Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that local school districts may recover the millions of dollars in lost revenue they suffered because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A survey by Colorado’s largest restaurant trade association found that the state’s food service industry is experiencing a major labor shortage.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

Colorado’s unemployment rate remained unchanged last month despite the state adding more than 17,000 jobs to the economy, the state labor department said Friday.

Wyomingites are among the most reluctant populations in the nation to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Betty Arlene Frazee

January 8, 1932 - May 24, 2021

Mrs. Frazee passed away peacefully at her home in Eads.

Funeral services are pending.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home.

Life in Eads and Kiowa County, Colorado, as observed by Doris Lessenden.

Thunderstorms, tornadoes and large hail are expected to return to eastern Colorado Sunday afternoon.

Johnny A. Miller

September 14, 1944 - May 16, 2021

Johnny Alexander Miller was born September 14, 1944, in Las Animas to August and Susie (Weigel) Miller. 

He passed away May 16, 2021, at the Bent County Healthcare Center in Las Animas at the age of 76.

Doyle C. Tucker, Jr.

January 5, 1940 – May 16, 2021

Doyle was born January 5, 1940, at Springfield to Doyle Clifford and Evelyn Elisabeth (Osborn) Tucker, Sr. and passed away May 16, 2021, at his home in Lamar at the age of 81.

He is preceded in death by his parents; son, Elden Doyle Tucker; and his siblings, Delmar Tucker and Theda Keys.