Crash Friday near Walsenburg kills one
A crash early Friday morning on Interstate 25 near Walsenburg claimed the life of one person while seriously injuring another
Kiowa County Hospital District meeting minutes - June 28, 2022
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
BOARD MEETING June 28, 2022
The Kiowa County Hospital District Board met in regular session on June 28, 2022, at 6:32 p.m. at Cobblestone Inn Meeting Room.
District Board members present were Pam Cole, Doug Uhland, Mary Eikner, Karl Eikenberg, and Matt Prince.
Others present: Shannon Dixon, Jeanette Filpi, Rachel Bletzacker, Donald Oswald, Jeni Black, Raina Lucero, Morgan King, Chris King, Abby Huff, and Beth Spady.
Stabbing death in La Junta under investigation
The La Junta Police Department, with assistance from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, continues to investigate a stabbing that left one man dead.
Last Friday, around 6:30 a.m., the La Junta Police Department received a 911 call about a man lying in the street at the intersection of 9th Street and Santa Fe Avenue. The victim was transported to the Arkansas Regional Valley Medical Center in La Junta where he later died.
The Otero County Coroner notified next of kin and identified the victim as Charles Shane Cheatham, 47, of La Junta.
Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority Board applications now open
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Cheney's hint at presidential run after loss met with skepticism
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North Dakota DHS audit finds $629 million in financial errors
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Liz Cheney trounced: ‘Black sheep effect’ and GOP partisan identity explain her decisive defeat after criticizing Trump
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South Dakota congressman wants to keep American farmland from Chinese companies
A bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, would ban China and three other countries from purchasing or investing in agricultural land in the U.S.
Why letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won’t be the game-changer for health care Democrats hope it will be
Democrats hope their new health care, tax and climate law begins to rein in soaring prescription drug prices. One of its most touted provisions allows Medicare, America’s health insurance program for seniors, to negotiate some prescription drug prices for the first time
Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation? How will the corporate minimum tax work?
The U.S. is about to spend US$490 billion over 10 years on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving health care and reducing the federal deficit. Where’s all that money coming from?