Conditions Report - Statewide

Rivers and Creeks

One of our most popular features for over 17 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County and across Colorado.

Copies of the print version of the Kiowa County Press can be purchased each week at Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, our at our business office at 1208 Maine Street, Eads.

Shown below - the front page of the July 6, 2018, Kiowa County Press - Swallows nearly ready to leave the next.  Photo by Jeanne Sorensen.

Jay Specht called the meeting to order at 7:07 pm. Those present at the meeting were: 

Jay Specht, President 

Teresa Witte, Treasurer 

Terry Riley, Director 

Delton Eikenberg, Director 

Karen Jones, Secretary

Also attending were District Chief A.J. McCracken, A.J. Bolin, Jayce Negley, and Darrell Hollis. 

This week at Lamar Theatre

Now Showing

• Incredibles 2

• Wednesday - Saturday 6:45 p.m. & 9:15 p.m.
• Sunday - Thursday 6:45 p.m. only
• Sunday Matinee 4:15 p.m.

Regular pricing Thursday.

Coming Soon

• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

• TAG

The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control is reminding the public to use caution during Independence Day holiday celebrations and do their part to prevent wildfires.

Colorado Highlights

Colorado principal crop planted acreage, which includes acres planted to all major crops and those expected to be cut for all hay, is down 2 percent from 2017 to 6.14 million acres, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. 

Dear EarthTalk: Is ridesharing via companies like Uber and Lyft good or bad for the environment overall?--Jeff Timotheos, Akron, OH

Above normal temperatures and dry conditions accelerated winter wheat harvest last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Eastern districts received isolated moisture, while western and southern counties remained very dry. Several fires in western and southern Colorado were reported last week.

I never saw 2015’s “Sicario” in theaters, I only knew it by its reputation as a movie that was unfairly overlooked at the Oscars that year. I watched the film in preparation for its sequel “Day of the Soldado”, and maybe it was because the version I saw was edited for television or maybe it was because I watched it from my comfy bedroom instead of the edge of my seat in a theater, but I have to say I was not impressed.