Ordway News

A stretch between Ordway and Sugar City in Crowley County has become a parking lot for several hundred idled railroad cars, the Pueblo Chieftain reports.

The storm has left almost 4 feet of snow in the foothills and close to two feet in the Denver metro area.

Strong winds in northeastern Colorado prompted a Blizzard Warning for that part of the state Thursday as a potent Winter Storm began to move out.

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Flags hung at half-staff and moments of silence were held at many local fire stations Sunday, to remember four Colorado volunteer firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2008.

James W. Ervin, 72, of Fort Collins passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009. James was born on May 12, 1937 in Ordway, Colo., to Fred and Irene Ervin.

Some frightening moments this week for an Ordway family. They got a call from their kids school telling them their 5-year-old son was missing.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 698 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT IN COLORADO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO CROWLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLNEY SPRINGS AND ORDWAY.

Members of the Colorado Independent CattleGrowers Association throughout the state are hitching up their wagons and heading to the Fourth Annual CICA Convention north of Cortez, Colo., at the Arriola Community Center.

A boil order is in place in the tiny town of Olney Springs east of Pueblo. The town is having trouble with its chlorinating process for drinking water, so residents are advised to boil water for three minutes before drinking it.

Walnut Grove is the place to be during the month of July with the ongoing Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant and the family festival.

A man who escaped from a Colorado prison in a helicopter hijacked by his wife nearly 20 years ago has been paroled.

Governor Bill Ritter declared June 21 - 27, 2009, Colorado Lightning Safety & Wildfire Awareness Week, noting that the key to understanding the dangers of lightning and wildfire is education and awareness.

This means that, as there are more families in need of occasional help with such basics as food, clothing, shelter and utilities, there are fewer families able to provide that assistance.