Burlington News

Slippery roads and blowing snow caused havoc with holiday travel this year. A lot of folks found themselves rearranging Christmas schedules because of snow and ice storms that bullied their way across the country, beginning mid-week last week.

Kansas transportation officials have closed Interstate 70 from Goodland to the Colorado border.

Just as the holiday travel season shifts into high gear, a winter storm is expected to bear down on Colorado, threatening near-blizzard conditions on the northeastern plains and piling 4 to 8 inches of snow on the Front Range.

The Windsor Community Choir will present Songs of the Season at First United Methodist Church of Windsor on Sunday evening.

On Nov. 11, America pays tribute to the millions of brave men and women who have answered the call of duty and served in the military.

Local master gardener Lisa Brewer, along with Golden Plains Area Extension Agent Linda Langelo, will be offering a class entitled a oePowerful Pumpkins and Super Squasha as part of their on-going series of home gardening classes.

Don Marostica, Roosevelt High School; Liz Hickman, Yuma High School; and Dr. Stacy Brethauer, Wray High School, were recognized as Alumni of the Plains at the Progressive 15 Fall Conference in Larkspur recently.

A frazzled businesswoman yapping on a cell phone. A punk mom with dark lipstick and a jet black wig.

A little guy takes on a big guy in a daring wild ride. Pat Gaines snapped an amazing photo while bird-watching near the Colorado- Kansas border this summer.

The Colorado Conservation Tillage Association is accepting applications until Dec.

Senator Michael Bennet will be at the Colorado State Fair Tuesday to continue his "Fighting for Colorado Families" tour.

The staff at State Farm Insurance-Gregg Mullen s office, 209 Clayton Street, Brush, offer a variety of insurance opportunities, including life, health, small business, auto and rental.

These storms were located along a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Burlington to 15 miles north of Cheyenne Wells to firstview... moving east at 20 mph.

Governor Ritter today announced that Tri-State Generation and Transmission has teamed up with a subsidiary of Duke Energy to build the first-ever wind farm on Colorado's central-eastern plains.

Wind power accounted for 40 percent of the electricity generation built in the U.S. in 2007 and 2008.

Janna Smith, left, is pictured with overall jacket winners in her Riding for Hope gymkhana held Sunday, May 31, at the Haxtun arena.