Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed an executive order creating a new program that will pay some unemployed Coloradans to return to work.

As New Mexico gears up to implement the legalization of adult-use cannabis, the state is looking into raising production limits and also making some changes to medical marijuana rules including eliminating some sales tax.

Photo of the week from the May 21, 2021, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Reeds in the sunlight at Jackson' Pond - Damian Hernandez

DATA

• Cases: 103
• Hospitalizations: 6
• Deaths: 4**

*These are cumulative totals as of 05/18/2021 4pm **Deaths in people with a recent positive COVID test.

Dietitian Leanne McCrate sets the record straight on a number of nutrition myths.

While avocados tend to get all the guacamole glory, sometimes they’re not available, not ripe, or just too expensive!  Check out this tasty, bright, and satisfying recipe that put the humble green pea in the leading role.

(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sent a letter to the U.S. National Park Service this week in support of the agency adding a World War II Japanese internment camp in southeastern Colorado into the federal park system.

The Colorado state Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would overhaul the state’s funding for transportation projects.

The grass is greener. The wildflowers are blooming. Summer is just around the corner, and there’s no better place to spend it than in beautiful, sunny Colorado. Unfortunately, summer fun comes with summer heat. As the long days of oppressive temperatures and glaring sunshine approach, make sure you have a plan to stay cool all season long. These tricks will help you stay healthy while you get your fill of all that Colorado summers have to offer. Stay comfortable with these cool ways to beat the heat this summer.

Alice Jean Weisdorfer Davis Nordick

June 14, 1933 – May 4, 2021

Alice Jean, preferring to be called Jeany or Jean, was born June 14, 1933, to Lawrence and Grace (Herschler) Weisdorfer. The eldest of four children, Jean spent her childhood years growing up on a farm in the Prairie Queen District North of Haswell. Jean attended her first years of school at Prairie Queen and later rode the school bus to Eads for grade school.