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Democratic Socialists are cruising through Democratic Party primaries like a hot knife through butter. Entitled young adults, especially, respond to their angst-driven message, frustrated that expensive college degrees landed them entry-level jobs easily attained without a six-figure education.

Whether the news comes from the local journalist whose byline you read each week or the familiar anchor you see on local television each night, local news becomes part of the rhythm of a community. For many people, young and old alike, the day begins with the morning news and ends with the evening news.

After a nearly seven-hour continued public hearing, the Kiowa County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the 1041 permit for JUWI Inc.’s proposed Adobe Creek Solar Energy Facility, subject to a series of conditions that must be satisfied before construction can begin.

The Eads Board of Trustees tackled several long-running community projects during its Aug. 4 regular meeting, highlighted by a decision to give Mortenson until Aug.

For nearly three decades, Stacy Noe’s place in the Cheyenne Wells community was familiar: in the classroom, in the gym and on the sidelines, teaching and coaching generations of local students.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026, will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Martha Johnson and her family. After two years of building a life together, Martha officially adopted her grandson, Michael—a day that made legal what their hearts had already known for a long time.

Funeral directors, embalmers, cremation professionals and industry leaders from across southeastern Colorado gathered in Lamar recently to discuss the most significant overhaul of Colorado’s funeral industry regulations in decades.

The future of Eads High School football was one of the biggest topics surrounding the Kiowa County School District RE-1 Board of Education meeting on July 27, and one week later, the community received the answer it had been waiting for.

Although the annual Fourth of July Kids’ Parade was unable to take place this year due to a lack of volunteers, the spirit behind the event lived on in a different way—helping Kiowa County students head back to school prepared and confident.

As the Kiowa County Board of County Commissioners prepares to resume its public hearing Friday, Aug. 7, on JUWI Inc.

Commissioners and County Attorney,

Mitch McConnell–where are you? Is this like looking for Waldo? McConnell, Schumer, Biden, and Pelosi—stay out of politics. These individuals and about 10-12 Democrat and Republican members should be poster children for pushing term and age limits for elected officials.

I have become aware that for to few older people understand much about economic principal causes and effects. I met a 60 year old gentleman man recently that asked where I was from and when I told him Towner, CO he started on a tirade on how President Trump says that only coal and nuclear were the only answers for our energy needs.

Dear Editor,

Eads School District RE-1 has notified the Kiowa County Clerk that it intends to pursue a bond question in the Nov. 3 election, placing the district’s long-range facilities plan on a path toward a public vote.

The Kiowa County Board of County Commissioners continued a July 21 public hearing on JUWI Inc.’s proposed Adobe Creek Solar Energy Facility after county staff maintained that a required analysis of the project’s effects on local government services remained incomplete.