Election ballots will be arriving soon
Southeast Colorado Citizens: The mid-term elections are fast approaching. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, 2022 -less than a month away, and you will be receiving your ballot in the US Mail very soon.
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Citizens for McClave School support new school construction
Dear McClave School District Voters, Please join us in voting yes on the McClave School District bond measure for the upcoming November 8, 2022 election, which will cover approximately 11% of the cost of a school replacement project. If this bond measure is successful, the McClave School District will then seek financial assistance from Colorado’s BEST Grant Program to cover the remaining 89% cost of the project. Even if passed, the bond will not go into effect unless a BEST Grant is secured.
They are coming for the land
The “30 x 30 Land Grab” initiative is an international agenda to permanently protect, in its natural state, 30 percent of the world’s lands and oceans by 2030. The program was launched in America by Joe Biden through Executive Order (EO) 14008 on January 27, 2021.
An Open Letter in Support of the 2022 McClave School District Bond Issue
Raise your hand if you like to pay taxes. If you’re like us, you didn’t put your hand in the air. While we know a few people who are in favor of paying more taxes, the vast majority of the people we know and interact with are highly opposed to even the thought of raising taxes.
Meteorologists predict long, warm fall ahead
AccuWeather’s team of longrange meteorologists, led by veteran forecaster Paul Pastelok, has been cooking up the long-term forecast for this autumn, blending together data from computer models, analyzing weather patterns around the globe and reflecting on past years. After combining the forecasting ingredients, the team has boiled down the seasonal outlook into one word: warm.
Big tech is steamrolling America’s newspapers
By Brett Wesner, Chair, National Newspaper Association; president, Wesner Publications, Cordell, Oklahoma Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and plagues our democracy.
CPW orders emergency fish salvage at Queens Reservoir as drought intensifies
Colorado Parks and Wildlife ordered an emergency public fish salvage at Queens Reservoir about 15 miles north of Lamar in Kiowa County due to declining water levels related to intensifying drought conditions last Monday.
LA Fire Department assists with fire
The Las Animas Fire Department assisted neighboring La Junta Fire Department with a structure fire June 17. At 3:05 p.m., La Junta Fire Department responded to the 24000 block of Cucharra on a reported structure fire.
Colorado Democrats need to get aggressive on drug prices before the November elections
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that Coloradans will be focused on inflation when they head to the polls for November’s midterm elections. The brutal Consumer Price Index report from April underscores the urgent need for Congress to address record-high expenses for gas, food, and, in particular, prescription drugs.
Mourning in America
How shall we respond to the condition of our country? Children are slain in our schools and on our streets. Women are sexually assaulted in the daylight. Young women are trafficked for the pleasure of their captors. Sons and daughters dishonor their parents, and parents abuse their sons and daughters. Babies do not live to see their mother’s face. Those in authority are cursed, slandered and threatened. Our citizens blindly enslave themselves to destructive forces. Ministers of God offer words of vain hope, but refuse to lay bare the people’s disobedience.