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Rate Increases Likely Coming

(Las Animas, CO) -- An engineer with a firm hired to do a rate increase study stood before the Las Animas City Council and explained...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 14, 20221 min read

The Call for Civic Duty in a High Profile Trial Starts Wednesday

(La Junta, CO) -- Four hundred Otero county residents are expected to be called for jury duty this week. It's for the trial of Edward...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 14, 20221 min read

Colorado Prairie Music Fest Brings Red Dirt & Texas Country Favorites

(Hugo, CO) -- If you've ever been to Colorado county fairs, you know they bring it when it comes to entertaining a crowd. The Lincoln...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 14, 20221 min read

Flag Day and its History

Colorado) -- If you drove through our small towns in Southeast Colorado today, Tuesday June 14th, you saw a bunting of flags. Flying...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 14, 20222 min read

Otero County to Use Rocky Ford for Dispatch

(La Junta, CO) -- Otero County will be partnering with Rocky Ford in an agreement to allow Rocky Ford to provide dispatch services for...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 13, 20221 min read

What You Think CASA Does Might Be Wrong

(La Junta, CO) -- "Our volunteers play a special role in court and in a child's life, our volunteers main duty is to spend time with...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 13, 20222 min read

Mileage Rates Increase

The government has given you a little break if you can claim mileage on your taxes. This week, the reimbursement rate went up to 62.5...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 13, 20222 min read

Ooopsie! Gas is 69 CENTS!

You've probably got your social media feed filled with photos of the final price at the pump of your friends and family. It's certainly...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 13, 20221 min read

Colorado Springs Asks Bent County to Share Water

Water sharing, when some in SE Colorado hear that term it tends to make folks say they understand that as a buy and dry. It did happen...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 12, 20222 min read

Crime is down in Bent County

(Las Animas, CO) -- Wick Turner is the Bent county Undersheriff and he's in charge of keeping track of numbers. These numbers...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 12, 20221 min read

Watch and Warning, Very Different Terms

(Las Animas, CO) -- As I surveyed the possible damage from Tuesday night's storm at the Bent County Backyard Barnyard News Studio, I...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 8, 20222 min read

Otero College's Own Gets Top Rodeo Honor

Otero’s Linsay Rosser Sumpter Named Commissioner of the Women’s Rodeo World Championship Photo Caption: Otero Rodeo Head Coach, Linsay...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 6, 20223 min read

The Final Road to the Primaries

(Colorado) -- Today's the day. Monday June 6th is the deadline for ballots to be mailed to voters in the upcoming primary election...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 6, 20221 min read

Animal Rights Group Wants More Charges for Champney

(Las Animas, CO) -- Even though animal rights activist group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) contacted the 16th...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 4, 20222 min read

Inside a Tornado! A Bent County Man Tells What it Was Like

(Las Animas, CO) -- Holy Twister, it's not often I'm left a little speechless but this was that moment. When I learned that fellow Bent...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 4, 20222 min read

Wild Weather Friday

(Las Animas, CO) -- Waking up Saturday morning, you're likely just appreciating the rain the region received Friday night. It was a...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 4, 20223 min read

Primary Ballots are Going Out

(Colorado) -- Soon, you should be getting a ballot in the mail. Primary ballots are going out this week in Colorado. According to the...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 3, 20221 min read

Cheraw to Host FREE Concert & Ice Cream Social

Nashville Duo Ernie and Jason Couch Concert & Ice Cream Social (Cheraw) -- When small towns plan events, people turn out. It's the...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 3, 20222 min read

A Casserole Community

I am not going to lie. The idea for this story, podcast, chat with my friends at Southeast Health group started as I was scrolling Tik...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 2, 20222 min read

Colorado Introduces Changes to Bike Laws

Bicyclists and Drivers Need to Know the "Safety Stop" (a news release from the Colorado State Patrol) (COLO) - As a reminder for Colorado...

Anne Boswell Taylor

Jun 2, 20222 min read

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