Kit Carson County

Tumbleweed Midstream, LCC, has signed a long-term contract for helium delivery with a value that could exceed $500 million.

Steve Poet is an agricultural education teacher at the High Plains High School in Seibert. Although he has been working with kids for 20 years, this will be his fifth year at High Plains High School. He is the kind of invested teacher that all students hope to have when entering a high school ag program. Poet grew up in a rural setting himself, and with years of experience he has developed quite the green thumb.

Snow and cold are headed to eastern Colorado through the weekend, with dangerous wind chill expected.

Norm Travis

April 1931 - January 2021

Norman Dean Travis was born April 30, 1931, to Orvetta and Al Travis. He was raised by Orvetta's parents, Roy and Gertie George, or as you would hear him call them, Mom and Dad. 

He grew up in and around Vona and graduated from Vona High School in May 1948. 

Eastern Colorado is facing danger from high winds, blowing dust and fire Friday.

Tanner Scott Hougham

June 8, 1993 - November 2, 2020

Tanner Scott Hougham, 27, of Burlington, died November 2, 2020. Tanner was born in Goodland, Kansas, June 8, 1993, to Richard and Benita Hougham. He was welcomed home to Arapahoe by his big sister, Jessica, and soon met his brother, Tim. 

Six eastern Colorado counties are under a warning for high fire danger Saturday afternoon.

Funeral services for Logan Troy Homan, 20, will be held September 9, 2020, in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.

Colorado remains heavily impacted by drought, with no hope of improvement in the near term as costly fires continue to burn.

Betty Jane Weber

July 17, 1930 - May 29, 2020

Betty Jane Weber, 89, of Burlington passed away with her family by her side May 29, 2020.

Betty was born on a farm near Eads July 17, 1930. The youngest of 11 children, she grew up during the "dust bowl" years of the Great Depression.