Top articles for the week ending May 16, 2026
Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending May 16, 2026.
Home Country – Small miracles
Rural life and humor, with characters from the mind of Slim Randles.
Washington gets $538M in delayed COVID-era payments from FEMA
The federal government announced Wednesday it’s reimbursing the Washington state health department $263 million for costs responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than half the inmates Noem released early without parole board review have been re-charged
Twelve of the 19 people granted early release from prison by former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem without a customary review by a state board have since been charged with new crimes.
South Dakota revisits family benefit cuts and hospital payment changes after public backlash
The South Dakota Department of Social Services is taking a second look at two administrative rule changes the department originally proposed last year.
Drought causes federal disaster designation in four South Dakota counties
The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated a natural disaster area Thursday in four South Dakota counties due to drought, making farmers and ranchers eligible to apply for emergency loans.
As screwworm approaches New Mexico, agencies focus on outreach with few details on broader response
A notoriously destructive insect once eradicated from the United States is seeing a resurgence in Mexico.
Feds award $77M to rural New Mexico water pipeline project years in the making
A project to deliver drinking water to rural New Mexicans earned a multi million-dollar boost from the feds this week.
Oklahoma lawmakers fail to agree on residential wind setbacks
Another session passed with no agreement on wind turbine setbacks as new language fell flat in the Oklahoma House Thursday.
Cutting tribal college funding a threat to learning culture, self-determination, graduates say
New graduates of Sitting Bull College said proposed funding cuts to tribal colleges could mean losing schools where tribal citizens are best able to thrive.