Lauretta Mae Blankenbaker
September 3, 1933 - February 13, 2022
Lauretta Mae Price Blankenbaker was born September 3, 1933, in Gate, Oklahoma, to Tom (Milton Lester) and Opal Pearl Hester Price. Lauretta entered Heaven’s Gates February 13, 2022.
Nebraska taxpayers would no longer pay state income taxes on the first $50,000 of their income under a new proposal being considered by the Legislature.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidance Friday that eases up their recommendations for wearing masks indoors for most Americans.
Photo of the week from the February 25, 2022, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Clouds at sunset - Chris Sorensen.
What’s better than ranch dressing? Fresh, homemade ranch dressing! It’s the perfect addition to your salad, veggies, or just about anything you can dip!
Bone doesn’t bend. It is very strong, but it’s also brittle and can break with too much pressure. Cartilage is strong, but it is squishier and can bend.
Following a request by property owners earlier in the month, the Kiowa County Commissioners have asked for a meeting with representatives of Xcel Energy to discuss a 10-mile setback from the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in routing a proposed power transmission line.
Cattle on feed highlight for January 2022 in Colorado and the United States from the USDA.
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.56 billion pounds in January, down 5 percent from the 4.80 billion
pounds produced in January 2021.
Beef production, at 2.27 billion pounds, was 2 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.70 million head, down 2
percent from January 2021. The average live weight was down 1 pound from the previous year, at 1,398 pounds.
Veal production totaled 4.6 million pounds, slightly below January a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 32,300 head, slightly below