COURT FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE ON THREE FELONY COUNTS AGAINST FORMER KIOWA COUNTY DEPUTY QUINTEN STUMP
A Kiowa County, Colorado court found probable cause to charge former Kiowa County Sheriff Deputy Quinten Stump on three felony charges including two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one...
By Betsy Barnett
Southeast Colorado Power Association Closes Eads Office
Southeast Colorado Power
Association Closes Eads Office
By Raina Lynch
April 28, 2021
For years members of Southeast Colorado Power Associati...
To Understand Our Future, We Must Realize Our Past
In 2001, now twenty years ago, a number of dedicated community leaders in Kiowa County recognized the need to develop the Kiowa County Comprehensive Development Plan that examined the then current ...
HUD AWARDS $1.5 MILLION TO IMPROVE THE MAIN STREET IN THREE COMMUNITIES INCLU...
The following press release was received by Kit Carson Rural Development (KCRD), the economic development non-profit organization in Kit Carson:“WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urba...
As Time Goes By: A Locally-Produced Podcast is Launched
If I told you, dear readers, that a local podcast has been launched in Eads, Colorado by Rich O’Brian you might say, “Who?” But when I say, Rich is that upbeat older gentleman you see around town ...
KMH to Host Hospital Week Health Fair and Cancer Screenings
In February, the Colorado Cancer Coalition announced that Keefe Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne County was selected as the pilot facility to participate in the Colorado Cancer Coalition in Communitie...
Three Bullets to the Back: How a KCSO Traffic Stop Ended in the Fatal Shooting of Zach Gifford
KIOWA COUNTY, Colo. – Nearly a year has passed since a traffic stop ended with Undersheriff Tracy Weisenhorn and Deputy Quinten Stump shooting Zach G...
Colorado Congressmen Push to Make Amache National Historic Site
Two Colorado congressmen have renewed efforts to put the Granada Relocation Center – also known as Camp Amache – where many feel it belongs. Bi-partisan legislation that would make Camp Amache a Na...
Now is the Time to Speak Out for Colorado Ag
On February 24th, an article was published on the VegNews website announcing that Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared March 20th “MeatOut Day” in Colorado as a way to promote meatless diets. I...
COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT A HOPPING GOOD TIME!
It was a beautiful early spring afternoon when more than 125 children from our community and others gathered with their families at the Kiowa County Court House lawn to meet the Easter Bunny and hu...
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INDY PICKS: Harris Pumpkin Patch
This harvest season is upon us and with that brings the opening of the local Harris Pumpkin Patch. Located east of Highway 385 in Sheridan Lake, C...
Kiowa County Board of County Commissioners take...
After going to press last Monday September 27, the Independent learned that Otero County Board of Commissioners have signed and adopted a resolutio...
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Polis couldn’t be more wrong and out-of-touch with rural Colorado.
Last week Julie Martin with KKTV asked Governor Polis what he thought of the Ot...
Senior year
I’ve been waiting for this year since I can remember. Every day at school was just one day closer to becoming a senior. How could I not be excited?...
The Price of a Dream; Faith and Farming.
I still remember the way the sun was setting through the trees in my backyard, in April of 2018, when my husband, James, told me we had 2 weeks to ...