Bent County News

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.

The convict, who is being identified as a 52 year-old white male, appears to have escaped while working at a recycling center said Las Animas Police Chief Don Trujillo.

Colorado Highway Patrol brought a high speed chase to a close this afternoon, on Highway 50.

Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be chip sealing numerous highway segments through southeastern Colorado this month.

Pictured is the turbine that was to be installed Monday on Lance Verhoeff's property.

The Bent County Sheriff's Office says a woman's body was found in Las Animas near Highway 194 Monday.