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Sgt. Jesus Ortiz graduates from Flat Rock Training Academy

Congratulations to now Sgt. Jesus Ortiz on his graduation from Flat Rock Training Academy. This is a 6 month very intense training academy ran by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. We …
Mrs. Brittney Isom 2026 Colorado Teacher of the Year semifinalist

2026 Colorado Teacher of the Year semifinalist

The Colorado Department of Education announced its semifinalists for 2026 Colorado Teacher of the Year. The department’s 22 semifinalists represent 22 schools from 17 districts and two …

Karval School receives $3.6 million BEST grant funding

Karval, CO — The Karval School District is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $3.6 million BEST (Building Excellent Schools Today) Grant from the Colorado Department of Education to …

Limon Town Board

By Stephanie Zwick The members of the Limon Town Board convened on Thursday June 5th to approve the request from the Limon Rotary Club for a special event permit at the Limon Area Fire …

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Opinion
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor,
A meeting was held at the courthouse this past week and apparently the main topic of conversation was the Round House. I was unable to attend due to my declining hearing, …
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor,
Colorado Democrats are wasting no time introducing the newest piece of legislation to restrict Coloradans rights to purchase firearms.  Senate bill 25-003 had its first …
Let’s scrap the stigma of mental illness
By Dave Marston
Even though one in five Americans is estimated to suffer from mental health illness, talk about mental health in the rural West remains muted. I’d like to talk about it …
Lincoln County Chatter
Lincoln County Chatter
(This is a GOSSIP/QUESTIONS column and the views expressed or questions raised do not necessarily represent the views of the owners or employees of this newspaper) Some one really needs to …
Lincoln County Chatter
(T his is a GOSSIP column and the views expressed or questions raised do not necessarily represent the views of the owners or employees of this newspaper) What's the point of the gossip column? …
Lincoln County Chatter
I would like more information about why Love's backed out of building their gas station on the east end of Limon.   I heard it was because the KOA brought up concerns about all the truck traffic …
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Wilson signs with William Jewell Lacrosse

Brayden Wilson to play lacrosse at William Jewell

Independence Center Awarding $75K in Grants to Support Accessibility for People with Disabilities

The Independence Center Accepting Grant Applications - $75,000 to be awarded for independence-promoting projects improving access for people with disabilities

Karval Erosion Control Workshop huge success

The Wineinger-Davis Ranch hosted an erosion control workshop.
Schools and Sports

Local FFA chapters take top honors at State

Saffer finished her term as State FFA Secretary for 2024-2025

Flagler athletes have several top finishes across multiple meets

By Clara Gruber On Saturday, April 19, the Flagler Track Team left the school early in the morning and traveled to Cheyenne Wells. Despite the cold weather, the team worked hard, bringing home …

Badgers have great weekend at State Track

Kamden Kenny throws the shot put

By Ted Bandy Photos by Colleen McCormick The Badgers traveled to Lakewood Colorado on Thursday morning to begin what turned out to be a long but amazing weekend on the track.   If not …

Pirates crown a new State Champion

Spoke Carr competes in the shot put

Article and photos by Will Mallory The Genoa-Hugo-Karval Track and Field squad was well represented at State Track this past weekend.   The student body gave the state-qualifying …

Brody Scherrer looks for a strikeout

Limon Baseball Season Ends At Regionals

By Coach Rockwell Photos Kirsten Tacha The #9 ranked Limon Badgers baseball team drove to Platte Valley High School in Kersey, Colorado this past Saturday and defeated #24 St. Mary’s …

Emma Holferty tied the junior high girls league pole vault record at 7'6"

2025 Limon Junior High Track Team finished a stellar season

By Lindsey Blackwelder The 2025 Limon Junior High Track Team finished a stellar season at the Union Pacific League Track Meet held in Limon on Friday, May 9th, where the boys’ team placed …

Lloyd Gaskill Athletic Hall of Fame Members

2003 Pete Mowry (1933) * 2003 Dennis Coonts (1939) * 2003 Bill Mitchem (1947) 2003 John Dorman (1955) 2003 Delbert Steele (1961) * 2003 Howard Knapp (1962) 2003 Don Bender …
Travis Sandersfeld 2007

LLOYD GASKILL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME 2025 INDUCTEES

Dan Monks – 1977 Dan Monks is a proud graduate of the Limon High School Class of 1977 and a lifelong contributor to athletics, leadership, and the construction industry. During his years …

Pirates crush two school records at UP League Track

By Will Mallory Five Pirate athletes made the best of their hard work and perfect spring weather by setting two school records at the UP League Meet.   All five significantly improved their …

