One of our most popular features over the past 16 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County.

Copies of the print version of the Kiowa County Press can be purchased each week at Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, our at our business office at 1208 Maine Street, Eads.

Shown below - the front page of the June 16, 2017, Kiowa County Press - home on the range. Photo by Chris Sorensen.

Lightning strikes the ground in our state more than a half million times each year and with many of us participating in outdoor activities, we need to learn how to protect ourselves from lightning hazards.

Lightning Kills

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

The 2017 4-H year is in high gear and is projecting to be one the best yet!  Everyone has their project books and getting a jump on their projects from clothing construction, food & nutrition, livestock, leathercraft, heritage arts, and shooting sports to name a few.

USDA Rural Development, the Kiowa County Extension Office, Kiowa County, and Kiowa County Economic Development Foundation are hosting a training opportunity to learn about USDA's Value Added Producer and Renewable Energy for America Program Grants.

The Kiowa County Commissioner’s Regular meeting was called to order May 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. by Commissioner Donald Oswald with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Those in attendance were:

Cindy McLoud, Commissioner

Donald Oswald, Commissioner

Tina Adamson, County Administrator

Richard Scott, Chairman absent

Delisa Weeks, County Clerk-Absent for morning session

McLoud moved and Oswald seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the May 11, 2017 meeting. All Commissioners voted Affirmative.

Adobe Creek Reservoir

The fishing has been good overall for both boat and shore anglers. The crappie bite has been hit or miss, but boat anglers are having luck fishing the deeper water, while shore anglers are having minimal success. Anglers are catching plenty of saugeye from both boat and shore. The carp are very active this time of year and anglers are having no issues catching their fair share of carp from shore. Some anglers have reported catching some small numbers of largemouth bass and channel catfish.

“Hot” is the watch word across Colorado for the final weekend before Tuesday’s official start of summer, however a front will help cool things Sunday.

Employers in Colorado added 10,600 nonfarm payroll jobs from April to May for a total of 2,645,600 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 11,500 and government decreased 900.