Wednesday (April 13, 2016) the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in conjunction with the Crowley and Otero County Sheriffs' Offices, served a warrant in Swink in connection with a missing person case from 2010.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 15 – July 15th - Primary Nesting Season for CRP. No practice or management activity allowed.
April 19 - County Committee Meeting
May 2-5 – FSA employees gone to training - NRCS will be available
May 31 – Last day to request commodity loan for 2015 grain sorghum, corn and sunflowers
July 15 - Production submission deadline for 2015 NAP crops.
August 1 – Deadline to request farm reconstitution for 2016.
NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Kiowa County Hospital District of Kiowa County, State of Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Kiowa County Hospital District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between 22 and 15 days prior to the election date.
DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF KIOWA, COLORADO
Court Address: 1305 Goff Street, PO Box 353
Eads, CO 81036
Telephone No.: (719) 438-5558
PETITIONER:
Sheridan Lake Water Company, a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation
NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF SHERIDAN LAKE WATER DISTRICT, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO
Even with rain in parts of southeast Colorado Sunday night into Monday morning, drought conditions continued to expand, and worsened in Baca County according to data released April 14, 2016, by the National Drought Mitigation Center.
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Thursday (April 14, 2016) from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. for most of eastern Colorado including Kiowa County to due high fire danger.
In addition to Kiowa County, all or most of the eastern counties are under the warning. Only Baca and Prowers counties are completely excluded.
Temperatures will be in the upper 70s to low 80s across the region, with south winds 15 to 30 miles per hour, gusting to 40 mph. Relative humidity is expected to drop as low as 12 percent.
While some uncertainty about details remain, confidence is growing that a storm system bringing much-needed moisture will impact a large portion of Colorado, including the eastern plains and Kiowa County, beginning Friday afternoon.
An upper low pressure system drops into northern Arizona Friday afternoon and begins slowly moving across northern New Mexico, bringing snow, rain and thunderstorms to the mountains and spreading to the eastern plains.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and members of Colorado’s federal delegation this week sent a letter to the Environmental Protectional Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy asking for additional support for the Bonita Peak Mining District. Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, and Congressman Scott Tipton joined Hickenlooper on the letter in support of the local communities including the Towns of Silverton and Durango, San Juan and La Plata Counties.
Hundreds of high school students flooded the Lamar Community College campus April 6, 2016, to participate in the FFA Career Development Day. A record number of students participated in the event with over 700 students from 36 schools from across the state. Students gained a wealth of experience in their areas of competition and the twelve high winners each received a $500 scholarship to LCC.
Students competed in a wide range of activities ranging from Ag Sales to Floriculture to Veterinary Science.
