The 1999 Columbine high school shooting spawned a generation of school shooters who tried to copy it, research shows.

Thousands of years ago, carbon gases trapped on the seafloor escaped, causing drastic warming that helped end the last ice age. A scientist says climate change could cause this process to repeat.

Ripples on a puddle of water are fascinatingly simple - thanks to the complex mathematics behind them.

Joseph G. Giadone

February 4, 1942-May 6, 2019

A celebration of life memorial service for longtime Lamar resident and Prowers County Coroner, Joseph G. Giadone, affectionately known to his family and friends as Joe, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2019, at the Lamar Christian Church with Ian Blacker officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Fairmount Cemetery.  

Visitation for Joe will be held from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 10 at the Peacock Family Chapel in Lamar.

This week at Lamar Theatre

Note: This is the final set of menus for the school year. Menus will resume in August for the 2019-20 school year.

Not everybody has the same affinity for working out at the gym—and there’s no reason everyone needs to exercise the same way. In Colorado, you can hike the area’s famous terrain to reach a superior level of cardiovascular fitness and enjoy nature while you do it. Here are some of the many health benefits of hiking.

It’s finally that time of year when we can come out of hibernation from the long winter and get some sun. With Netflix and video games at our disposal, avoiding the outdoors is easy—but you should try and get outside as much as you can, especially since winter will return soon enough. Learn about the great health benefits of going outside this summer.

While trails have reopened, improvements are continuing at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.