Elbert County Sheriff Shane Heap is seeking witnesses and assistance in locating suspects in a freeway shooting that took place during the early morning hours Friday.

According to the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded shortly before 1:00 a.m. to mile marker 352 on Interstate 70 just west of Limon for a reported shooting. The victim was a man from Kansas who had been traveling east when a blue, 4-door Honda pulled alongside the man’s vehicle. At least one of the two occupants of the Honda began shooting.

By Chris Sorensen

With Wednesday as a current exception, afternoon and evening thunderstorms will remain a possibility at least until Thursday.

Sunday and Monday’s high temperatures in Kiowa County will continue to be in the mid- to upper 80s before jumping to the low to mid-90s during the middle of the week. Current forecasts call for a return to mid-80s Friday and Saturday.

Overnight lows are expected to be in the 60s throughout the week.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Region 8 are joining forces in a safety campaign to raise awareness of motorcyclists traveling to and from summer motorcycle rallies.   

For the first time, traffic safety partners in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota are teaming up in a border-to-border initiative, entitled “Safe 2 Sturgis,” to prevent motorcyclist injuries and deaths on our highways.

United States Congressman Ken Buck will be holding a town hall session in Lamar to answer questions and receive feedback from area citizens.

The town hall will take place Friday, August 19, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Lamar Community College Library, 2401 South Main Street, Lamar.

The Crop Pathology Lab at Colorado State University is conducting its first corn disease survey in Colorado over the course of this growing season.

Earlier this year, the Colorado Corn Administrative Committee (CCAC) contributed $31,580 to this research project, in a collaborative effort to compile comprehensive information regarding bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens of corn, including foliar, ear, stalk and root pathogens.

Reimbursements of state, tribal and local response costs total $1.4M to date

Slim Randles

“Sanctimonious siphons, it’s hot!” said Dud, sitting at the philosophy counter and turning over his coffee cup for action with a single smooth move.  Dud is a regular at the Mule Barn truck stop’s legendary world dilemma think tank.

“Epithet time again, Dudley?” said Doc.

“Epithets and heat time, Doc. When that heat comes along, the only thing that can really change an attitude is a properly tuned epithet. It’s man’s emotional release valve, but of course you know that, being a doctor and all.”

Dud doctored his coffee and took a sip.

By Pastor Rich Z

Satisfaction

"No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied; no matter how much we

hear, we are not content." Ecclesiastes 2:11 TLB

Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) began his annual Colorado Farm Tour on the Western Slope this past week. On the first day of his Colorado Farm Tour, Gardner visited farms in Meeker, New Castle, Palisade, Norwood, Dove Creek, and Cortez.