Starting August 1, Colorado gun buyers will need to complete safety training and pass a written exam to purchase popular semiautomatic rifles and pistols under a new state permit-to-purchase program.

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.

The Trump administration's planned closure of the nation's leading bee research lab in Maryland threatens pollinator health and the food security of crops worth billions annually.

Trump's administration is paying billions to convince offshore wind developers to abandon their projects, while East Coast states argue the buyout deals are illegal and threaten clean energy goals.

Trump calls Democratic Socialist candidates a resurgent ‘communist menace’. Iran mourns former Supreme Leader Khamenei. And, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to assault weapons bans.

The extreme heat this weekend is suspected of causing 25 deaths in New Jersey; Report: H.R.1 cuts outpace rural health funds in Ohio; Michigan study uncovers gene that could lower colorectal cancer risk; Summer wildfires cause higher ozone levels throughout Iowa; new report finds Corporate tax dodgers see 3,000% return on political lobbying.

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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.

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Pearls of faith from Pastor Richard Zabriskie.

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

Celebrating birthdays and anniversaries in Kiowa County.

Community - Eads Alumni Reunion

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

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

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.

State Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer's lead over Victor Marx in Colorado's Republican gubernatorial primary narrowed to 638 votes Wednesday, triggering an automatic recount threshold.

The Granada Relocation Center in southeastern Colorado closed in October 1945, ending the wartime incarceration of over 10,300 Japanese Americans at the state's only federal internment camp.

Critic Bob Garver takes a look at "Minions and Monsters.” Is it a hit, or does he find it despicable?

Readers are now enhanced by artificial intelligence and data integration.

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.

The Trump administration's planned closure of the nation's leading bee research lab in Maryland threatens pollinator health and the food security of crops worth billions annually.

A horse in Montrose County tested positive for Vesicular Stomatitis on July 30, marking Colorado's second confirmed VSV case this year.

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.

Colorado's legislature passes House Bill 26-1289, expanding eligibility for the state's Community Food Access program and revising tax credit limits for food retailers and distributors.

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's administration is paying billions to convince offshore wind developers to abandon their projects, while East Coast states argue the buyout deals are illegal and threaten clean energy goals.

Colorado will hold public hearings July 13 to determine whether the Town of Creede and Town of Hartman should be officially abandoned.

The Trump administration is pushing forward with plans to build 30-foot border wall segments in Big Bend Ranch State Park despite opposition from local law enforcement, environmentalists, and Texas landowners.

Starting August 1, Colorado gun buyers will need to complete safety training and pass a written exam to purchase popular semiautomatic rifles and pistols under a new state permit-to-purchase program.

Lincoln County deputies arrested a Limon man after seizing 15 firearms, methamphetamine, and a booby trap device during a search warrant execution on 2nd Street.

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.

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.

The Trump administration's planned closure of the nation's leading bee research lab in Maryland threatens pollinator health and the food security of crops worth billions annually.

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.

Critic Bob Garver takes a look at "Minions and Monsters.” Is it a hit, or does he find it despicable?

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.

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.