All articles from Kiowa County and beyond

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Effort to ban lab-grown meat — and maybe crab rangoon — underway in West Virginia House
Word "tax" on wooden blocks held together with a caliper tool. A calculator and assorted coins and currency are in the background.
Colorado lawmakers reject bill to allow resort towns to tax vacant homes
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Cheyenne Wells insurance agent Wendy Dickey named RMFU Agent of the Year
Colorado State Capitol building with green trees and golden dome.
Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet to step down from Colorado Legislature
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Rural Startup Days to bring free business support event to La Junta
A pair of scissors is preparing to cut a United States one dollar note. In the background, additional dollar bills are strewn haphazardly.
Feds cutting public health funding for Colorado, three other states
Family cooking in a home kitchen surrounded by ingredients.
Cooking at Home - Enchilada Rice
Cluster of three blooming lily flowers.
Death Notice - Janice M. Pfingston
Concept graphic with the words "News Update" over a map representing the continents of Earth.
Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - February 10, 2026
Title card for the EarthTalk en espanol environmental column showing a green glass globe.
EarthTalk - ¿Cómo logró la India duplicar su población de tigres salvajes en sólo una década?
Title card for the EarthTalk environmental column showing a green glass globe.
EarthTalk - How did India double its wild tiger population in just a decade?
Court judge's gavel resting on an election ballot.
Nebraska judge tosses lawsuit to keep state from releasing voter data to feds
Map of the state of Alaska, showing portions of Canada and Russia
State offers a free Alaska Highway bridge — for a group that can haul it away
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New Mexico case against Meta tied to child exploitation opens in Santa Fe courtroom
Arial view of the Colorado River running through the Grand Canyon.
Deadline approaches for Colorado River negotiations
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In the next decade, states will see a surge in obesity
Two hand gripping jail or prison cell bars.
Colorado sheriffs want better reimbursement rate for holding people sentenced to state prison
Utah State Capitol Buildings with the Wasatch Mountains in the background
Kratom has given and taken from chronic pain patients — will Utah ban it?
Metal cover labeled "water" at ground level.
Snow drought could precipitate future Utah water supply crisis
Title card for Bob Garver's "A Look at the Movies" column.
Movie Review - GOAT
Microphone with the the word "news" on top of a puzzle map of the United States overlayed with the national flag.
Daily Audio Newscast - February 10, 2026
Front page of a newspaper with a headline reading "Politics" next to a pair of glasses.
Politics: 2026Talks - February 10, 2026
Cluster of three blooming lily flowers.
Death Notice - Rita Jean Mousel
Title card for the About Town column by Doris Lessenden
About Town – February 10, 2026