The Mrs. Colorado America Pageant is now accepting applications from married women to represent Kiowa County as a State Finalist in the 2017 pageant being held on April 8, 2017 at the spectacular Ellie Caulkins Opera House Theatre in downtown Denver. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, a resident of Colorado and U.S. citizen, and married at the time of the pageant to be considered.
Fifteen years ago today, 2,996 people died in coordinated terrorist attacks on targets in New York City and Washington, D.C.
By Chris Sorensen
While the first day of autumn is over a week away, hints changes will be evident in the forecast for this week.
Sunday will have a summer-like high temperature in the mid-90s before starting a drop-off for a few days as a front passes through the area. Monday remains mostly sunny with a high in the mid-80s.
Tuesday will be the coolest day of week, with a below-normal 65 for the high. Temperatures will rebound to the mid-70s to low 80s for the remainder of the week.
Overnight lows will be in the upper 40s to mid-50s.
Learn how at a series of free National Preparedness Month Webinars
When large scale disasters hit an area, the infrastructure failure is particularly damaging to small businesses. Recent flooding in Louisiana points to a hard rule: when your business is cut off from clients, vendors and critical staff, the economic losses continue long after the cleanup is done.
Slim Randles
Our month of change. Our month of happy change. Once more we can stand the thought of wearing a sweater as the summer sun burns itself down. Once again we can think about a new year at school, a new teacher. Once again, the house is ours … and quiet during the day.
September.
In the forest, the animals are polishing antlers, sleeking muscles for the mating ruts to come, marking their territories. The deciduous trees are showing those awesome changes of color as the mountains become a splendid quilt of temporary beauty.
September.
By Pastor Rich Z
LABOR: LOVE IT OR HATE IT
“Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool?” Ecclesiastes 2:18,19
Photos from the September 10, 2016, Kiowa County Fair Parade.
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 September 9, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Welcome to the Kiowa County. Photo by Chris Sorensen.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an initiative that will use USDA's rural development resources to help fill the need for transitional housing for people recovering from opioid and other substance use disorders. In January, President Obama tasked Vilsack, who is chair of the White House Rural Council, with leading a federal interagency effort focused on rural opioid use.
By Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Harvesting a deer or elk in the wrong Game Management Unit is not only illegal, it can be very expensive. Consider the experience of an Oklahoma couple hunting in southwest Colorado.
A Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer drove into their camp late one morning during the first rifle season. When he asked how the hunt was going the husband explained that they had each killed a cow about a mile away from their camp.