April 2021 cattle on feed report from the USDA for Colorado and the United States

Politicians need to remember the differences in communities.

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., wants the Biden administration to keep the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) headquarters “fully functioning” and in Colorado, according to a letter he sent Wednesday to the country’s top land manager. 

Most Colorado business owners are concerned about unemployment insurance premium hikes from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed an executive order creating a new program that will pay some unemployed Coloradans to return to work.

As New Mexico gears up to implement the legalization of adult-use cannabis, the state is looking into raising production limits and also making some changes to medical marijuana rules including eliminating some sales tax.

Photo of the week from the May 21, 2021, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Reeds in the sunlight at Jackson' Pond - Damian Hernandez

DATA

• Cases: 103
• Hospitalizations: 6
• Deaths: 4**

*These are cumulative totals as of 05/18/2021 4pm **Deaths in people with a recent positive COVID test.

Dietitian Leanne McCrate sets the record straight on a number of nutrition myths.