Colorado can achieve more when Washington's influence is curbed according to Senator Michael Bennet.

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The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in Colorado feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or larger was estimated at 1,010,000 head as of December 1, 2018. The latest inventory was 1 percent below last month’s inventory but 2 percent above the December 1, 2017 inventory. 

Cattle feeders with 1,000 head or larger capacity marketed an estimated 145,000 head of fed cattle during November 2018. This was 3 percent below last month’s marketings, but 7 percent above the marketings one year earlier. 

Labor pool grows faster than available jobs for November 2018 in Colorado.

Emma Loraine (May) Briggs

June 3, 1928 - December 9, 2018

Emma passed peacefully from this life into a better one December 9, 2018, in Eads, Colorado with her daughter by her side.  She was 90 years old. 

The oldest of three children, Emma was born June 3, 1928, on a farm near Lamar, Colorado to Adam and Mary May.  

Kit Carson School District Superintendent Robert Framel has received the first Educational Leadership Award from the Colorado Rural Schools Alliance.

Drinking water is essential for good health. How can we be sure to get enough?

$1.3 million available for ag hydropower projects in Colorado.

Thomas Vernon Warren

September 18, 1962 - December 9, 2018

Thomas Vernon Warren was born September 18, 1962, in Reseda, Colorado to William and Betty Watkins Warren.  In 1970, the Warren’s moved to Las Animas, Colorado, where Tom was raised and graduated from Las Animas High School.  Beginning at a very early age, Tom had a love of hunting and fishing, probably instilled into him by his dad.  Hunting and fishing would be a lifelong passion for Tom.