Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending August 14, 2021.

The public hears relatively little about the suffering of the firefighters who risk their lives and are away from their families for days and weeks at a time.

The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin surface treatment work August 16 along Colorado Highway 96 from the Ordway to Arlington.  

Colorado students have experienced "significant decreases in achievement" between 2019 and 2021, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) said Thursday.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Friday against a challenge to President Joe Biden’s latest eviction moratorium.

Extra apples from the market? Try this Waldorf Salad with walnuts and crunchy fall apples.

Is alcohol consumption of any benefit to humans? If not, why aren’t we thinking about banning it forever?

Birthdays

August 16

• Denis Rodriquez
• Audee Jade Lane
• Tatum Leigh Bryant
• Braden Lane* In Memory
• Charles Collins*In Memory
• Elizabeth Owens

August 17

• Makeda Frederick
• Jim Ramsay
• Evan Hoffman
• Andrew McCracken

August 18

• Trace Musgrave
• Trenton Watts
• Colt Weber
• Marla Rasmussen
• Darla White
• Ryan Howe

August 19

• Oliver Leon Bryant
• Ranee Harland
• Jeff Uhland

August 20

Note: the following letter was distributed to recently distributed to Kiowa County residents by the Kiowa County Commissioners' office.

Dear Resident,

Bob Garver takes a look at "The Suicide Squad," the latest film based on DC Comics characters.