Colorado's sentors, Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet, joined a bipartisan effort to pass a new free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada.

A cooperative power supplier that last week announced the shuttering of coal operations in Colorado and New Mexico, announced a new energy plan at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Breakfast

• January 20: Scrambled eggs, toast, orange juice, milk, fruit
• January 21: Breakfast burrito, apple juice, milk, fruit
• January 22: Pancakes, sausage link, grape juice, milk, fruit
• January 23: French toast, orange juice, milk, fruit

Lunch

• January 20: Tomato soup, grilled cheese, cherry crisp, milk, salad bar
• January 21: Barbeque ribs, butted noodles, brownies, grapes, milk, salad bar
• January 22: Bacon cheeseburger, tater tots, banana, milk, salad bar
• January 23: Ham and cheese pocket, cooked carrots

The Regular Meeting of the Kiowa County Commissioners was called to order on December 26, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Richard Scott. Oswald opened the meeting with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Those in attendance:

• Richard Scott, Chairman 
• Donald Oswald, Commissioner 
• Howard "Butch" Robertson, Commissioner Delisa Weeks, County Clerk 
• Tina Adamson, County Administrator

Robertson moved and Oswald seconded the motion to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried. 

Dear Readers,

By Derek Draplin | The Center Square

Legislation to repeal Colorado’s death penalty has another iteration in the 2020 session, this time with bipartisan support. 

An energy trade group based in Denver has responded to some of the comments made during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Committee candidate debate about climate change policies the candidates would enact against the oil and gas industry, particularly an end to drilling on federal lands.

Local and national government officials and agricultural advocates are expressing their respective pleasure over Wednesday’s signing of the first phase of a sweeping trade deal between China and the United States.

Apple juice and dried fruit add a touch of sweetness to this stew. This dish can be put together in minutes and then left to simmer in your slow cooker.

Rosemary Marjorie Stoker

January 27, 1935 – January 12, 2020

Rosemary Marjorie (Schmitt) Stoker was born January 27, 1935, in Herington, Kansas, to Leonard and Marjorie Schmitt. Rosemary was the oldest of four children.

She spent her early years at the family farm in the Prairie Queen community. She attended school until the eighth grade in Galatea, and then attended high school in Eads, graduating Valedictorian in 1952.