Thirty percent of unvaccinated American adults say they’re waiting for the COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to be officially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Over the past two centuries, federal, state and municipal governments across the U.S. have launched wave after wave of infrastructure projects.

This year the Internet Archive turns 25. It’s best known for its pioneering role in archiving the internet through the Wayback Machine, which allows users to see how websites looked in the past.

15 Year Ago

August 18, 2006

• Matt Heimerich, Southeast Colorado RC&D Council Chair, was pleased to announced partnering with Baca Green Energy in its efforts to establish a wind farm in Baca County.

25 Years Ago

August 16, 1996

• Nursing Home News- Nellie Nickert: The Men’s Club enjoyed a trip to Kit Carson for dinner.
• The speed limit on about 700 miles of mostly rural Colorado highways will increase from 55 mph to 65 mph

40 Years Ago

Pearls of faith from Pastor Richard Zabriskie.

Rural life and humor, with characters from the mind of Slim Randles.

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending August 14, 2021.

The public hears relatively little about the suffering of the firefighters who risk their lives and are away from their families for days and weeks at a time.

The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin surface treatment work August 16 along Colorado Highway 96 from the Ordway to Arlington.  

Colorado students have experienced "significant decreases in achievement" between 2019 and 2021, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) said Thursday.