The intensifying crisis facing the Colorado River amounts to what is fundamentally a math problem. The 40 million people who depend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or grow food across millions of acres use significantly more each year than actually flows through the banks of the Colorado.
Today is Thursday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2022.
Three recent drownings pushed the number of water recreation-related fatalities in Colorado to 36, including 34 confirmed recreation- 2022 the deadliest year ever across city, county and state rivers, lakes and reservoirs. The record was set after a double drowning Sept.
Last week, at the Las Animas Elementary School Open House, over 200 children and their families helped celebrate the launch and dedication of the town’s new series of Little Free Libraries. Each child received a free book of their choice as their first book to read and share.
Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2022.
New booster shots have arrived and social distancing guidelines have eased but COVID-19 infections aren’t going away anytime soon. Experts predict the scourge that’s already lasted longer than the 1918 flu pandemic will linger far into the future. Vaccines and protections are making the virus easier to live with — for now. But it is still killing more than 400 Americans every day, and it may well keep evolving in worrisome ways, such as becoming better able to get around immunity from vaccination and past infection. It’s possible it could also evolve to cause more serious disease.
On November 8 registered voters in the McClave School District will have the opportunity to vote on a bond issue that will cover approximately 11 percent of the cost of a school replacement project. If successful, the McClave School District will seek financial assistance from the State of Colorado’s BEST Grant Program to cover the remaining 89 percent cost of the project. These percentages may vary as market conditions change, but the local contribution amount will remain the same.
Colorado and the Arkansas River Basin saw slight improvements in drought conditions this week with more than 13 percent of the state no longer experiencing any level of drought, according to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor report. The report shows no drought in most of the basin’s headwaters areas, abnormally dry conditions in most of lower basin with a few patches of moderate.