October 14 1946 – June 23 2018
John Trougott Horber III was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 14, 1946 to John T. and Medrith (Armstrong) Horber.
He passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018, at his home in Las Animas at the age of 71.
Raydean "Rusty" Gail Hines
September 29, 1965 - June 23, 2018
We will be celebrating and honoring the "Wonderful Life" of Rusty Hines on Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at the Praise Community Church in Eads. Burial will follow in the Eads Cemetery.
Brown Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements
As Coloradans prepare for Fourth of July barbecues, parties and festivities, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local law enforcement agencies are teaming up to keep impaired drivers off the road. Law enforcement from 88 agencies across the state will be out with increased patrols, saturation patrols or checkpoints for the Fourth of July DUI enforcement period, which runs from Friday, June 29, through Thursday, July 5 as part of CDOT’s The Heat Is On campaign.
Lack of rain and increasing summer temperatures contributed to worsening drought conditions in central and southwest Colorado over the past week.
Severe drought expanded north across northern Fremont and southern Chaffee, Park and Teller counties, while extreme conditions also advanced to cover Custer and Pueblo counties, along with southern Fremont and El Paso counties. Extreme drought also spread in Delta and Mesa counties.
This week at Lamar Theatre
Lamar Theatre will be closed June 29 - July 3
Unofficial results as provided by the Kiowa County Clerk's Office can be viewed in the PDF (Adobe Acrobat) linked below.
Note:Republican results displayed below updated to correct a typographical error.
Beginning this weekend, people living the Gunnison Valley and in southwestern Colorado will have a new way to travel to Denver, Grand Junction and other locations, including areas along the Front Range beginning next week.
Saturday, June 30, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) existing Bustang service is expanding to serve the communities along U.S. 160, Colorado 145, U.S. 550 and U.S 50 between Durango and Grand Junction.
As we observe the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July, we should consider the unique form of government for which our Founding Fathers chose to risk “their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor” against the militarily-superior British.
