How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the American food supply
The United States food system depends upon millions of seasonal agricultural workers, and they are at risk from the COVID-19 coronavirus.
USDA Update - March 31, 2020
Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.
Dear Dietitian – Preventing emotional eating
Stressful times can lead to unhealthy emotional eating.
Colorado Supreme Court rules General Assembly doesn't have to meet for 120 consecutive days
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the state's General Assembly doesn't have to meet for consecutive days during the 2020 legislative session.
Colorado sees more than 200% increase in unemployment claims
Nearly 61,000 people in Colorado filed unimployment claims last week, an increase of more than 200 percent over the prior week.
Fed program to help businesses, workers launches Friday as unemployment claims soar
A program to help businesses face the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak is launching today in the United States.
Record 6.6 million Americans file unemployment claims, nearly doubling prior week's total
In the face of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, United States unemployment claims reach a record 6.6 million last week.
More than half of U.S. small businesses to be closed within two weeks
Nearly one-fourth of small businesses in the United States have closed, with more than half expected to be closed by mid-April.
Colorado school closures extended to April 30
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has extended school closures in the state until April 30 to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Obituary – Helen L. Miller
Helen "Vernie" L. Miller
August 7, 1923 - March 29, 2020
Helen LaVerne (Bass) Miller was born August 7, 1923, in Bellaire, Ohio, to Clyde Everett and Helen Isabel (Anderson) Bass. She passed away March 29, 2020, at the age of 96, at Prairie Pines Assisted Living Center in Eads.
Helen, lovingly known as Vernie, was the oldest child in her family. Vernie had wonderful memories of her childhood which included trips to Texas and California.
