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.

Everybody loves a good donut, so you can never know too many places to get a quality dozen. Check out our list of eight of the best donut shops in Colorado!

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has ordered flags be lowered to half-staff statewide on all public buildings from sunrise until sunset Thursday, December 20, to honor Las Animas County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Matthew Moreno.

Moreno, 37, of Trinidad, died in a traffic crash last week. He was responding to an incident when the vehicle he was traveling in collided with another vehicle. The driver of that car and her daughter also were killed.  The incident remains under investigation.

Dear EarthTalk: It seems to me the single biggest potential “environmental” problem we could face—even bigger than global warming or a nuclear war—is a comet or asteroid striking the Earth. Do we currently track these space rocks and if so, how?