Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending April 1, 2023.

The Regular meeting of the Kiowa County Commissioners was called to order on March 14, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Donald Oswald. Commissioner Lening opened the meeting with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. 

Those in attendance:

• Donald Oswald, Chairman 
• Howard "Butch" Robertson, Commissioner Mike Lening, Commissioner 
• Delisa Weeks, County Clerk 
• Tina Adamson, County Administrator

Robertson moved, and Lening seconded the motion to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried. 

A recent report from the Prison Policy Initiative calls for better state laws to keep incarcerated parents close to their kids.

Pearls of faith from Pastor Richard Zabriskie.

From the 136-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for April 2, 2023

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

A Manhattan grand jury on March 30, 2023, indicted former President Donald Trump on charges likely related to the cover-up of his relationship with a porn star. He’s the first U.S. president or former president to be criminally charged.

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed a bill into law this week that exempts military members who live in North Dakota from paying state income tax.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have broadened an employee’s ability to claim a religious vaccine exemption at businesses and take action against employers.

New Mexico's governor signed a voting rights expansion bill into law Thursday.