A 66-year-old Florissant man died late Thursday afternoon following a head-on crash in Teller County.

A record amount of construction is expected for the South Dakota Lewis & Clark Regional Water System this year following a $75.5 million boost from the federal government.

The sweeping climate, energy and health care bill expected to go to a vote in the U.S. House on Friday contains about US$370 billion to foster clean energy development and combat climate change, constituting the largest federal climate investment in history.

Producer prices fell by half a percentage point in July from the previous month as energy prices dipped.

The national average price for a gallon of gas fell below $4 Thursday for the first time since March.

A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021. There’s much we don’t know about the new virus – known as LayV for short – including whether it spreads from human to human.

Voting rights advocates are suing the state of Arizona over new regulations they say make it harder for some people to register and would block thousands of voters from the polls.

As summer draws to a close, it is time for many to think about back-to-school shopping, such as notebooks, backpacks and new clothes.

The services celebrating and honoring the life of Duane Russell Jackson, 71 of Kiowa, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, August 15, 2022, in the Capron Cemetery. 

Duane was born March 30, 1951, to Ernest and Orieta Jackson in Alva, Oklahoma, was called home on August 8, 2022, after a brief illness. 

Howard Hobbs

December 25, 1928 — July 29, 2022

Howard Walter Hobbs was born December 25, 1928, and passed away with his family by his side July 29, 2022. He spent 46 years of his life in Lamar.