Top articles for the week ending August 1, 2026
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- Birthdays and Anniversaries July 27-August 2, 2026
- EarthTalk – How to avoid harmful farm chemicals?
- Colorado bill requires permits to buy guns but opponents say it limits rights
- Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
- Measles cases have reached a 35-year high
- New Mexico's dust storms double down in 2025's record-breaking year
- Arizona sees progress in reducing deaths from deadly heat
- Checkups help kids start the school year strong
- Crime continues historic decline as homicide rates approach century lows
- ASPCA Hot Weather Safety Tips for Pets
- Heat advisory covers Kiowa County Sunday as triple digits settle over southeast Colorado
- Bennet, Hickenlooper join Senate colleagues urging FEMA to boost wildfire assistance
- State AGs join legal fight against Trump’s wind farm freeze
- Home Country - Misdirected attention
- Pastor's Pearls Sunday, July 26, 2026
- Pages from the Past - From the 139-year history of the Kiowa County Press - July 26, 2026
- Top articles for the week ending July 25, 2026
- Top audio articles for the week ending July 25, 2026
- USDA union leaders rally against proposed District of Columbia downsizing
- States move to limit classroom screen time
- Colorado State Land Board seeks proposals for geothermal development in Southwest Colorado
- Colorado auto theft down 35 percent at midyear as CATPA launches community outreach van
- Governor Polis appoints Rachel A. Catt to 2nd Judicial District Court
- Vega State Park closes Island boat ramp to trailered watercraft for rest of 2026 season
- Nebraska budget hole grows to over $1 billion, with 5 months before next legislative session
- Another hot day: Eads forecast raised to potential record-breaking 106 Sunday
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 27, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 27, 2026
- State AGs expand consumer work as prices rise
- Kiowa County under the heat event's highest advisory range Monday after Sunday ran past forecast
- 3.8 earthquake in northern New Mexico is the fourth that size near the Colorado line since June
- Heat advisory Monday in Kiowa County as Eads nears 105 before midweek storms
- Cheyenne Wells hits 103 Monday before storms bring midweek relief to Cheyenne County
- Heat advisory Monday as Lamar soars to 108 before storm chances build in Prowers County
- Lamar City Council Meeting Agenda - July 27, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 27, 2026
- Administration asks US Supreme Court to uphold sweeping Trump order restricting vote-by-mail
- Wyoming libraries offer affordability crisis hacks
- Environmentalists fight roadblocks to develop Texas renewable energy
- Just like other vital organs, the heart does not like smoky air
- Expert offers tips for Utah families looking to save this summer
- Oregon postal workers: Congress needs to invest in USPS
- Zoning reforms open doors for Nebraska seniors to age in place
- New Mexico officials implore Interior Department not to drill in Chaco
- Defending voter access and integrity in Colorado's November elections
- Idaho officials: Climate change could push water bills higher
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 28, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 28, 2026
- About Town - July 28, 2026
- “Evil Dead Burn” and “The Invite”
- How Colorado will celebrate its 150th birthday on August 1
- States expand fight against organized retail crime, gift card fraud
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 28, 2026
- Obituary - Michael A. Spady
- Kiowa County Weather Recap - July 21-27, 2026
- Death investigation underway following discovery of remains near Cañon City
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 29, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 29, 2026
- North Dakota residents contest mega dairy water deal
- Tips for preventing, treating summer insect bites in Colorado
- Colorado gave some prisoners earned time off their sentences. Then the state took it back.
- Bipartisan US Senate proposal on AI ethics panel good step but incomplete, experts say
- Feds sue Colorado over college aid for illegal immigrants
- Storms return Wednesday night before heat builds across Kiowa County
- Heavy rain possible Wednesday night as storms continue in Cheyenne County
- Lamar heads for triple-digit heat with storm chances Wednesday night
- EarthTalk – Are snakes declining? What can we do?
- USDA Update - July 29, 2029
- DHS removes interview requirement for asylum seekers, possibly speeding removals
- Obamacare enrollment declines in 49 states
- Undocumented immigration population reached as high as 15.8M, report finds
- Building a culture of chemical safety beyond OSHA training
- Why construction project timelines need weather buffers
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 29, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 30, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 30, 2026
- The Yonder Report: News from rural America - July 30, 2026
- Town of Hartman declared abandoned
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 30, 2026
- Photo of the Week - July 31, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 31, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 31, 2026
- The Yonder Report: News from rural America - July 31, 2026
- President Ulysses S. Grant proclaimed Colorado a state 150 years ago this week
- Democrats lay out plan to win supermajority in Colorado Legislature
- Feds tell Colorado to repay $8 million in Medicaid money
- As fires rage in the Pacific Northwest, leaders call all hands on deck
- Online prediction markets rile up state lawmakers
- Utah may be home to a nuclear innovation campus, Department of Energy announced
- New federal Medicaid rule threatens more coverage on top of Congress’ cuts, Utah advocates say
- Utah eyes applications for new independent medical cannabis pharmacy in ‘underserved’ area
- Oklahoma couple challenges casket law after state hands them $4,000 fine
- Attorneys for former police chief who led Kansas newspaper raid want to drop him as a client
- Kansas Supreme Court declines to take emergency appeal of election law
- Exceptional drought expands as record heat continues across Colorado
- Death Notice - Karla Jean Buck
- Eads heads for triple-digit heat Monday after sunny weekend in the low 90s
- Cheyenne Wells to hit 102 Monday as fire danger rises across Cheyenne County
- Lamar climbs to 106 Monday as heat builds across Prowers County
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 31, 2026
- California fire season has been quiet. A heat wave could change that fast
- Alaska’s energy paradox
- Feds turn over Alaska hazardous waste management to state
- 86 Nebraska counties facing drought approved for USDA emergency loan assistance
- US Senate panel advances bill to reject Education Department transfers
- Birthdays and Anniversaries August 3-9, 2026
- EarthTalk – When will sea levels start rising?
- Colorado big game hunting leftover licenses go on sale August 4, 2026
- Kiowa County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes
- Abortion access may not mobilize voters unless they hear more about threats to it, poll suggests
- Feds to impose new cuts on lower Colorado River states amid climate-fueled megadrought
- Colorado inspection law unfairly singles out ICE detention center, operator’s lawyers say
- Arizona, Nevada blast federal plan for Colorado River
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife offers free August state park entry for military members
- Bid to freeze Arizona’s ‘Secure the Border Act’ fails, but fight isn’t over
- Fierce floods or wild waves? How San Diego is preparing for a winter of extreme weather under El Niño.
- New threats loom for Arizona's Indigenous voters
- Reproductive rights debate expected in next Texas legislative session
- Colorado and Congress consider taxing rich for basic needs
- Nebraska doctor offers checklist for a healthy new school year
- Trump has a plan to make Idaho home to vast stockpile of nation’s high-level nuclear waste
- Kansas county's mail ballots printed with wrong address, returned to voters after they sent them in
- Commentary - Rare bipartisan housing bill just became law — but Americans will still struggle with affordability
- Commercial speech lawsuit to proceed against major Kansas pet food company
- Oklahoma appeals court tosses out stalking conviction related to man’s YouTube rant
- New Mexico Secretary of State agrees to turn over voter death error records following lawsuit
- New Mexico environment officials propose another delay on heat safety protections for workers
