Archive for December 24th, 2024

Calvin Paul Gaynor – October 4, 1953 – December 7, 2024
Calvin Paul Gaynor was born in Detroit, Michigan on October 4, 1953, to Lloyd and Margaret {Peggy} (LaHaye) Gaynor. He passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, December 7, 2024, at his home in Kit Carson, CO. He had fought a valiant fight with cancer and health issues for the last three years. Calvin’s parents divorced […]

Virgil Allen Lessenden – June 2, 1940 – December 22, 2024
Virgil Allen Lessenden passed away peacefully at home on December 22, 2024. Virgil was born June 2, 1940, to Virgil Field Lessenden and Ida Marie (Pollreis) Lessenden in Kit Carson, Colorado. The family lived on the family farm until he was three years old and moved to their new home west of Eads, Colorado. Virgil […]

Colorado’s fiscal deficit picture less bleak than expected
Colorado’s fiscal deficit is just a little less bad than it was a few months ago. Meanwhile, there are signs that Colorado’s economy is slowing, even as unemployment is trending up. The December forecast from the General Assembly economists showed lightly improved revenues — the deficit for the 2025-26 budget year would be in the […]

Avian disease is killing invasive Eurasian doves along lower Ark River
LA JUNTA, Colo. – An avian virus is causing a significant die-off of invasive Eurasian collared doves in the lower Arkansas River valley near La Junta and Rocky Ford, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reported Monday. Wildlife Officer Jordon DePriest said CPW offices in the region are receiving a high volume of calls about hundreds of […]