Colorado lawmakers on Thursday passed an $80 million supplemental budget package, sending the legislation to Gov. Jared Polis’s desk for final approval.

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending February 19, 2022.

From the 135-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado.

Pearls of faith from Pastor Richard Zabriskie.

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

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has announced the appointment of Erin M. Rowe Wilson to fill a vacancy on the Routt County Court in the 14th Judicial District. This judgeship is created by the retirement of the Honorable James H. Garrecht. The vacancy is effective March 7, 2022. 

Wilson is currently a practitioner with The Law Office of Erin Wilson, LLC, a position she has held since 2013. Previously, she was a Deputy Public Defender in Fort Collins (2006-2013).

February 2022 Wyoming crop progress and condition report from the USDA.

Those who dislike a president tend to emphasize the frequency or skill with which he lies.

As of February 2022, some 65,000 Afghans evacuated during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan have settled in U.S. communities. Several hundred more remain on military bases in the U.S., while nearly 2,800 are still waiting on U.S. bases abroad.

Ongoing research studies at a Philadelphia medical school are focusing on stress-reduction interventions for health care workers experiencing burnout exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.