To follow up on last week's topic about housing and licensed at-home daycare, last week's tour with Colorado Rural Homes went great!  We toured sites in Hugo and Limon and came up with a …

Easy Cheesy Taco Rice I ngredients: 1 pound ground beef 1 yellow onion diced 1 ounce taco seasoning 3 teaspoons garlic minced 1 cups salsa 1 tablespoon tomato paste …

LAKE TROUT FISHING IN THE NWT As we speak, er... type, I’m enroute back home from Plummers Lodge up in the Northwest Territories. I met the owner Chummy Plummer years ago at a Safari Club …

By Melinda Myers As temperatures rise, some annuals slow down or stop flowering due to heat stall. They will recover as temperatures cool but may leave your gardens or containers looking less …

We have had the strangest weather lately...rain is forecasted, then we get a sprinkle.   Then our weather station showed 109 for a temperature sometime last week, so we decided not to go to the …

Let’s ask a hypothetical question here. Would you (if you’re an adult already) trade your reputation as a responsible wage earner for the guarantee of becoming legendary? Well, …

The Republican River Water Conservation District (RRWCD) Board of Directors will convene for their quarterly meeting on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 10:00 AM. The meeting will be held in the …

By Jonathan Thompson A few years back, my friend Norm told me that when he was growing up in northern New Mexico in the 1950s and early ‘60s, his family often drove up to the La Plata …

When school started in September of 1930, I was only 5 years old.   For whatever reason, my mother thought I was smart for my age and should begin first grade.   She talked to the …

What is going on at the former Alex Taverna once at 961 Main St.?   The lights were on.   Is there something new coming to this location?   What happened to the Denver …

This is Big Fair Week for Lincoln County and kids will only have a short time to rest up until it is Back to School!   How do they do it?   Maybe I should ask, how do the parents do it? …

60 Years Ago~Aug. 5, 1965 Finals in the State Semi-Pro Baseball Tournament will be held at the Hugo ball park providing the weather permits.   The tourney, which was to be completed Aug. 1 …

AUGUST events: 11– Friendship Circle 12 - Alliance meeting 13– Willing Workers 21 – Food pantry 28 – Senior food boxes Karval Community birthday …

60 Years Ago~Aug. 12, 1965 Service over the Union Pacific tracks between Limon and Denver resumed this week with passenger trains making a run that day.   This is the first trains permitted …

Tigerlilli Pastoral has been busy during the last two weeks, with   marking both calves and lambs and general feeding. We again have had some amazing falls of rain and a little sunshine …

Ingredients: 4 cups yellow squash (1/4 inch thick) 4 cups zucchini ( 1/4 inch thick) 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped sweet or yellow onion 4 cups chicken broth 2 cups cooked corn …

COOKING WITH DUTCH OVENS There’s something unique about cooking with Dutch ovens. You’re suddenly thinking that you’re on a trail drive, something like the old TV series …

One topic I feature here quite often is the support of more housing development in the county.  What I do NOT often write about is supporting child care, which I believe is second place …

Now one thing’s for dang shore, everwho come up with drugstore language should be roped and dragged out in the brush and wearin’ a big sign that jest says “Guilty.” No need to …

Howdy Friends, The year 2025 seems to be in a hurry to move along, half of the year is gone and we are already trekking rapidly on the downhill side.  August is here.   August, …