

Unofficial Kiowa County Primary Election Results - June 30, 2026

Community - Eads Alumni Reunion

Listen to top audio articles and podcasts from the Kiowa County Press for the week ending Sunday, July 5, 2026.

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending Sunday, July 5, 2026.

Severe thunderstorms threaten Cheyenne County Friday and Saturday with damaging winds, blowing dust and hail up to 2 inches as heat peaks near 98 degrees.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

Temperatures in Cheyenne County will climb toward the upper 90s through the Fourth of July weekend with afternoon thunderstorm chances and gusty winds each day.

Unofficial Cheyenne County Primary Election Results - June 30, 2026

Mid-90s heat and gusty winds dominate the forecast for Cheyenne County through Wednesday, with isolated storms possible later in the week.

Eastern Colorado endured 15 tornadoes, 4-inch hail and 113 mph winds last week, but dangerous heat and fire conditions replace the storms ahead.

Former Colorado State Senator Mark Hillman explores issues affecting people in Colorado.

Former Colorado State Senator Mark Hillman explores issues affecting people in Colorado.

Western states led economic growth in the first quarter while agricultural regions like South Dakota contracted, new federal data shows.

Federal data contradicts ranchers' claims that endangered Mexican gray wolves are devastating livestock herds across New Mexico and Arizona.

Progressive candidates including challenger Melat Kiros won upset victories in Colorado's Tuesday primary, but experts caution against reading sweeping political conclusions from individual election results.

Nebraska voters seeking to protect ballot measures from legislative changes submitted more than 186,500 signatures Thursday toward a constitutional amendment that would require four-fifths of lawmakers to alter citizen-approved laws.

Governor Polis fires two clemency board members who publicly opposed his decision to release election denier Tina Peters from prison.

Nebraska voters will likely decide this November whether to legalize online sports betting, after a campaign group submitted more than 201,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot.

Applications to Oklahoma's Promise scholarship program from the 2026 graduating class jumped nearly 50 percent as lawmakers increased funding and expanded eligibility.

Utah state leaders created a new housing division to speed up home construction and tackle the state's persistent shortage of affordable starter homes for families and workers.

Colorado voters overwhelmingly approved statehood just days before celebrating Independence Day on July 4, 1876, making the nation's centennial especially momentous for the territory.

A new national survey reveals pregnant and postpartum women in Illinois face inadequate healthcare and mental health support, with advocates warning that Medicaid cuts could deepen the maternal health crisis.

China's resumption of U.S. soybean purchases under a new trade agreement has lifted farmer morale, but exports remain well below pre-trade war levels and planting costs stay high.

A Helena judge temporarily blocked Montana's Land Board from preventing American Prairie from grazing its 900 bison on state trust lands, ruling the board's directive violated public notice requirements.

Late-season storms delivered a half-inch to an inch and a half of moisture across central Colorado over the past week.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

Utah state leaders created a new housing division to speed up home construction and tackle the state's persistent shortage of affordable starter homes for families and workers.

New Mexico lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next year creating a statewide moratorium on large-scale data centers while the state develops standards for evaluating their impact on water, energy and communities.

Trump warned of a communist threat to America during a Mount Rushmore speech Friday, calling it a greater danger than past wars and attacks.

Washington's state-run long-term care insurance program begins paying benefits Wednesday, offering eligible workers coverage for in-home care, equipment, and other services as they age.

A Boise-area group turned in nearly 110,000 signatures Thursday to place an abortion-rights initiative on Idaho's November ballot, potentially allowing voters to overturn the state's near-total abortion ban.

A Helena judge temporarily blocked Montana's Land Board from preventing American Prairie from grazing its 900 bison on state trust lands, ruling the board's directive violated public notice requirements.

Utah prosecutors will present evidence next week at a preliminary hearing to convince a judge that Tyler Robinson should stand trial for murdering political activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in September.

Governor Polis fires two clemency board members who publicly opposed his decision to release election denier Tina Peters from prison.

The U.S. Forest Service's push to thin Western forests as wildfire prevention contradicts independent research showing dense, mature forests burn less intensely than thinned areas.

Prowers County faces near-103-degree heat and patchy wildfire smoke Friday before a weak front brings slight storm chances over the Fourth of July weekend.

Severe thunderstorms threaten Cheyenne County Friday and Saturday with damaging winds, blowing dust and hail up to 2 inches as heat peaks near 98 degrees.

Kiowa County faces a hot, smoky Friday before cooler Independence Day weekend weather arrives with a chance of thunderstorms.

Applications to Oklahoma's Promise scholarship program from the 2026 graduating class jumped nearly 50 percent as lawmakers increased funding and expanded eligibility.

Utah state leaders created a new housing division to speed up home construction and tackle the state's persistent shortage of affordable starter homes for families and workers.

Washington's state-run long-term care insurance program begins paying benefits Wednesday, offering eligible workers coverage for in-home care, equipment, and other services as they age.

Trump administration tightens rules for Medicaid work requirement exemptions, threatening coverage for thousands of disabled and chronically ill enrollees across 40 states.

After years of drought depleted its wells, the small New Mexico town of Estancia declared a water emergency and began trucking in water while its largest customer, a federal immigration detention center, does the same.

Applications to Oklahoma's Promise scholarship program from the 2026 graduating class jumped nearly 50 percent as lawmakers increased funding and expanded eligibility.

New Mexico lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next year creating a statewide moratorium on large-scale data centers while the state develops standards for evaluating their impact on water, energy and communities.

For baseball players, seeing the ball clearly can be the difference between making a game-winning catch and watching the winning run score.

Rural life and humor, with characters from the mind of Slim Randles.

Human actions and poor livestock management practices, not wolves themselves, are driving deaths in Colorado's wolf recovery program, according to records from the Copper Creek pack tragedy.

A Helena judge temporarily blocked Montana's Land Board from preventing American Prairie from grazing its 900 bison on state trust lands, ruling the board's directive violated public notice requirements.

Critic Bob Garver takes a look at "Supergirl." Is he a super fan?

For baseball players, seeing the ball clearly can be the difference between making a game-winning catch and watching the winning run score.

Before hormones were discovered in 1849 and DNA was discovered in 1869, people thought about gender – and therefore being transgender – pretty differently.

The part of the brain that helps control emotions and actions doesn’t finish developing until your mid-20s.

When someone passes away, their assets and debts become what’s known as an estate.