To many Americans, the idea that states might cancel or postpone their primaries as a response to the COVID-19 epidemic may sound undemocratic.

The ACE2 receptor allows the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect and destroy our cells. What is the normal role of ACE2 in the body, and could it be the key to blocking infection?

Women are highly underrepresented in the field of cybersecurity - just 14 percent of the workforce as of 2017.

Responses to the coronavirus pandemic have highlighted the challenges posed by the United States’ system of federalism, where significant power rests with states and local governments.

(The Center Square) – The costs of reigning in the wild horse and burro populations across the country’s public rangelands “could be staggering,” federal land managers said in a recent report.

Extreme drought entered Colorado last week for the first time in over a year, and continued its expansion in the latest report from the National Drought Mitigation Center.

An early morning thunderstorm brought around an inch of rain to drought-plagued Kiowa County Saturday.

In Eads, 1.16 inches was recorded between midnight and 4:00 a.m.

In eastern Kiowa County, Sean Harkness reported 0.90 inches on social media.

Photo of the week from the May 15, 2020, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Columbines.

Birthdays

May 18

• Olivia Fry
• Sara White
• Annette Rehm Fink
• Garett Walker

May 19

• Seija Splitter
• Connie Weber
• Zach Doyle
• Raylee Bachman
• Mary Kathryn Votruba
• John Rouse
• Jacob Kraft
• Janelle Crow
• Mike Johnson
• Autumn Rouse
• Emma Lea Hollis
• Taylynn Engelhart
• Rex Barlow 

May 20

• Keilee Raye Fagan
• Jordan Reynolds
• Monique Rasmussen

May 21

• Randy Carney
• Ryker Joe Le

The movies make it seem like someday we'll be able to make people and objects grow really big or shrink really small. Whether this will be possible comes down to the smallest of things.