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Top articles for the week ending March 28, 2026
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(Kiowa County Press)
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - March 20, 2026
- Birthdays and Anniversaries - March 23-29, 2026
- EarthTalk - How are North American river otters faring these days?
- Curious Kids: Why do mountaintops stay snowy?
- Colorado House debates gun control, education and more
- The pay gap between women and men widened last year, analysis finds
- Alaska officials step toward wider oil and gas exploration on state land near Yukon River
- Lawsuit says Colorado keeps youth incarcerated past judge-ordered release dates
- Spiritualists and skeptics weighed in on an 1876 Colorado séance
- Commentary - Establishment Democrats in Colorado face voter exasperation
- Targeting of energy facilities turned Iran war into worst‑case scenario for Gulf states
- Kansas joins states that ban students from using their phones in school
- Lamar City Council meeting agenda – March 23, 2026
- Voting rights groups seek to join lawsuit to block DOJ from sensitive Utah voter data
- Home Country – Faith in the future
- Pastor’s Pearls – March 22, 2026
- Top articles for the week ending March 21, 2026
- Listen to the top audio articles and podcasts for the week ending March 21, 2026
- Pages from the Past - From the 139-year history of the Kiowa County Press - March 22, 2026
- Education Department to transfer management of defaulted student loans to Treasury
- Las Vegas serves as case study for groundwater recovery, study says
- Constant technology changes throw seniors a curve – and add to caregivers’ load
- Federal judge criticizes ICE for illegally keeping man in Iowa jail
- Help Wanted - Clinic Nurse
- Kansas House, Senate strike deal to end in-state college tuition for qualified immigrant students
- Judge says Democrat can participate in assembly process in race for Boebert’s seat
- Daily Audio Newscast - March 23, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - March 23, 2026
- Death Notice - Jeffery Scott Colvin
- Arizona business owners reeling from health care subsidy cuts
- Colorado lawmakers consider PUC’s fate
- Report: College affordability has stabilized
- Enrollment in Nevada public option health plans falls short of predictions
- Nebraska hospital opens unique youth mental health facility
- Drop in opioid overdose deaths nears 50 percent since 2023
- Movie Review - Project Hail Mary
- Data center developer looks west, backs power upgrades near Fargo
- Oil is nearly $100 a barrel. Don’t expect North Dakota oil activity to ramp up any time soon.
- War in Middle East causes further stress on U.S. farmers
- Obituary - Russell Edwin Karney
- USDA Update – March 23, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - March 23, 2026
- EarthTalk - Is it true that we could meet all of our electricity needs in the U.S. with floating solar panels?
- EarthTalk - ¿Es cierto que podríamos satisfacer todas nuestras necesidades de electricidad en los Estados Unidos con paneles solares flotantes?
- About Town – March 24, 2026
- Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day
- César Chávez Day would be renamed under Colorado bill following allegations
- High court to hear case to decide where migrants can apply for asylum
- Data show economy squeezing credit card holders
- 'Balcony solar' seen as easy entry point for clean energy consumers
- Politics: 2026Talks - March 24, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - March 24, 2026
- Airport chaos: TSA agents skip work, security lines expand, Trump sends in ICE to assist
- US Senate confirms Mullin as next Homeland Security boss
- Arizona hires high-powered law firm, setting the stage for a legal battle over Colorado River water
- Oklahoma House approves firearm safety training in K-12 schools
- Wyoming’s plan to fund rural hospitals after $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts
- Montana health care advocates rally to save rural hospitals
- New Mexico authorizes labeling for consumer products with ‘forever chemicals’
- The ever‑evolving Latino vote is rapidly shifting away from Trump and Republicans
- Colorado House delays vote on firearm barrels bill
- Governor Polis announces boards and commissions appointments
- Commentary - It is the People’s Government, Not the Government’s People
- LEAP program offers energy assistance as April 30 deadline approaches
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - March 24, 2026
- Trump administration will pay $1B to block 2 offshore wind farms
- Kiowa County weather recap - March 25, 2026
- Cooking at Home - 15-Minute Enchiladas
- Spending impact would be given prominent place in ballot initiatives under Colorado bill
- Data center restrictions signed into South Dakota law after push for incentives failed
- Lawmakers spar over Homeland Security funding deal as shutdown strains airport security
