Bent County News

The death of a convicted sex offender who died earlier this month in a Bent County prison has been ruled a suicide.

A Service of Celebration for lifelong Prowers/Bent County resident and businessman, Herb Reyher will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the McClave United Methodist Church.

Commissioners of three southern Colorado counties say the early release of about 6,000 prison inmates could hurt the economies of small communities where private prisons operate.

Last Thursday I headed south to attend a multi-county picnic sponsored by Bent County Democrats.

Three projects in rural Colorado will get a total of nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds to expand medical care and improve water systems.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES LAMAR... * UNTIL 1245 AM ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES LAMAR... * UNTIL 1245 AM ...

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 601 remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for the following locations Co .

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS are in effect for southeastern Huerfano and west central Las Animas counties until 7:15 PM, and for central Bent county until 7:30 PM.

The driver of a pickup truck struck by a train approximately five miles south of Las Animas avoided serious injury Saturday morning.

Police have found the body of a man Monday morning who reportedly died after an accidental fall.