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Landspout tornado spotted near Akron as storms roll across eastern plains
A weather system that prompted Colorado's first tornado warning of the season Thursday produced an apparent landspout tornado on the eastern plains, according to Denver7 meteorologist Danielle Grant.
Morgan County homeowners pay upwards of $200 a month for water they can't drink
Jesse McCoppin remembers the day he arrived at Prairie View Ranch in Morgan County.A storm was brewing that day and as the wind picked up, power went out, and the pumps went down at Prairie View Ranch Water District. "That was an immediate wake-up call. I was less than 8 hours in my house," says McCoppin.The president of the water district he says assured him there was backup power in the event of a fire. But not only were there no generators, there wasn't even enough water pressure to put out a fire if it did happen.Worse still, the water...
Sterling’s Wilson goes No. 1 in NCAA at Drake Relays
DES MOINES, Iowa. (KWCH) -A three-time state high jump champion at Sterling High School, the sky was quite literally the limit for Tyus Wilson. Now a Nebraska Cornhusker, Wilson was one of many premiere performers Friday at the Drake Relays in Iowa. Qualifying for the championship competition in Des Moines,...
Summer Cruise Night returning
So many of you asked, and we heard you loud and clear – summer Cruise Nights are making a return next month. In 2020, the News-Reporter began organizing Cruise Nights as a way to interact safely and socially distanced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses and organizations around Akron offered a “curbside” special, while many of the establishments were closed to dine-in patrons.
Filla achieves rank of Eagle Scout
Akron’s Troop 27 has its newest Eagle Scout. Anderson Filla completed his Eagle Scout Board of Review last Thursday, April 18, achieving a milestone accomplishment in his 13-year Scout career. Filla began Scouts in 2011 at the age of five, attending the Camporee at the old Akron Pond. The...
Local high school student TJ Rivera awarded two year scholarship at Otero College in La Junta
TJ Rivera, joined by his mother Nina, father Tom, and brother Moses, gathered at Brush High School to sign his official paperwork, which awarded him a two-year scholarship at Otero College in La Junta. Rivera says he began wrestling in sixth grade after moving to Brush from Greeley. “When I...
Chamber Member of the Week: Christ United Methodist Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the USA from its founding in 1784 until 1939. MEC was also the first religious denomination in the USA to organize itself on a national basis. The church was started to meet the spiritual needs of the people in 1784 and continues with that same purpose today. In 1968, the Methodist Church merged with the Evangelical United Brethren Church to form the United Methodist Church.
Editorial: Make a difference, volunteer
Bill Clinton once said “Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.” Think about it, what would our community be without volunteers? Not much. April is National Volunteer Month....
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