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Colorado Employment Situation — November 2025
Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Increase by 2,700 in November; Unemployment Rate Decreases to 3.9 Percent Household Survey Estimates and the Federal Government Shutdown There are no household survey estimates for October 2025. Household survey data were not collected for October 2025 due to the lapse in appropriations and were not collected retroactively. The November reference period […]
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.
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.
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 […]
Discover the newest outdoor products and services at the 2026 International Sportsmen’s Expo
DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is a sponsor for the 2026 International Sportsmen’s Expo in downtown Denver on Jan. 8-11, 2026, where hundreds of companies gather to present the outdoor industry’s newest products and services. A print coupon for a $3 discount off one adult ticket is available on the CPW website. This premier expo allows hunters, anglers […]
“Pawsitive Recovery” provides foster care for pets of people in recovery programs while they heal
Ashlee Chaidez is reunited with her dog, Duck, at Hounds Town dog daycare and boarding in Denver after six months apart while Chaidez sought psychiatric care. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post) When Ashlee Chaidez’s black Lab mix, Duck, charged toward her and rubbed his face — a little more gray than the last time […]
