DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE IN PLEA DEAL WITH DA
(December 8, 2019—Kiowa County, CO)—A multi-agency human trafficking operation netted two arrests in Kiowa County, December 5-6, 2019.
The Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), Colorado Bureau of ...
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COVID-19 VACCINE FACTS
The year 2020 is gone and I know most of us are happy to see it go. Unfortunately, the end of the year isn’t the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as it is going to follow us into year 2021. We are all ...
"BELIEVE IN LOVE. BELIEVE IN MAGIC. HELL, BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS."
Perhaps Jon Bon Jovi described what happened in Eads last Saturday night in the best way possible when he famously said, “Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Claus. Believe in...
COLORADO PACIFIC TO FILE PROTEST OF UP AGREEMENT TO LEASE TENNESSEE PASS
Last week, after more than a year of negotiations, Rio Grande Pacific, doing business as Colorado Midland Pacific Railroad, announced an agreement had been reached with Union Pacific to lease the T...
MEET KYLE AND ALYSHA MORLAN: CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORS
Alysha Uhland Morlan grew up in Eads as part of the large and well-established Uhland family. Her husband Kyle Morlan grew up down the road in the McClave area in another large and rambunctious fa...
2020 IS ALMOST GONE, AND, YES, WE'RE STILL HERE
As 2020 is just, thankfully, a day away from being in the rear-view mirror, there is merit in taking a look back at all that has happened in twelve months that, at times, felt more like twelve year...
Letter to the Editor: Jeff Campbell
Week 36 – Justice can’t wait forever.
With all that 2020 has brought us, there is no question the citizens of the United States, of Kiowa County can no longer stand by silent and accept mediocrit...
KIOWA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELEASES TERMINATION REPORT ON DEPUTY QUINTEN STUMP
On Monday the Independent requested and received more information concerning the termination of former Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Deputy Quinten Stump. KCSO filed a Record of Verbal or W...
MICHAEL LENING NAMED KIOWA COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT 1
Due to the untimely death of Commissioner Dick Scott the Kiowa County Republican Vacancy Committee was tasked with the unfortunate duty to replace Commissioner Scott as the Commissioner of District...
WE ARE NO LONGER HELPLESS: IT'S TIME TO FIGHT BACK WITH NEW WEAPONS AGAINST COVID
It was literally just three weeks ago when the Independent published the article “Take Tylenol and Drink Lots of Water.” It was an article that described protocols the health care system in rural ...
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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...
MANDATES IN RURAL COLORADO CAUSING “COLLECTIVE ...
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 ...