3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (380+ words) Exceptional drought - the most severe category tracked by the National Drought Mitigation Center - expanded again across Colorado’s central mountains over the past week, while heavy rain brought a measure of relief to the state’s northeast corner. The U.S. Drought…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (410+ words) Kiowa County residents can expect a mild, breezy Wednesday followed by a good chance of overnight thunderstorms, then a sharp warm-up to the low 90s by Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Kiowa County drew particular attention in…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (430+ words) Lamar and the rest of Prowers County face a sunny but storm-tinged Wednesday, a wet Wednesday night and a run into the mid-90s by Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. "An interesting scenario develops as the guidance has…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (286+ words) This past winter's snow drought across the western U.S. was about four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, according to a new study from the Colorado School of Mines. The numbers are much worse in the Upper Colorado Basin,…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (277+ words) Lamar is headed for a high near 99 on Labor Day with south winds gusting to 40 mph, the hottest day of a week the National Weather Service expects to cool gradually through Wednesday before warming again. "Much of the region will…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (242+ words) Eads faces a hot, breezy Labor Day with a high near 97 and an afternoon chance of thunderstorms, the start of a week the National Weather Service says will turn steadily cooler and wetter through Wednesday. The Weather Service in Pueblo…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (558+ words) Summer wildfires burning through Washington just broke another record. They’ve scorched more than 886,000 acres. Of those, 93,000 acres are on state trust land, marking the record for the largest amount of state-managed land burned by fires in a season since recordkeeping…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (330+ words) Kiowa County Press Federal public assistance approved for Colorado wildfire and flood disaster declaration President Donald Trump has approved Public Assistance for Colorado's Major Disaster Declaration request, Governor Jared Polis announced Friday, providing federal support to communities recovering from the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (354+ words) Eads and the rest of Kiowa County face a stretch of dry, sunny and increasingly hot weather through the end of the work week, with afternoon highs climbing from the low 90s Wednesday to the mid 90s by Friday, the National Weather…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (351+ words) Lamar faces the hottest stretch in southeastern Colorado this week, with sunny skies and highs rising from near 96 Wednesday to near 99 on Friday before monsoon moisture returns for the holiday weekend, the National Weather Service in Pueblo says. Wednesday is…...