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

Advice on face masks has changed, and it is now recommended that people wear cloth masks in public areas where social distancing can be difficult.

USDA mountain states region agricultural price report for February 2020.

Photo of the week from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending April 3, 2020 - Leaves emerging on trees in Eads, Colorado.

Birthdays

April 6

• Kenzilynn Laird
• Stephanie Lindholm
• Cassidy Brown
• Jamesen Robert Bradley
• Jaxon Crawford
• Katie Philipy
• Krystal Koch
• Ryan Scott
• Lola Barnard
• Isaac Splitter

April 7

• Mark Scott
• Jacob Wedel
• Emma Miller
• Brett Rusher
• Marty Adams
• Nathaniel Mitchek
• Casie Gordanier
• Jeanne Sorensen

April 8

• Mike Hines
• Amanda Morgans
• Shann

A delicious addition to your breakfast table, or enjoy a slice as an afternoon snack.  Fresh berries work well, but if they aren’t available or in season, try this recipe with (thawed) frozen berries.

In January, just before the pandemic hit the United States, a key distributor recalled more than 9 million gowns produced by a Chinese supplier because they had not been properly sterilized.

The Federal Reserve and the mortgage banking industry are hashing out details about how to allocate $454 million to help cover the fallout of the loan forbearance clause of the CARES Act.

For years, Michael Shelmet said he has been working with college faculty to discuss the ways online platforms can be used to augment classroom instruction.

In the second half of March, Shelmet, director of instructional technology at Drexel University, ramped up his efforts as word came the Philadelphia-based higher education institution was going to be closing its campus and transitioning to online learning in response to COVID-19.

February 2020 grain stocks for the USDA mountain states region.