As the federal government shutdown continues, USDA programs are being impacted.

New program from the Colorado Department of Agriculture offers up to $5,000 to offset costs to producers in creating internships.

Colorado can expect more of the same, weather-wise, in 2019.

How Opportunity Zones can help Colorado’s struggling communities.
 

Unpaid internships with CBI run from June through August.

Donald Jerome Busto is accused of second degree murder after a man was shot to death Thursday.

Leo J. Mills is facing more than a dozen counts of multiple charges in Otero County.

This week at Lamar Theatre

• The lapse of federal appropriations and the subsequent partial shutdown of government agencies has forced the closure of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Kiowa County according to Acting Superintendent Janet Frederick. She states the closure of the site is for the safety of visitors and park resources
• The Annual Lamar Elks Toy Show sponsored by the Prowers County Farm Bureau. Saturday, January 12, 2019, at the Lamar Elks Lodge 28157 Hwy 287 South, Lamar CO 9 am - 3 pm.

Editing plant genes can dramatically speed the process of improving crops.