2024-2025 Regular season ends for girl’s golf

By Stephanie Zwick The regular season has come to an end for the High school Girls Golf teams. On Monday May 5th the Limon Badgers hosted the Limon Girls Invitational Tournament. With 14 teams …
Carson Perry makes the infield stop
Badger Baseball ends regular season; prepares for Regionals
By Coach Rockwell Photos Kirsten Tacha In the final week of the regular season, the Badger baseball team won three of their final four ball games.  On Tuesday, Limon played in …
Union Pacific League Meet/ 1A/2A Last Chance Qualifier
By Coach Bandy Photos Colleen McCormick The Limon Badgers hosted the Union Pacific league meet on Friday May 9 and the Badgers had a banner day.  Approximately 90% of the team had …
Sydney Richardson
Badgers at Burlington Invitational
By Coach Bandy Photos by Colleen McCormick Writing this feels like deja vu.   The Badger track team traveled to Burlington for the annual invite and once again this year, the weather …
Teghan Seymour

One week remains to qualify for State Track

By Will Mallory This past Friday, May 2, was supposed to be a sunny, reasonably warm day without much wind in Burlington. However, a consistent north breeze made qualifying in the short sprints …

Busy golf week for Badgers and Panthers

By Stephanie Zwick JV photos by Teresa O'Dwyer To start the busy golf week Limon traveled to Colorado City on April 30 to take on the Hollydot golf course. Limon’s team placed 11th. …
Ryker Lockhart

Badgers compete well against three top ten teams

By Coach Rockwell Photos Jennifer Hoose On Tuesday, Limon welcomed #8 RPI ranked Las Animas Trojans to town.   Las Animas had a record of 13 wins and 2 losses on the season.   The …
The volleyball and track teams joined Gianna and Samara as they committed to Hastings College

Hastings College welcomes Humphrey twins

Gianna and Samara Humphrey are going to Hastings College for volleyball and track. Samara will study Psychology and Gianna is going to study Occupational Therapy.
Your Community

El Paso County Wagon Train Saturday June 28

Saddle up your horse or load up your wagon and horses for a delightful trail ride across lush, green pastures on Saturday, June 28th, one mile north of Simla, at the Bailey Ranch.  This …

Woodlin 65th Anniversary Celebration

We hope many of you can join the activities, celebrate the accomplishments of staff and students, and "Remember" with us. Feel free to bring memorabilia and pictures to share. Stay informed …

American Legion Family Post 2017 and Auxiliary hosts 1st annual fishing derby

On Sunday the American Legion Post 2017   partnered with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to host our 1st annual fishing derby. CPW provided fishing poles for kids under 12 and we helped with …

Free Fishing Event at Kenny Lake

Come join the free fishing event taking place on Friday, June 20 at the Kinney Lake State Wildlife Area south of Hugo.   Kids 16 and under fish for free.   Adults need a fishing license. …
Lined up and waiting for further instruction.

Horse Clinics at the Hugo Fairgrounds

The first Lincoln County Horse Clinic was hosted by Lincoln County Extension Agent Wayne Miller. The very attentive youngsters were eager to learn about the following topics:   Halter – …

Happy 100th Birthday Keith!

Help celebrate Keith Bowhan's 100th birthday at the Hugo VFW on June 21 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Bailey Museum open house Sunday and Monday

Imagine a journey through time where Wild West charm and nostalgia of yesteryear join for a museum visit one mile north of Simla.  At the Bailey Saddleland Museum, you will find a treasure …

Public Auction

Colorado Baptist General Convention construction teams, led by Brad Cowger Director arrived Sunday, May 4 at Wheatland Conference Center, Flagler for multiple projects on the facilities and new Outdoor Event Center. Volunteers from Colorado, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Michigan, and New Mexico were included. Among the volunteers were the Garden Ranch Baptist, Colorado Springs and Monument Hill Church, Monument. Wheatland Director, Daniel Walker, is coordinating the over projects in the area.

Flagler Conference Center volunteers

NEWS BRIEFS
TOWN OF ARRIBA Mosquito fogging will be on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings when weather permits.   BOYERO BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT  Crews will be seeding …
NEWS BRIEFS
TOWN OF LIMON AGENDA June 5, 2025   7:30 p.m.   1.   Roll Call 2.   Pledge of Allegiance 3.   Approval of Minute 4.   Citizen Input for …
NEWS BRIEFS
LIMON PUBLIC POOL Opening date May 30th! Contact Town of Limon to sign up for swimming lessons before the pool's opening at (719)-775-2346.   FIREMAN'S DANCE June 6 @ …
Lincoln County Chatter
(This is a GOSSIP/QUESTIONS column and the views expressed or questions raised do not necessarily represent the views of the owners or employees of this newspaper) This should go …
Project Smile Meals
Project Smile Meals for Arriba, Hugo and Limon Notice: There is a 24-hour reservation policy at the meal sites and senior centers. To make a reservation please call the Hugo Kitchen at …
Weekly Features

Remember When

60 Years Ago~June 17. 1965 A devastating storm swept through the Agate area late Tuesday after wreaking havoc with growing crops, roads and dwellings. Heavy rain washed part of the track ballast …

