Photo of the week from the August 27, 2021, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - plants along the roadside in Routt County, Colorado.

Extreme rainfall and flooding left paths of destruction through communities around the world this summer. The latest was in Tennessee, where preliminary data shows a record-shattering 17 inches of rain fell in 24 hours.

Spring testing results for Wyoming students showed a decrease in all three testing subjects compared to pre-pandemic assessment scores.

Most of you have probably heard of antioxidants. They’re good for you, right? But what are they, exactly?

KIOWA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD MEETING AGENDA - Thursday, August 26, 2021

9:00 AM - COMMISSIONER MEETING ROOM

Due to Manzanola not having a football team this year, homecoming week for Eads High School has changed to the week of September 13, 2021.

• Wall decorating for the high school will be Wednesday, September 15
• Pep Rally will be Thursday September 16, at 6:30 p.m.
• Homecoming Dance will be Friday, September 17 following the football game

The costs of prescription drugs continue to rise in Colorado and across the U.S.

When we think about the state of Utah, a few images immediately come to mind. We picture the champagne snow of Park City resorts and the vast expanse of the Great Salt Lake. Basketball fans know the raucous atmosphere that surrounds the NBA’s Utah Jazz. And in Salt Lake City’s Temple Square, we can already envision the trumpeting angel and pointed spires of the grand but forbidding Salt Lake Temple—the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

A new bill to significantly expand federal power over state elections is headed to the U.S. Senate, the latest in a traffic jam of controversial legislation to be decided on by Congress.