Another dry weekend is in the forecast for southeast Colorado and Kiowa County – and once again fire alerts will be possible early in the week.
Friday (April 1, 2016) starts off cooler and windy, with a high in the low 50s and north wind 10-20 miles per hour.
Five to 15 mph wind is expected Saturday and Sunday, with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Overnight lows will be 30s.
Monday continues the warming trend with a high in the low 70s, and Tuesday will approach 80.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture has posted a job announcement for a Division Director position that will focus the Division’s efforts on coordinating, collaborating and cooperating with federal and state agencies in order to develop and implement positive relationships with Colorado farmers and ranchers particularly in public land use and range management. The Division also assists private landowners in conservation practices.
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While the overall area considered “abnormally dry” decreased slightly in Colorado over the past week, the area in low-level drought increased.
According to the March 29 report, all of Prowers County and most of Baca County are in moderate drought. Drought also increased in eastern Bent County and a small sliver of southeast Las Animas County.
Lamar Community College will be hosting an Open House on April 7, 2016, from 3:30-6:30pm at the Betz Technology Building. A free light dinner will be provided and attendees will have the chance to win door prizes all night long.
The Eads FFA Livestock sale day will be Saturday, April 16, from 9 AM - 12 PM. If you have questions, please e-mail william.nelson@eadseagles.org or call (970) 373-7335
15 Years Ago
April 6, 2001
This winter the Low-income Energy Assistance program (LEAP) provided nearly $52,000 to Kiowa County residents to assist with payments of heating cost.
25 Years Ago
April 4, 1991
The Eads Post Office is modernizing its postal delivery system to conform with the national postal standards. The changes only apply to home-delivery patrons
40 Years Ago
April 4
Kinsley Williams
Troy Smith
Alyssa Japhet
Sam Jones
April 5
Michael Berggren
Michael Blodgett
Ashley Brown
Joshua Crow
Bettina Kelley
Robert Rittgers
Larry Watts
Camden Hokanson
April 6
Jaxon Crawford
Katie Philpy
Kenzilynn Laird
Cassidy Brown
Krystal Koch
Ryan Scott
Lola Barnard
Isaac Splitter
April 7
The Eads FFA Livestock sale day will be Saturday, April 16, from 9 AM - 12 PM. All animals were born at the Eads FFA farm and have been raised by Eads FFA members. They will be weaned prior to the sale and ready to take home that day.
We have boer goats, both wethers and does, for sale, as well as Columbia cross sheep, both wethers and ewes. We are very proud of our crop of lambs and kids this year, and we believe that they will be very competitive at any fair they go to.
UPDATE: as expected, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Warning covers all the counties under the Fire Weather Watch mentioned in the original article, and adds Crowley, Lincoln, Otero and portions of Elbert and Las Animas Counties. Winds will be out of the south gusting as high as 50 miles per hour and relative humidity as low as 11 percent. All outdoor burning is strongly discouraged.
