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The public is invited to join the inhabitants of Bent’s Old Fort on Monday, July 4 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm to celebrate American Independence during the 2022 Old-Fashioned 4th Celebration. The 4th of July was one of the few holidays celebrated across the country in the 1840s. The...

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Gravesides services for Charlotte Ann Cook, formerly of Eads, CO, will be held at 10am Friday July 1, 2022 at the Eads Cemetery in Eads, Co, with Pastor John Dell of the First Christian Church of Rocky Ford, CO officiating. Interment will follow at the Eads Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Ultramarathoner Michael Wardian has almost made it home to Arlington. The 48-year-old local resident began his Forrest Gump-style run across America back on May 1. Fifty-eight days later, he’ll arrive in Arlington today (Monday) with only a little more than 100 miles left to go in his journey. Wardian...

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. This content is for Online Access Only (1 Month), Print in county – Includes...

If you believed that Bluestem Village, the new nursing home facility being constructed in La Junta, would simply be a new nursing home, you were wrong. Bluestem Village is the future of elderly healthcare, innovative and extraordinary with its ideas, with layouts and commodities designed to maximize comfort and wellness. The future is now.

The Colorado Department of Transportation, in cooperation with Intermountain Slurry Seal, will be micro-surfacing US Highway 50 between Mile Post 377.2 and MP 381.8. The project will start midway between Swink and La Junta and end just east of La Junta. This content is for Print in county – Includes...

VFW Day of Service was celebrated this past week with Flag Day activities. The Las Animas, McClave, and Hasty Avenue of Flags flew proudly on Flag Day, which was Tuesday, June 14. This content is for Online Access Only (1 Month), Print in county – Includes Online Access (1 Year),...

George Watson Smith, 72 years old, died Saturday, May 21, 2022. He died at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center in Denver, Colorado, due to complications of leukemia. George was born October 2, 1949, in Las Animas, Colorado. He was the son of George H. Smith and Maude Ellen (Kerr) Smith. George graduated from Las Animas High School in Las Animas, Colorado, in 1967. He also attended Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado, as well as Colorado University in Boulder Colorado. George then served in the Army for two years during the Vietnam War, as military police in Maryland. George worked in Liberal, Kansas where he met and married Karen Rose Juhl. They married on November 20, 1971. George worked for BP AMOCO for 31 years. He analyzed gas and did corrosion prevention until he retired in 2005. He worked for Jim Harbour flagging work sites, and then was working as a Relief Rural Mail Carrier at the time of his death. Survivors are his wife, Karen; his daughter Valerie Renee Smith of Ulysses, Kansas, and one granddaughter/daughter Bailey Rae Phillips Smith of the family home, as well as many cousins. George was preceded in death by his parents; sister Patricia A. (Smith) Turner; and brother Terry J. Smith. Funeral services will be held at the Peace Valley Cemetery on the Smith Ranch, 20034 Country Road Z, Hasty, Colorado, on October 1, 2022, at 2pm. In lieu of flowers, please, make a donation to the Cancer Society or your local food bank.

Melons thrive in Colorado’s hot summers, and we can’t get enough of them. Fresh, juicy melons are a true summertime staple. The cantaloupes and watermelons grown in Rocky Ford, Colorado, have a loyal following—they’re shipped all over the world. We’re pretty loyal to them here in BoCo, too, and we’re lucky to live fairly close to the source.

If you find yourself serving hard time in the big house, make sure you don't wind up in the smallest jail in America. You'll find it in Haswell, Colorado. Where this jail is concerned, you may find yourself hoping to spend your time in solitary confinement. It's highly unlikely you could fit two people in this structure. Would you like to take the $.25 cent tour? That's easy, considering the entire jail can fit in a single frame.

If you find yourself serving hard time in the big house, make sure you don't wind up in the smallest jail in America. You'll find it in Haswell, Colorado. Where this jail is concerned, you may find yourself hoping to spend your time in solitary confinement. It's highly unlikely you could fit two people in this structure. Would you like to take the $.25 cent tour? That's easy, considering the entire jail can fit in a single frame.

If you find yourself serving hard time in the big house, make sure you don't wind up in the smallest jail in America. You'll find it in Haswell, Colorado. Where this jail is concerned, you may find yourself hoping to spend your time in solitary confinement. It's highly unlikely you could fit two people in this structure. Would you like to take the $.25 cent tour? That's easy, considering the entire jail can fit in a single frame.