Weld County Commissioners hosted a recent meeting of northeastern Colorado commissioners to propose a new state called North Colorado. Phillips County Commissioners want to respond to recent news reports regarding this effort to create a new state and to clarify what their response has been thus f...
Mark Adams, 26, of rural Haxtun, died Saturday afternoon, June 8, when his car and a pickup collided at an uncontrolled intersection six miles south and one mile east of Paoli, according to Colorado State Patrol Trooper Ben Simpson. A funeral service for Adams has been set for Saturday, June 15 at ...
After months of planning and preparation, Holyoke’s 125th celebration and the 13th Annual Dandelion Daze Car Show are set for Friday-Sunday, June 14-16. Holyoke will be buzzing this weekend as festivities for the quasquicentennial anniversary have been scheduled in conjunction with the annual ca...
When farm animals come up in conversation, camels and reindeer are rarely the first ones thought of by residents of northeastern Colorado. But with growing numbers, Kyle Hendrix is building a herd of exotic animals just south of Holyoke. Reindeer first caught the eye of a young Hendrix. As early as...
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The Relay baton was handed off to Haxtun this year when the Phillips County Relay For Life event moved to the Haxtun Baseball Field for the all-night walk Friday-Saturday, June 7-8. Holyoke and Haxtun...
Simplicity is key. Those in the Third World country of Haiti don’t have much choice other than to lead simple lives. Coming from the land of opportunities, traveling to Haiti taught me that leading a...
Pat Samples-Ehrlich of Fort Morgan draws an audience as she paints business windows in the county to promote the July 23-28 Phillips County Fair. Ale and Daisy Garza of Bayard, Neb. took time to watch...
Two Powell sisters showed some sisterly love last Friday, June 7 when they cut their hair to donate to Locks of Love. They are pictured in their before and after photos, with 9-year-old Havyn Powell...
Phillips County Arts Council will kick off the 2013-14 concert series membership drive this weekend at Dandelion Daze. Information about the upcoming season will be available at their booth at the courthouse...
Holyoke School District Re-1J Board of Education will meet Tuesday, June 18 at 8 p.m. in HJHS Room #218. The regular meeting will be preceded by a budget hearing at 7:45 p.m. A special meeting is scheduled...
Benjamin Wade Hoffner, son of Rick Hoffner of Severance and Ramona Schilke of Imperial, Neb., earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management from the College of Applied Human Sciences, with minor...
Becca Brandt, a 2011 graduate of Holyoke High School, was recently named to the spring semester Dean’s List at Hastings College. To receive the honor, a student must achieve a grade point average of...
Mason Sprague tosses the ball over to first during a T-ball game Thursday, June 6. Ava Koberstein puts a good swing to a ball at Thursday’s Holyoke T-ball game. Braxton Speicher sprints home...
With three lightning delays totaling over an hour in wait time, swimmers had a slow start to the Northwest Kansas Swim League swim meet Saturday, June 8 in Wray. Taking 42 competitors to the meet, Holyoke...
Holyoke’s 9-12-year-old softball team has already completed half of their 2013 summer schedule. Rachel Krueger, pictured above, attempts to get an Oshkosh, Neb. player out during the Thursday, June...
The sun was out and the wind was howling Saturday, June 8 to start the afternoon at Phillips County Raceway, but when the moon came up and the dust settled, it was John Hansen who ended up blowing away...
The Holyoke Sluggers continue to stay busy with summer tournament as the young team traveled to Ogallala, Neb., Saturday-Sunday, June 8-9 for another tournament. In the first match of the tournament,...
Eight students represented Holyoke High School at the 85th annual Colorado State FFA Convention Tuesday-Thursday, June 4-6 at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling. The theme for this year’s convention...
State Executive Director Leland Swenson announced recently that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency FSA county committees begins Monday, June 17. “I encourage all eligible farmers and...
June is Dairy Month, and while the benefits of including fruits and vegetables in diets are widely known, the medical benefits of dairy are often overlooked. The following are a handful of ways that dairy...
When farm animals come up in conversation, camels and reindeer are rarely the first ones thought of by residents of northeastern Colorado. But with growing numbers, Kyle Hendrix is building a herd of exotic...
