Local, Regional & State News

~Norman Kincaide Mistrust towards the federal government is endemic in southeastern Colorado. What is the source of this wariness by rural residents in relation to federal government? Skepticism was not rife when the region was settled. Irrigated and dry land farming induced expectations of broomcorn and wheat crops while vast prairie pastures held the vision of breeding herds to fill livestock commissions with feeder calves and bred stock. But over production, the stock mark

~Anne Boswell It has been a long time since Prowers County hosted a Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser. According to county chairman Gary...

~Anne Boswell Currently if you head to the Colorado Secretary of State's website , click on elections, then click on initiatives you get...

~Anne Boswell Today, October 11th, is the day to take action if you want a refund for that hunting license you bought for the Pinon...

~Anne Boswell Bent County Sheriff Jake Six explained his office isn't short staffed for the first time in a long time. And while that's...

The following news release is from the Bowens. LA JUNTA, CO - Mike Bowen, with The Lost Sand Creek, will be presenting at the Woodruff...

~Anne Boswell "I never thought I'd be in a prison repairing wheelchairs!" An inmate at Core Civic's Bent County Correctional Facility...

~Norman Kincaide The Purgatoire River traverses southeastern Colorado, eventually emptying into the Arkansas near Las Animas, Bent...

~Anne Boswell Your scrolling fingers don't have to scroll long on social media before seeing posts of loose dogs, dogs lost, or unwanted...

~Anne Boswell The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a small airplane crash...

~Anne Boswell When Las Animas City Council and Mayor Charles Shupe met on Wednesday night the assumption was there would be discussion on...

News Release from Rocky Ford Police Chief Matthew Wallace Rocky Ford, Colo. – September 30th, 2025 – The Rocky Ford Police Department...

The following is a news release from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation October 1, 2025 – CBI –  Pueblo, CO – The Colorado Bureau of...

~Anne Boswell "Layers of communication, there's never enough, not with what is going on with society today!" Bent County Emergency...

~Norman Kincaide, Ph. D. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was filed with the Pike National Forest and Cimarron and Comanche...

It's officially Manufacturing Week according to the United States Census Bureau. But what does that mean? According to the website,...

~Anne Boswell Las Animas Mayor Charles Shupe spent the better part of a Wednesday interviewing candidates for the position of Las Animas...

(news release from the Colorado Office of School Safety) LAKEWOOD, CO- The Colorado Office of School Safety, an office of the Colorado...

~Anne Boswell Bent County will not be paying for every department to have their own Sam's Club Membership. At Thursday's meeting,...

~Anne Boswell Warden Virgil Ensey sat in front of the Bent County Board of Commissioners Thursday to tell them news he felt they might...