Cattle on feed highlight for January 2022 in Colorado and the United States from the USDA.

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.56 billion pounds in January, down 5 percent from the 4.80 billion

pounds produced in January 2021.

Beef production, at 2.27 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.70 million head, down 2

percent from January 2021. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 1,398 pounds.

Veal production totaled 4.6 million pounds, slightly below January a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 32,300 head, slightly below

Teaching during a pandemic is forcing the implementation of online teaching. To ease your stress, here are some tips for teachers shifting to online classrooms.

The White House announced Friday President Joe Biden had selected a nominee to replace outgoing Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Some 4.9 billion people – or 63.9% of the world’s population – have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of late February 2022. And more than 430 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since the start of the pandemic.

Both international law and the United Nations Charter say that countries should not invade each other. But who has the ability to enforce those rules?

A bill that would allow sports betting in Oklahoma casinos has been given a "do pass" recommendation by the House Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee. 

A bill that would prevent businesses or government entities from requiring vaccination passports is now in the Utah Senate. 

In mid-January the State of Colorado announced that they would be offering KN95 and surgical grade masks for free at public libraries and other community sites across the state that agreed to be local distribution sites. Because this program has been incredibly successful, on February 22, 2022 the state announced that they would be expanding their free Rapid At-Home Testing program to include a community distribution model like the mask program. 

The regular meeting of the Kiowa County Commissioners was called to order on February 10, 2022; at 9:05 a.m. by Chairman Donald Oswald. Commissioner Robertson opened the meeting with Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Those in Attendance