- Storage options for waste key as North Dakota lawmakers study nuclear energy
- Boebert opens service academy nomination applications for Class of 2031
- Near-record heat expected through Thursday; cold front to bring significant cooldown
- Daily Audio Newscast - March 25, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - March 25, 2026
- FEMA says funding debate didn't affect response to Hawaii
- Gas prices rise again as some states consider tax holidays
- Snowpack drought leaves Utahns with less water for reservoirs
- Colorado’s role in artificial intelligence up for debate
- While not trendy, South Dakota college students take up rangeland management
- Some health insurance plans now cover doulas
- Utah’s Gunnison prison site to expand after lawmakers shell out $125M
- Kansas House, Senate pass bill providing stricter regulation of prescription drug middlemen
- Santa Fe jury awards New Mexico $375M in Meta child exploitation case
- Conservation group asks federal commission to re-evaluate New Mexico utility’s $400M stock sale
- Kansas Legislature’s negotiators on education bills drop sports ban tied to Christian calendar
- Oklahoma agrees to turn over voter data to end federal lawsuit
- Two Buttes Reservoir dries up, fish salvage order rescinded
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - March 25, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - March 26, 2026
- USDA Update – March 26, 2026
- Kiowa County Commissioners meeting agenda - March 26, 2026
- New census estimates show movers swelling population in small Southeast counties
- Gas prices approach $4 a gallon in U.S., $6 in California
- The Yonder Report: News from rural America - March 26, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - March 26, 2026
- Health care costs in Colorado will grow under federal policy, patient advocates say
- Hickenlooper investments raise questions amid push to ban congressional stock trading
- State savings weaken as budget pressures increase, analysis warns
- EPA to ease restrictions on summer ethanol-blend sales as gas prices soar
- Colorado seniors with walkers, canes, songs plan 'No Kings' protest
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - March 26, 2026
- Photo of the Week - March 27, 2026
- Cooler Friday, fire weather watch Saturday Kiowa County
- Cooler Friday, warm weekend ahead for Cheyenne County
- Fire weather watch Saturday for Prowers County; near-record weekend heat ahead
- Drought worsens dramatically across Colorado as warm, dry conditions persist
- Colorado activates Phase 2 drought response as conditions reach historic severity
- Daily Audio Newscast - March 27, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - March 27, 2026
- Colorado House discusses ban on AI-driven individual pricing
- About 30% of Wisconsinites support Christian nationalism
- In Minnesota and elsewhere, women lead push for end-of-life reforms
- Midwest professor: The ‘American Dream’ is elusive
- Trump to sign emergency order to pay TSA agents with no deal in Congress on shutdown
- Your personal data might set your grocery prices. States aim to crack down.
- Salt Lake City tries a new law enforcement strategy to curb violent crime
- Bipartisan US senators want investigation into farm equipment companies moving jobs to Mexico
- Effort to repeal Utah anti-gerrymandering law falls short after losing signatures
- Republicans seek to enshrine voter identification requirement into Oklahoma Constitution
- CBI identifies victim in 2016 homicide using genetic genealogy
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - March 26, 2026
- Report: Home insurance rates go through the roof in Colorado
- Birthdays and Anniversaries - March 30-April 5, 2026
- Curious Kids: What was the very first plant in the world?
- Commentary - Why big batteries are a Colorado game changer
- Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them
- Letter to the Editor – The Real Reason for Higher Costs
- Obituary - Jeffery Scott Colvin
- A flesh‑eating fly is advancing towards the US border – can it be stopped?
- Public hearings scheduled on Atmos Energy rate increase proposal
- EarthTalk - Why are wildlife conservation officers in Africa cutting the horns off wild rhinos?
- EarthTalk - ¿Por qué los guardas forestales de África están cortando los cuernos a los rinocerontes salvajes?
- Kiowa County Commissioners meeting minutes - March12, 2026
- Costilla County sheriff, deputies indicted on misconduct, abuse of corpse charges
- State Patrol seeks public help in Pueblo West hit-and-run that injured juvenile
- Parents say Colorado chatbot bill wouldn’t do enough to protect kids from harm
- Kansas Legislature passes package of elections bills that alter voting processes
- Southeast Colorado high school baseball schedule - March 30-April 4, 2026
- Minor earthquake strikes east of Cheyenne Wells near Colorado-Kansas border
