Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending June 11, 2022.

May 17, 2022

9:41 AM-Trespassing-Brandon, CO

• Sergeant Murdock was dispatched to the 12000 block of CR 58 for a report of trespassing. The landowner stated that they did not want to press charges due to the subject being invited by the individual leasing the property. Murdock cleared the scene.

6:17 PM-Lockout-Eads, CO

• Undersheriff Swanson responded to Cobblestone for a vehicle lockout.

From the 135-year history of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado for June 12, 2022.

Pearls of faith from Pastor Richard Zabriskie

Rural life and humor, with characters from the mind of Slim Randles.

Solar panels, heat pumps and hydrogen are all building blocks of a clean energy economy. But are they truly “essential to the national defense”?

One thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox, a disease originating in Africa, have been recorded since early May across at least 30 non-endemic countries. But what is this virus? Who is affected?

Triple-digit temperatures are expected to make their first appearence of the season for eastern Colorado over the weekend.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has appointed Samuel S. Vigil to the 16th Judicial District Court.  The vacancy is created by the retirement of the Honorable Michael A. Schiferl, and is effective July 2, 2022.  

Vigil is a part-time Bent County Court Judge, a position he has held since 2013, and a part-time District Court Magistrate, a position he has held since 2020, both in the 16th Judicial District. 

The Colorado Department of Transportation, in cooperation with Martin Marietta, will be resurfacing US Highway 50 between Mile Post 316.5 and MP 331. 

The project will start at the intersection of US 50 and Bonforte Boulevard in Pueblo and continue east on US 50 to Avondale Boulevard. 

Other improvements that will be done to the roadway include micro-surfacing, bridge work, guardrail replacement, ADA ramps, and possible slope paving.