Archive for 2026
Hastings College announces fall 2025 Dean’s List
HASTINGS, Neb. (January 7, 2026) – Hastings College has announced the Dean’s List for its fall 2025 semester. For the semester, 342 students from 25 states and 10 countries were named to the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to 4.0 scale […]
Fort Hays State University announces fall 2025 graduates
HAYS, Kan. (January 9, 2026) – Fort Hays State University recognized approximately 981 graduates during its fall 2025 commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12-13, at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays. Graduates who requested privacy are included in the count but omitted from this listing. Students are listed by their hometown, degree, and major. […]
Prowers County offices close at 1 pm today due to deteriorating weather
Due to deteriorating weather conditions including heavy snowfall and strong winds that will continue through the end of the day, the County Commissioners have decided that all County Offices will close at 1:00 pm today.
Ron Anderson – February 8, 1938 – November 19, 2025
A memorial celebration of life for former Holly, Colorado resident currently of Mesa, Arizona Ron Anderson will be held at 10:00AM on Monday, February 9, 2026 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Kathy Leathers officiating. Ron Anderson was born February 8, 1938 and passed away November 19, 2025. Even though he is no longer […]
Lawrence Leroy “Larry” Mitchell, Jr. – June 3, 1950 – January 4, 2026
A Funeral Service for Larry Mitchell will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 10, 2026 at First Baptist Church in Las Animas, Colorado with Terry Kitson officiating. Interment on the Grandparent Mitchell homestead in Kiowa County will take place at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, January 11, 2026. Lawrence Leroy Mitchell Jr., known to friends and […]
Zola F. Crum – December 18, 1942 – January 5, 2026
A graveside celebration of life for longtime Holly, Colorado resident, Zola F. Crum will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, January 12, 2026 at the Holly Cemetery with Ian Blacker officiating. Visitation for Zola will be held from 8:00AM until 9:00AM on Monday, January 12, 2026 at the Peacock Family Chapel. Zola was born on […]
Southeast Area CSU Extension offering pesticide continued education classes for 2026
The Southeast Area Extension is happy to announce the 2026 pesticide continued education classes. We are offering three in-person pesticide license recertification workshops. We offer the 7 core credits: laws and regulations, pesticides and their families, applicator safety, public safety, environmental protection, and use of pesticides. On March 10th, 2026, we also offer Category 103 […]
How one Colorado teacher is using AI in the classroom Educators are using artificial intelligence to create lesson plans and help with student assignments
Teacher Adam Gravenor hands out lesson sheets he created with the help of AI technology to accompany the class textbook at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs on Nov. 17, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) COLORADO SPRINGS — As Adam Gravenor’s world history class settled into their seats one day in November, he […]
Lamar Scooter’s Coffee makes generous donation to Cornerstone Resource Center
Left to right – Amber Hunt (Lamar Scooter’s store manager), Dale Willhite (local Scooter’s franchise owner), and Rosie Gomez (Executive Director of The Cornerstone Resource Center Dale Willhite, owner of Lamar’s Scooter’s Coffee franchise, along with store manager Amber Hunt, recently presented a $2,500 donation check to Rosie Gomez, Executive Director of The Cornerstone Resource […]
Prowers County Board of Commissioners accepting applications for County Planning Commission
The Prowers County Board of Commissioners is accepting applications from persons who are residents of Powers County to fill a term of two (2) position on the five-member Prowers County Planning Commission with a term expiring January 2028. Commission members are required to meet at 8:00 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month. Additional […]
Prowers County Clerk & Record’s Office closed January 8th for training
The Prowers County Clerk &Recorder’s Office will temporarily close on Thursday, January 8th for mandatory Motor Vehicle Training. The office will reopen during regular office hours Friday January 9th at 8:30 a.m. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Birth Announcement – Esparza
Damien and Kylee Esparza welcomed a new baby boy, “Omar Ray Esparza” on December 18, 2025 at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colorado. Omar arrived at 6:50 pm, weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Siblings at home are Malea Esparza and Brennen Esparza. Grandparents are Melonee and Kirk Marcum and Tonia and Ernest Esparza.
Colorado at 150: How the state plans to celebrate its sesquicentennial
Events throughout the year planned at History Colorado and local institutions across the state A welcome sign along the Colorado-Nebraska border near Julesburg (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) It’s a year of two big intertwined anniversaries for Colorado and the United States of America. The country will celebrate its semiquincentennial on July 4, 2026, marking 250 years […]
Flu hospitalizations in Colorado surge to highest level in 20 years: ‘We’re not out of the worst of it yet’
CDC estimates at least 7.5 million illnesses, 81,000 hospitalizations and 3,100 deaths from the flu so far this season Nearly 800 Coloradans were hospitalized with the flu the last week in December — the highest number in more than two decades — as cases surge across the U.S., according to the latest state data. Emergency […]
