/tags/kit-carson-county Kit Carson County en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:07:01 GMT /environment/2022-02-16/republican-river-conservation-board-hashes-out-funding-for-efforts-to-save-irrigated-farming-in-northeast-colorado Last November, the 17-member Republican River Water Conservation District board more than doubled the annual fee farmers in the basin pay per irrigated acre. That increase allowed the board to also increase the amount offered to those who chose to stop irrigating. Interest in the program has since gone up, but some feel the fee is unfair. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:07:01 GMT /environment/2022-02-16/republican-river-conservation-board-hashes-out-funding-for-efforts-to-save-irrigated-farming-in-northeast-colorado Adam Rayes /environment/2022-01-28/trees-silt-clog-the-republican-rivers-south-fork-colorado-officials-hope-money-can-fix-that Little to no water flows from the Republican River's South Fork in southeast Yuma and northern Kit Carson counties into Kansas and Nebraska, where it merges with the main river. Officials have a plan that could cost about $40 million to save the fork. Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:45:39 GMT /environment/2022-01-28/trees-silt-clog-the-republican-rivers-south-fork-colorado-officials-hope-money-can-fix-that Adam Rayes /arts-life/2014-08-01/the-uncanny-tale-of-ptc-no-6-kit-carsons-carousel At 109-years old, it is the only of its kind in the country; still, few outside of those living in this rural county seat have heard of Philadelphia… Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:00:00 GMT /arts-life/2014-08-01/the-uncanny-tale-of-ptc-no-6-kit-carsons-carousel Carrie Saldo