Without sports officials, Friday night high school football and varsity basketball or soccer games could be in danger of slipping away.

Birthdays

January 2

• Amber Kopasz
• Michael Stewart
• Russ Engstrom
• Brinley Cline
• Charlie Sawyer
• Neil Lane

January 3

• Lacy Weber
• Kristina Uhland
• Rhett Uhland
• Judy Weeks

January 4

• Ethel Ferris
• Rowdy Koch
• Brantley Baxter
• Toryn Neugebauer
• Morgan Buss
• Demetrius Gilmore

January 5

• Jaina Belle Owens
• Chris Maggart
• Kara Crawford
• Timothy Howard
• L.D.

Riverside Communications, LLC has officially signed an agreement to purchase KLMR(AM) and KLMR-FM from 25-7 Media, Inc.

Eleven states will reduce their individual income tax rates January 1.

An automatic recount confirmed Democrat Attorney General-elect Kris Mayes' victory on Thursday, but her narrow lead shrank even further.

The new year begins with the prospect of big changes to the Montana state Constitution that have been drafted by GOP lawmakers and opposed by conservation groups and others.

Photo of the week from the December 30, 2022, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Wishing you a healthy, peaceful, and prosperous 2023!

Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many fans, the Brazilian will be remembered as the best to have ever played the game.

Conditions may have improved, but Native American tribes in South Dakota say they're still reeling from the recent blizzard that left many stranded without vital resources. That's prompted renewed calls for improved aid to make it through future weather events.