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Top articles at KiowaCountyPress.net for the week ending August 8, 2020
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President signs executive orders to extend unemployment benefits, suspend some payroll taxes
Weather - Drought News Update Recap
All of Colorado in drought or abnormally dry conditions
PROMO Outdoors - Fishing Man Stream - iStock - ViktorCap
Colorado statewide fishing report and conditions – August 8, 2020
Section of a newspaper headlined "Unemployment" with a pen and pair of glasses
National unemployment rate falls for third straight month as economy adds 1.8 million jobs
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Over 8,600 Colorado businesses filed to dissolve during second quarter
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Some high school sports to proceed in fall, other sports delayed but scheduled
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Kiowa County Hospital District continues COVID-19 guidance
Agriculture USDA Service Center Update
USDA Update - August 4, 2020
Weather - Drought News Update Recap
Extreme drought shrinks in southern Colorado, conditions degrade in the north
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Initiative to implement progressive state income tax fails to garner enough signatures to qualify for ballot
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Judge allows 10 p.m. last-call alcohol sales order to stand
Summer view of the Colorado state capitol building with the United States and Colorado flags
Polis backs proposal for $500B in federal aid for states and local governments
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Signatures turned in for ballot initiatives on voter approval of fees, income tax cut measures
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Oil and gas ballot measures won't appear on 2020 ballot in Colorado
PROMO 64J1 Health - Coronavirus COVID-19 - iStock - Kira-Yan
24% of average county population in Colorado has high COVID-19 risk
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Proposed new $1 trillion coronavirus relief package introduced
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Random testing in Indiana shows COVID-19 is 6 times deadlier than flu, and 2.8% of the state has been infected