Karval News

JUNE   events: 18 – Food pantry 26 – Senior food boxes Shirley Chesterman and Delia Jewell made a trip to Hugo on Monday for a visit to the ER for Shirley. On …

Lincoln County Economic Development

A regular part of my job as economic developer is responding to industry that comes knocking. Recently, we heard from an industry sector for the first time: a data center developer. Data centers …

Yesteryear

60 Years Ago~June 10, 1965 Robbie Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cody Pearson won runner-up in the State VFW Marble Tournament held recently. He was sponsored by Joe Will Post 6612 from Hugo. He …

Lincoln Health June Town Communication

There’s a common misconception that Medicaid only helps “other people.” But here in Hugo, Medicaid helps everyone—because it’s what keeps Lincoln Health’s …

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Outdoors

24 HOURS ISN’T ENOUGH PER DAY!!! I know I say this every other week but, in the Spring, I could write a daily article. Right now I need to write two crappie articles, cover two mushroom …

Take Five

Funerals As a little kid in the country, funerals were a social event.   Everyone got dressed up in their very best threads, shined their shoes and headed for the church.   Nobody was …

The Aussie Rancher

Lambing has started   at   Tigerlilli Pastoral, which is the name of our ranch. Most times of the year are busy on any ranch, but this time for us   is particularly busy with us …

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Opinion
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear 4th District, There is no excuse for January 6, 2021 when Trump broke his oath of office to "... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Donald Trump took …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the town of Limon and its residents: Congratulations to the town of Limon on the article in MaxPreps, an organization that keeps track of all sports of every high school in the nation.   …
Letter submission from Kenneth Orlin
Dear 4th District, There is no excuse for January 6, 2021 when Trump broke his oath of office to "... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Donald Trump took no actions …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
To the Editor: Prop 131 will give us a chance to have a say, not only in our local representation, but also in the state-wide races. Vote yes on 131. Here in the ruby red part of Colorado, …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The problems with Proposition 127, Prohibit Hunting of   Mountain Lion, Bobcat and Lynx Initiative Colorado Hunting and Fishing brings in approximately 3.25 billion a year.   Some of …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In keeping with the theme of last week's Homecoming, in what universe is the American Legion not at the head of the parade? (Editor's note:   We apologize for the delay in publishing this …
Lincoln County Chatter (this is a GOSSIP column and the views expressed or questions raised do not necessarily represent the views of the owners or employees of this newspaper)
It would seem there may be a problem with the Karval Cemetery District.   Some folks say they performed contract work that was supposed to be paid over a month ago and they haven't seen the …
Voter Voices from the Colorado News Collaborative
We are entering the downhill run of the 2024 election. Everything is moving fast. But not so fast that we don’t have time to tell you what we have been doing and will be doing with your …
Captured wolf dies, pack relocated
CPW broke its silence after announcing two weeks ago that it would capture the Copper Creek pack in a blow to the state’s reintroduction plan. State wildlife managers captured a wolf pack …
40 years of living with wolves
Biologist Diane K. Boyd has had a front-row seat to 40 years of wolf recovery in the West, but her new memoir reveals that entanglements with humans in Montana were often tougher than dealing with …
Classifieds
South Limon Grass
Teller
TELLER First National Bank of Hugo-Limon is looking for someone to join our team as a teller.   This is a full time position Monday-Friday approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Position pays …
Land Survey
LAND SURVEY Do you need a land survey? Contact Randy Bloom at americaslandtenure@gmail.com
TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR
TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR Hi-Plains School District is seeking a Transportation and Maintenance Director. $60,000-$70,000 annually. Apply online at www.hp-patriots.com.
For Rent
FOR RENT Smokey Hills Living Experience in Hugo Colorado has units available for rent today! Must meet HUD requirements. For more information call Jessica Borns at 719-740-2263.

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Obituaries
Notice of Death
PATRICIA JOHNSON OTTEM Born June 20, 1947, Tokyo, Japan Died June 6, 2025,   Loveland, CO
DEBORAH L HUMPERT
Deborah L Humpert of Limon, CO. passed on May 29, 2025 at her home. Debbie was born in March 31, 1959 to Verl and Peggy McElwain. She grew up on the family farm near Matheson, CO. She learned to …
RANDY DEAN FRAZIER
Randy Dean Frazier, 60, of Greeley Colorado, passed away May 27, 2025 at Swedish hospital, with his family by his side after facing multiple lengthy and debilitating illnesses. Randy was born …
JAMES FREDERIC ELLIS
James Frederic Ellis (Jim) of Greenwood, SC passed away on May 21, 2025. He was born at Mitchel Field, NY on April 23, 1940. Jim is survived by his wife Dana Sanborn (Glen) Ellis, his daughters …
ELAINE PEARL DAVIS
Elaine Pearl Davis, 83, passed away peacefully at home on May 19, 2025, near Ellicott, Colorado. She was born to Elvid Monroe Lawrence and Florine Inez (Meseraull) on January 29, 1942, in Golden, …

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