Top articles for the week ending August 15, 2026
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- Birthdays and Anniversaries August 10-16, 2026
- Just after statehood in 1876, two gamblers’ deaths evoked Colorado’s Wild West history
- Education Department hands more states flexibility with federal dollars
- Report: Renewables could reduce data center energy costs across Texas
- Smoky skies still a problem in Idaho, with little relief in sight
- Eads bakes at 102 Saturday as triple-digit heat holds over Kiowa County into next week
- Severe storms with 70 mph gusts possible Saturday as Cheyenne Wells hits 100
- Heat advisory for Lamar as highs hit 106 Saturday and Sunday
- Lamar City Council Meeting Monday August 10
- Governor Polis appoints two county court judges in Colorado
- Fishers Peak summit trail reopens after peregrine falcons fledge for fifth consecutive year
- New voluntary fishing closure on Gunnison River above Blue Mesa Reservoir
- Partners dedicate 2,500 acre-feet of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water to Upper Arkansas River during historic drought
- Governor Polis declares disaster emergency for 310 Fire, provides wildfire and flood update
- Kiowa County RE-1 updates school policies for the new year
- Trump administration’s attempt to obtain Colorado voter data shut down by federal judge
- Montezuma County sheriff will not issue eligibility cards under new Colorado gun law
- Attorneys general tell justices to let state court decide Boulder’s climate change lawsuit
- States begin banning ‘surveillance pricing’ that uses personal data to charge more
- Kansas judge says decision to strike abortion restrictions not ‘even a close call’
- As federal protections fade, disabled Americans fear a return to institutions
- Kansas wheat harvest projected to be lowest in decades, adding to agriculture stress
- Farm bill stalls, leaving Kansas farm leader concerned about whether it will pass this year
- US employers shed 23K jobs in July
- Nebraska will have two new political parties after efforts meet signature threshold
- More Utah forests are burning than ever before. Here’s why that matters
- A compact, transportable nuclear reactor may come to Utah under new agreement
- Legal battle over Jewish charter school begins in Oklahoma City federal court
- Some data centers are building their own power plants. In Oklahoma, most want to plug into the grid
- Home Country - Chicken, Alaska
- Pastor's Pearls Sunday, August 9, 2026
- Pages from the Past - From the 139-year history of the Kiowa County Press - August 9, 2026
- Help Wanted Trench Tech
- Movie Review - Spider-Man: Brand New Day
- Top articles for the week ending August 8, 2026
- Top audio articles for the week ending August 8, 2026
- Watchdog: Ideological money sources connected to amicus briefs in climate case
- Politics: 2026Talks - August 7, 2026
- Triple-digit heat grips Eads through Tuesday before midweek storms bring relief
- Cheyenne Wells heat peaks at 101 Tuesday with storm chances nearly every day this week
- Heat advisory for Lamar Monday as temperatures soar to 106 before midweek storms
- Politics: 2026Talks - August 10, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - August 10, 2026
- Fearing arson, U.S. Senators call for crackdown on wildfire betting
- AARP invites older Coloradans to events, resources at rural libraries
- With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests
- Local governments in Colorado enact moratoriums on data center development
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide state climate change case
- CoreCivic sells Kansas prison, leaving city with oversight and financial questions
- Band-Aid, not a cure: federal Colorado River plan leaves states guessing every two years
- Nebraska GOP sues to block the ‘America First Party’
- Bitten by a snake in New Mexico's backcountry? Walk, don't run
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - August 10, 2026
- EarthTalk – How does tech make roads greener?
- Politics: 2026Talks - August 11, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - August 11, 2026
- Interest in union membership up across nation
- Washington court upholds Millionaire Tax-repeal ballot language
- Poll: Voters don't like candidates who dodge climate change
- Community members demand Colorado issue public health order for ICE tuberculosis case
- Colorado school has pepper spray drones for mass shooting response
- Anti-abortion groups urge attorney general to halt mailing of abortion pills
- Kansas professor falsely accused of espionage wants university to pay for firing, harm to reputation
- Pilots killed in Utah crash praised for their service as U.S. firefighter death toll rises
- Death Notice - Betty Lou Kershner
- Death Notice – Richard ‘Rich’ O’Brian
- About Town - August 11, 2026
- These Colorado ranchers want fossil fuel companies held accountable
- USDA Update - August 11, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - August 11, 2026
- Kiowa County Weather Recap - August 4-10, 2026
- Triple-digit heat Wednesday in Eads gives way to cooler days and daily storm chances
- Cheyenne Wells nears 100 Wednesday as severe storms threaten Cheyenne County overnight
- Lamar braces for 104-degree heat Wednesday before storms bring a weekend cooldown
- Politics: 2026Talks - August 12, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - August 12, 2026
- Late July heat wave was Colorado’s hottest 4-day period on record
- Colorado laws around sports betting, social media search warrants take effect
- Three years after police raid on Kansas newspaper, reporter settles lawsuit for $850K
- Utah’s intense, dangerous fire season could be its most expensive
- Movie Review - One Night Only
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - August 12, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - August 13, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - August 13, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - August 13, 2026
- The Yonder Report: News from rural America - August 13, 2026
- Exceptional drought expands as less than one percent of Colorado remains drought-free
- Clock ticking for Trump’s version of Head Start in Colorado
- National security, conservation groups call for energy independence
- Rural Texans question actions of elected officials over data centers
- Colorado Department of Agriculture seeks public input on new Farmland Bridge Loan program rules
- Wildfires and drought challenge wildlife across Colorado as CPW monitors habitat loss and animal movement
- Showers and storms return to Eads through Monday before sunshine and low 90s Tuesday
- Cheyenne Wells faces weekend storm chances with severe weather possible Saturday
- Storm chances linger in Lamar through the weekend before mid-90s heat returns Tuesday
- Politics: 2026Talks - August 14, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - August 14, 2026
- The Yonder Report: News from rural America - August 14, 2026
- Birthdays and Anniversaries August 17-23, 2026
- EarthTalk – How many sites join Xerces’ “Leave the Leaves”?
- An 1876 Colorado ‘railroad war’ climaxed with the kidnapping of a federal judge
- Colorado firearm association seeks injunction against new purchasing law
- Colorado issues public health order over tuberculosis case at Aurora ICE facility
- Health of Colorado priest in ICE custody deteriorating after almost a year in detention
- Groups urge Oregon lawmakers to close factory farm water 'loophole'
- South Dakota vaccine campaign: 'Let's Just Talk About It'
- Kansas lowers food assistance error rate but still may face federal penalties
- Kansas State Board of Education starts work on technology use policies for public schools
- Kansas sticks with ‘scientific evidence’ for vaccine schedule
- Kansas Court of Appeals agrees with order forbidding cross-party nominations, fusion voting
- Utah National Guard is called in for backup to fight wildfires from the sky
- Denver judge affirms city’s ban on gas appliances
- The false and the furious: Why we’re bothered when we think others are wrong
- Judge hears arguments in cases challenging two new Nebraska parties
- Judge dismisses lawsuit from RNC challenging Nebraska voter law
