Kiowa County, Colorado, is moving to Level Orange due to increasing COVID-19 coronavirus spread, meaning new restrictions for businesses and activities.

Birthdays

November 23

• Rick Spady
• Pattie Richardson* In Memory
• Paige Weisdorfer

November 24

• Myla Kaite Oquist
• Kimberly Kelley

November 25

• Abby Briggs
• Karson Dorothy Johnson
• Kyra Sheridan
• Gary Kiniston
• Jessica James Shoemaker
• Danny Weisdorfer
• Kristi Mari

November 26

• Bethany Kerfoot
• Jason Bennett
• Cash Talbert
• Shawn Kelley
• Hatch Nelson
• Lacie Igou Weiher
• Keeley Gutierrez
• Broo

The Kiowa County Clerk’s Office will be OPENING by APPOINTMENT ONLY beginning NOVEMBER 23, 2020
and will remain that way until further notice.

PLEASE call 719-438-5421 to renew your license plates or use the DROP BOX on the west side of the Courthouse to drop off renewals. We will even meet you at the door with renewals. You will need to pay by CHECK if we are going to meet you at the door.

Northern Cheyenne Tribal member Otto Braided Hair will be making a special presentation at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site later in November.

There seems to be a real disconnect between the claims of widespread fraud, a stolen election and illegal voting made by President Donald Trump and his allies and the actual claims formally made by his lawyers in court.

There are now two COVID-19 vaccines that, at least according to preliminary reports, appear to be 94.5% and 95% effective. Both were developed in a record-breaking 11 months or so.

It’s difficult to put into words how hard COVID-19 is hitting rural America’s hospitals. Yet in many communities, the initial cooperation and goodwill seen early in the pandemic have given way to COVID-19 fatigue and anger, making it hard to implement and enforce public health measures, like wearing face masks, that can reduce the disease’s spread.

Six locations, including four Air Force installations, have made the first round of cuts for those being considered for the new headquarters of U.S. Space Command, the Air Force announced.

Photo of the week from the November 20, 2020, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - curious deer near Eads.