One of our most popular features from the past 15 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County. While a limited number of copies continue to be printed and distributed each week at Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, we wanted to bring this feature to our online readers as well.

Shown below - the front page of the December 2, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Rail line eastern Kiowa County. Photo by Jeanne Sorensen.

By Bob Garver

Much has been made of Disney’s hot streak in 2016. They’ve already had hits with “Zootopia;” “The Jungle Book;” “Captain America: Civil War;” “Finding Dory;” and “Doctor Strange,” plus “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is set to dominate the Christmas box office. Now here comes “Moana,” and it’s the best one yet.

Tuesday, November 01, 2016, at approximately 1025 hours, a Kiowa County Sheriff’s Deputy contacted a vehicle for speeding on Highway 287, at approximately mile marker 114.

Holiday Parties Enforcement Begins Friday

A federal judge has issued a $5.5 million civil penalty against Zen Magnets LLC, a Colorado company, which illegally sold powerful small magnets that already had been recalled by another company, the Justice Department announced.  Because of the company’s inability to pay the penalty, most of it was suspended.

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site has changed to its winter for the season. The park will be open Monday through Friday, 9:00 am through 4:00 pm and closed Saturday and Sunday. This schedule will remain in effect through March 31, 2017. 

The park will be closed in observance of the Christmas (Sunday and Monday, December 25-26) and New Year’s Day Holidays (Sunday and Monday, January 1-2).

Colorado agriculture feeds the state, nation and world and continues to be a key driver to the state’s economy, with Colorado agricultural exports totaling nearly $2 billion annually. To honor Colorado companies for their agricultural export efforts, the Colorado Department of Agriculture is accepting nominations for the third annual Governor’s Award for Agricultural Exporting.

American Legion Post #125 would like to say Thank You to Paul Kelley for retrieving, folding and bringing the American Flag from the roadside park back to us.  The mild breezes that we have here had snapped the cable.

The cable will be replaced or repaired as soon as possible, so that our Flag can once again fly proudly over the monument.  Thank you again Paul.

By Chris Sorensen

The start of December is hinting at more frequent prospects of snow.

Allows Consumers to Make More Informed Decisions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed a critical step in ensuring that consumers have updated nutritional information for meat and poultry products, helping Americans make better informed decisions when purchasing meat and poultry products.