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Governor's executive order encourages healthy eating habits for Coloradans
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (343+ words) Colorado's governor wants to encourage access to healthy foods across the state. An executive order signed by Governor Jared Polis on Thursday adds requirements for most state agencies to promote educational information on healthy foods, increase access to government aid…...
Cheyenne County trades cool Friday for hot Memorial Day weekend
15+ hour, 38+ min ago (387+ words) Cheyenne Wells will see a mild, breezy Friday in the wake of overnight thunderstorms before a steady warm-up that pushes Memorial Day highs into the upper 80s, the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kan. , said in a forecast issued early Friday....
Representative Ty Winter announces re-election bid for Colorado House District 47
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (323+ words) Kiowa County Press Representative Ty Winter announces re-election bid for Colorado House District 47 Representative Ty Winter, the Assistant Minority Leader in the Colorado House, announced his candidacy for re-election to Colorado House District 47, which represents Baca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa,…...
Showers and storms move through Cheyenne County midweek with severe risk Thursday
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (265+ words) A series of upper-level disturbances will bring occasional shower and thunderstorm chances to Cheyenne County over the next several days, with the highest risk of strong storms Thursday afternoon and evening before a drier, warmer pattern arrives for the weekend....
Town of Cheyenne Wells special meeting minutes " April 20, 2026
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (52+ words) Town of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado. Town of Cheyenne Wells Special Meeting Cheyenne County Commissioner Meeting April 20, 2026 Council Present: Carleton Pelton, Rex Hyle, and Zach Anderson." Staff Present: Rex Hyle Town Manager and Debbie Knudsen Town Clerk Administrator Carleton Pelton Mayor…...
Wyoming cuts wolf hunt in half to buoy Yellowstone region's disease-depleted population
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (560+ words) Wyoming wildlife managers plan to reduce how many wolves can be hunted by 50% following a canine distemper outbreak that has cut the state's wolf numbers to the lowest level in two decades. A 22-wolf cap is the fewest number of…...
Disease outbreak cuts Wyoming, Yellowstone wolf numbers to lowest level since reintroduction era
1+ week, 1+ day ago (676+ words) A flare up of a disease that's especially lethal to wolf pups took a toll on Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park wolf numbers in 2025, reducing biologists' counts to a level last seen when wolves were still reestablishing following the species…...
Summit carbon pipeline rerouted to storage site in Wyoming; North Dakota future unclear
1+ week, 1+ day ago (684+ words) Summit Carbon Solutions, the Iowa company that had targeted North Dakota as the destination of its carbon dioxide pipeline, announced Wednesday that an updated route will instead travel to a storage site in Wyoming. Summit's announcement indicated its pipeline would…...
BLM fast-tracks "Green Chile" pipeline construction review for New Mexico data center Project Jupiter
1+ week, 5+ day ago (364+ words) The Bureau of Land Management announced this week it had granted expedited permission to build a pipeline on New Mexico public lands to fuel the controversial Project Jupiter data center, but environmental groups say state and federal regulators will slow…...
Late-season storms ease drought slightly in central Colorado as exceptional drought holds firm in headwaters
2+ week, 1+ day ago (277+ words) The boost is narrow, however. The National Drought Mitigation Center cautioned that broader spring and summer water-supply concerns remain across the West, where seasonably dry weather has returned outside of northern California and recent precipitation has done little to alter…...