Is "Jungle Cruise" the next "Pirates of the Caribbean?"

Photo of the week from the August 6, 2021, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Cat roaming the streets of Eads - Damian Hernandez.

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said Wednesday he won’t issue a statewide mask mandate for school districts.

Business filings in the second quarter of the year indicate Colorado’s economy is "firmly in recovery mode," the secretary of state’s office.

Technology has gone through some remarkable changes in the past few decades, especially within the medical field. The inventions and innovations we use today are truly mind-blowing. Even commonplace medical devices have the power to completely change someone’s life. It’s easy to look at these well-known tools and take them for granted, but sometimes, you have to take a step back and admire how many advancements we’ve made. Take a moment to appreciate these awe-inspiring examples of lifesaving medical devices.

By now, you probably know someone who has adopted a vegetarian diet. Estimates put vegetarianism at around 5% of the American population.

DATA

Cases 103 

• Hospitalizations 6
• Deaths 4**

*These are cumulative totals as of 08/03/2021 4pm **Deaths in people with a recent positive COVID Test

Lamar Community College students have the benefit of getting a college education from anywhere and for the same price as it would cost them to attend in-person. 

Illuminate Colorado (Illuminate) announce this week that Kiowa County is the first county in the state of Colorado to reach the tipping point to create a new standard of child safety in the community. In June of last year, llluminate, a statewide nonprofit organization working to strengthen families, organizations and communities to prevent child maltreatment, launched the Tip Colorado Initiative aimed at training more than 200,000 Coloradans to protect children from sexual abuse.

The pork business in Nebraska is well positioned for growth, said Al Juhnke, executive director of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association.