As Thanksgiving motorists flock to Colorado roads to celebrate with friends and family, CDOT, the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and statewide law enforcement agencies will ramp up DUI enforcement efforts to keep Colorado roads safe from impaired drivers.

Through Monday, November 27, 111 agencies will participate in the campaign, which could include checkpoints, saturation patrols or an increased number of patrols. During the long 2016 Thanksgiving holiday weekend, there were six fatalities on Colorado roads, one of which involved an impaired driver.

State Highway 82 over Independence Pass was closed mid-morning Friday and will remain closed until the spring of 2018.

The pass rises to an elevation of 12,095 feet on the border of Lake and Pitkin counties, and is the highest paved road over the Continental Divide in the United States.

• Weisbrod Nursing Home Auxiliary Annual Fall Bazaar Saturday November 18 - 9am to 2pm Community Building at the Kiowa County Fair Grounds Eads
• Did you know there is a program that could pay for a portion of your heating costs if you qualify?

Arkansas River Headwaters

Permits go on sale Monday to cut your own Christmas tree in the San Isabel National Forest, while permits are already available in other forests across Colorado.

The Salida Ranger District of the San Isabel National Forest will be selling the permits through December 22 for $10 each, with a limit of two permits per family.

The United States Forest Services is hiring more than 900 temporary workers in the Rocky Mountain Region, which includes Colorado as well as Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.

The seasonal jobs involve work in national forests as well as national grasslands in areas such as fire management, trails, forestry, engineering, wildlife, recreation, fisheries, archaeology and administrative support.

Employers in Colorado added 1,400 nonfarm payroll jobs from September to October for a total of 2,659,000 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 4,300 and government decreased 2,900.

Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) will be holding a town hall meeting Monday in Pueblo. The meeting is scheduled to run from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Pueblo Convention Center, 320 Central Main Street in Pueblo. Parking is available at the SRDA parking lot located off Alan Hammel between Union Avenue and Central Main Street.

Space will be limited, so those who would like to attend are encouraged to arrive early. Doors will open at 10:30 a.m.

The Kiowa County Hospital District and County Board met in regular session on September 26, 2017 at 6:31 p.m. at the Bransgrove Building Meeting Room.

District Board members present were: Robert Woods, Mary Eikner, Priscilla Waggoner and Cathryn Anderson. Absent - Sylvia Shields.

County Board members present were: Craig Kerfoot, Dennis Pearson, Lori Shalberg, and John Negley. Absent - Kim Harris (called).

Others present: Shannon Dixon, Char Korrell, Cindy McLoud, Wendy McDowell, Colette Martin, Rod Brown, Dana Brown, and Beth Spady.

CALL TO ORDER

This week at Lamar Theatre

Starts Friday

Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok

Friday - Saturday, 6:45 and 9:10 p.m.

Sunday - Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. only

Coming Soon

A Bad Moms' Christmas

Daddy's Home 2

CLOSED THURSDAY FOR THANKSGIVING