Obituary – Charles Wayne Walker
Charles Wayne Walker
March 18, 1923 - June 8, 2019
Crowley County
Obituary – Betty Jean Bean Igou
Betty Jean Bean Igou
January 1, 1930-May 13, 2019
Betty Jean Bean Igou was born January 1, 1930, in Crowley and went to be with the Lord on May 13, 2019. She lived on her parents' farm and went to school in Crowley, where she graduated in 1948.
After attending business school in La Junta, she moved to Hugo in 1949, where she worked for the Lincoln County ASC office.
Highway 71 closing near Ordway for bridge replacement
Part of Highway 71 south of Ordway will be closed starting Monday as work begins to replace a bridge over the Arkansas River. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, the closure is expected to continue through late October.
Access to businesses along the highway will remain available, however a three-quarter mile segment between mile markers 18.75 and 19.5 will be inaccessible as the aging bridge is replaced.
Extreme Drought Spreads on Colorado’s Eastern Plains
While drought conditions across Colorado were mostly stable over the past week, extreme drought expanded in the southeast, with Kiowa county bearing most of the impact.