• Grow SECO, an initiative of Ogallala Commons, wants to invite you to attend the kickoff for the Great Zucchini Roundup on March 26th at the Springfield Fairgrounds indoor venue space, the Minnick Building, from 9am to noon. The morning event will consist of growing tips, basic processing procedures when it comes time to bring the harvest to…


  • The Springfield Police Department and the Baca County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance involving the discharge of a firearm in the 200 block of West 8th Avenue in Springfield on 03/13/2022 at approximately 1707 hours. A lengthy on scene investigation took place that ran in to the morning hours of 03/14/2022. One individual is…


  • A Red Flag Warning alert has been issued for Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands by NWS Pueblo (Southeastern Colorado)….A RED FLAG warning has been issued from noon to 7 pm Sunday for low humidity values and gusty winds for fire weather zone 237…which includes Baca County… …RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED…


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  • Posted with Permission of Kathryn Neufeld (Kent Brooks’ mother-in-law)  The last page was turned and I was sad to see there was no more music to play. For several days I had been playing through a stack of sheet music. Music that was written before my time. Some were dated as far back as 1926…