A report from Iowa State University shows that rural Americans are feeling the pain of inflation more than the rest of the country.

Reptiles, like other animals and plants, face growing threats as human influence on the environment increases.

Households receiving benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children could be able to start shopping for baby formula online, perhaps within months.

The investigation of a shooting that killed two and injured one in Lamar over the weekend continues.

Police believe a 24-year-old man shot three people living in the Lamar Apartments, located in the 700 Block of Mullen St. just before 2:00 p.m. Saturday.  The suspect then fled the scene.

Sunday, Kiowa County Sheriff Forrest Frazee was involved in an ATV accident in western Colorado.  He is in good spirits and on the mend in the hospital in Grand Junction where doctors state that he will make a full recovery.

Sheriff Frazee is in direct communication with the office in Eads, and Undersheriff Kayla Murdock will be handling day to day operations until he is able to resume duty. 

Cancer screenings are important tools for health professionals, but some worry the pandemic could dampen numbers. 

Kiowa County School District RE-1, serving Eads, Haswell, and surrounding areas, recently sent this message to families of students. The applications for free and reduced priced meals is linked below this article.

Below you will find the free and reduced lunch information for this school year.  

Utah's unemployment rate held steady at 2 percent in June, the same rate as reported in May.

North Dakota's unemployment rate climbed 0.5% in June from May's number but remains below the national average, according to the states Labor Market Information Center. 

A coalition of groups focused on water rights filed a brief in June with the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the court from narrowing the definition of federally protected waters.