Category: Uncategorized
[the_ad_group id="986"]
-
In 2025, nearly a century after my grandparents first opened their hardware store on South Main Street in Springfield, Colorado, the building’s aging wooden facade was removed by local resident and current owner Jessica Caricato. What she uncovered wasn’t just brick and mortar—it was memory. For the first time, I was face to face with…
-
The Department of Energy (DOE) has extended the public comment period for the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) until April 15, 2025. What’s happening? DOE is moving forward with three potential NIETCs, refining boundaries based on prior feedback to accelerate transmission development. Have your say! Deadline: April 15, 2025 Learn more & submit comments:…
-
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) preliminary list of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs), designated large swaths of land across multiple states for potential transmission projects. The proposed corridors could impact millions of acres of private property, triggering concerns over federal overreach and property rights. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has called on Energy Secretary Chris Wright…
-
November 27, 2024 – Baca County – Based on responses to our recent survey, notes, and letters to us about the newspaper’s future and concerns over maintaining local news, it’s clear there is a strong willingness to support the Plainsman Herald. While Kent readily admits to Hunter and Lexi that he’s not sure continuing is…
-
NOTE: As many have asked about our survey. Here is the survey and the introductory text. We pushed this to our Facebook page and published it in our Oct 9 & 16, 2024 issues. Our return rate was approximately 15% of our pre-notice of closing subscriber numbers. More than 2,600 U.S. newspapers have disappeared since…
-
-
By Kent Brooks Thinking again about the meaning of Memorial day this afternoon. So many have risked their lives so that we could live the lives we do. And before you tell me I posted this incorrectly. I do understand Memorial Day is a time to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for…
-
To access this post, you must purchase Full Access.
-
-
Common Tags
4-H 2024 agriculture baca county Baca County Fair Baca County History Boston Broomcorn Campo Comanche National Grassland death notice dust bowl E-Edition East Enders Fair FFA Food History Jennings John Havens Lamar local news newspaper NIETC Old Boston old west Pritchett Property Rights rodeo sam konkel Sheriff Southeast Colorado Southeast Colorado Hospital Sports springfield Springfield CO Two Buttes USDA Vilas Vol135 Vol 138 Vol 139 walsh Walsh Community Grocery youth sports
Advertisement
