On December 14, the members of the Electoral College will meet in state capitols across the country and cast their ballots for president and vice president.

The laws and policies that governments enact set the framework for the exercise of our rights. So, inaction on the part of government does not necessarily empower citizens. It can, effectively, take away our power, leaving us less able to act to address our needs.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected the state of Texas' lawsuit seeking to overturn presidential election results in four key swing states.

Distribution of a new COVID-19 vaccine is now underway after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday granted emergency use authorization for the serum.

It’s not a secret that 2020 has been a difficult year. For some of us, such as the Kiowa County Public Library District, it started out as an okay year. We were (and had been for a few years) working hard to bring a difficult question to the Kiowa County Community. We were planning, communicating, analyzing, and preparing to ask the community for support on a mill levy increase measure for the Library - something that hasn’t increased since we became a special district (which operates separately from the county) thirty-three years ago in 1987. 

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The Kiowa County Commissioners would like to express our gratitude to the planning group for the Merry on Maine Holiday Festival.  

We understand the enormous planning for this event, along with the love and hope for our residents, businesses, and communities to have an inspirational event of fellowship and joyful celebration.  We know that this year has been profoundly disappointing for so many, no celebrations, graduations, weddings, funerals, reduced income, isolation, sickness and loss of life.  

Rodney S. Shivers, Jr.

March 18, 1954 – December 7, 2020

Rodney Shivers, Jr., was born to Rodney Sterling Shivers Sr. and Frances Pearl Prewitt Shivers in Cleveland, Mississippi, March 18, 1954. Rodney was the oldest child, having a younger brother, Jeffery, and a younger sister, Stacey. Growing up in a farming family, Rodney was helping on the farm from a young age and fell in love with raising crops from the soil.

Elda Stavely

June 26, 1927 – December 10, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Elda Stavely will be held Monday, December 14, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at the Haswell Cemetery in Haswell. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Haswell Community Building Fund; PO Box 70, Haswell, CO 81045

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home.