Top articles for the week ending July 19, 2026
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- History: Depression-era Colorado closes its border with New Mexico in 1936
- Curious Kids: Can you make a black hole in a laboratory?
- History: How the Colorado Territory in 1876 reacted to reports of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
- EarthTalk – How do conservationists promote reforestation in the Amazon?
- 15 states sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts
- Pastor's Pearl - July 14, 2026
- Home Country - Mistaken for a truck driver
- Pages from the Past - From the 139-year history of the Kiowa County Press - July 12, 2026
- Top articles for the week ending July 11, 2026
- Top audio articles for the week ending July 11, 2026
- Lamar Mayor: The Future of Rural Communities Depends on Those Willing to Serve
- CPW rescues adult with life-threatening injury from Chatfield Reservoir
- Colorado Division of Insurance to host virtual town hall on wildfire insurance Wednesday
- Lamar City Council Meeting July 13, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 13, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 13, 2026
- Colorado wildfires spark new debate on drought response
- USDA opens $500 million fertilizer production grant program for domestic supply expansion
- USDA: California owes $1.4 billion because of SNAP errors
- Commentary - A renewables milestone for Colorado
- Sunny and breezy week ahead for Eads as highs climb into the low 90s
- Dry, sunny stretch holds through the week in Cheyenne Wells
- Heat builds in Lamar this week with highs approaching 98 by Friday
- Five warmest years on record compound Washington's water crisis
- South Dakota farm group wants stronger Senate Farm Bill
- Data center debate heats up in Pocatello, Idaho
- Keystone Pipeline owners to pay nearly $70 million in proposed settlement for Kansas oil spill
- 21 Nebraska counties approved for USDA loan assistance after spring wildfires
- Extreme heat is coming to Utah this week. Doctors urge caution
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 13, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 14, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 14, 2026
- Colorado primary turnout hits high point amid crowded statewide races
- Empty Colorado prison to become new ICE detention center, GEO Group says
- Extreme heat, wildfires sweep the Southwest
- 12 states sue to stop Warner Bros.-Paramount merger
- Conservation groups slam attack on the Endangered Species Act
- About Town - July 14, 2026
- Movie Review - Moana
- Kiowa County Commissioners meeting agenda - July 14, 2026
- Farm group: Arizona egg price collusion settlement 'falls short'
- The experience of climate change captures dangerous shift better than numbers
- Grain bin accidents remain deadly. One farmer hopes his family’s story can help.
- Oklahoma AG to try again to settle poultry pollution lawsuit
- Advocates call for Kagan investigation on climate change bias
- Montana Senate Republicans back governor’s flat income tax plan
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks anglers to stop fishing at noon on Animas, Dolores and San Juan rivers
- Colorado State Patrol DUI enforcement in Rio Grande County yields 10 arrests in two-day operation
- Under new agreement, federal government limits obstacles to oil leasing in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 14, 2026
- Kiowa County Weather Recap - July 7-13, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 15, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 15, 2026
- Sunny, breezy week ahead in Eads as heat builds to 97 by Sunday
- Warm, breezy week in Cheyenne Wells with weekend heat near 97
- U.S. businesses grapple with AI risks, new survey finds
- US Supreme Court needs more security funding amid threats, justices tell lawmakers
- Commentary - As Colorado River and tributaries shrink, a public power system frays
- Concerns mount about rapid spread foodborne illnesses
- Indigenous violence survivors see fewer services after federal cuts
- Agritourism is growing in Utah but it hasn’t reached its full potential, new study says
- Safety not a factor in determining North Dakota pipeline routes, attorney says
- Heat builds in Lamar as highs approach 100 by Sunday
- Nebraska counties weigh data centers as public power debate grows
- US House passes bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 15, 2026
- Firefighters from 30 states battle wildfires in Colorado
- Democrats have a shot at flipping state legislatures across the country
- Wildfire smoke puts Colorado's unhoused population at increased risk
- Kansas cyclospora cases more than double this week, as illness spreads nationally
- Commentary - New ICE detention center poses critical test for Colorado
- Daily Audio Newscast - July 16, 2026
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 16, 2026
- The Yonder Report: News from rural America - July 16, 2026
- Dark-money group, Colorado’s Kent Thiry behind late pro-Hickenlooper PAC spending
- California launches 'One Less Spark' campaign to prevent wildfires
- Oregon farmers slam USDA rollback of meat industry fairness rules
- South Texas residents advised to stock up for severe storms
- Report: Lobbyists spend big for corporate tax breaks
- Nebraska cities restoring $15 minimum wage for all workers
- Federal judge dismisses USDOJ lawsuit seeking New Mexico voter rolls
- Colorado Atty Gen says receipts for lawsuits will cost 17x more than expected
- More teens with cannabis use disorder are facing treatment delays, study finds
- Yellowstone’s oldest wolf pack, Mollie’s Pack, leaves the park, raising fears for its future
- Another drug manufacturer settles with dozens of states over price-fixing allegations
- Organizers of efforts to establish two new political parties in Nebraska submit signatures
- Kansas reports 9% reduction in number of classroom teacher vacancies statewide
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 16, 2026
- Phone bans sweep Colorado schools ahead of school year
- The Yonder Report: News from rural America - July 17, 2026
- New Mexico's film industry rebounds, revives rural destinations
- Coloradans urge Hudson officials to fight planned immigration detention center
- US House panel approves $95B GOP-only budget blueprint
- Harris RV Park - Sites Available
- Politics: 2026Talks - July 17, 2026
- Daily Audio Newscast Afternoon Update - July 17, 2026
- Curious Kids: Why are our fingers different lengths?
- ‘Administrative nightmare’ faces Colorado elections if Trump attack on mail ballots succeeds
- Immigration advocates press for action on tuberculosis case at Aurora ICE facility
- DHS boss Mullin warns of possible prosecution for election officials over voter roll access
- Colorado ICE detention center employee arrested, accused of shooting protester
- Cost of housing, healthcare among Coloradans’ top worries, new survey shows
- Gas prices start to rise in Southwest after end of ceasefire
- Exceptional drought expands in Colorado high country as heat builds across the West
- Governor Polis Appoints Stacy L. Noe to the Cheyenne County Court
- Obituary - James Earl Baxter
- Sunny, hot weekend ahead for Eads with highs in the mid-90s
- Cheyenne Wells weekend forecast: sunny with highs in the low 90s
- Heat builds in Lamar this weekend with highs near 98
- Tick season is getting longer. So is the list of states trying to keep up.
- Feds increasingly leave local governments hanging when climate disasters hit, report finds
- U.S. reaches solar power milestone amid fossil fuel decline
- Funeral Notice - Leon B ('Short') Allen
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