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 November 4, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Every vote counts!

All ballots must be received - not postmarked - by November 8 deadline to count.

The 2016 General Election is just days away and the U.S. Postal Service is encouraging Colorado voters to mail in their completed ballots now to allow for timely receipt and processing by local election officials.

Each year, Lamar Community College serves as a host site for College Goal Sunday.  Traditionally offered in February, this year’s event will be held in November to correspond with the 2017-18 FAFSA opening date of October 1. 

College Goal Sunday will be held on November 13, 2016, from 1:00-3:00pm in the LCC Betz Technology Center, Room 231.

Pages  from the Past

 15 Years Ago

November 9, 2001

• John Wesley Brown, a lifelong resident of Kiowa County, will be receiving the Korean War Service Medal.

• Mostly dry, dusty conditions prevailed in Colorado this past week. Weather allowed producers average 7 days suitable for field work but overall moisture supplies to deteriorate.

• Anyone who like to sing is invited to come to the first Christmas Cantata practice.

November 12: Bent's Fort Chapter, meeting, lunch and presentation on Amache Ochinee Prowers, 11:00, Rawlins Heritage Center, Las Animas, Colorado

November 19: End of the Trail Chapter, Santa Fe, NM, meeting and presentation on "Frenchmen on the Santa Fe Trail", 1:30, for more information,505-820-7828

January 15, 2017: Wet/Dry Routes Chapter meets at Kinsley, KS, lunch and program, 620-285-3295

September 27-30, 2017: Santa Fe Trail Association, Symposium, Olathe, KS

From vast wheat fields on the eastern plains and cattle grazing on lush mountain pastures to plump fruit in Western Slope orchards and chili peppers basking in the Pueblo sun, Colorado’s agricultural landscape is endless. It’s time to capture the “spirit” of Colorado agriculture through photographs. The 19th annual “Colorado…it’s AgriCultural” photography contest is seeking entries as a way to celebrate the state’s agricultural heritage.

For a fourth year, the Colorado Corn Administrative Committee (CCAC) is accepting applications from FFA chapters around the state as part of its Colorado Corn FFA Grant Program.

The deadline to apply is November 15. An application form is available at www.coloradocorn.com.

The Colorado Corn FFA Grant Program assists FFA chapters in Colorado on projects that lack funding within their school district's budget.

The Knights of Columbus Junior High Basketball Tournament will be held at Cheyenne Wells Jr.-Sr. High School November 7-8.

All games will be held in the New Gym. Eads and Cheyenne Wells will be the designated home teams on Monday and will wear white. The losers of games 1 & 2, and the winners of games 3 & 4 will be the designated home team on Tuesday and wear white. 

Monday, November 7

4:00 pm Eads Girls vs. Weskan Girls

​ Leave Time 2:15 or 2:30​