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While still recovering from the April 8 wind damage, Holyoke received another round of spring snowfall Monday, April 15. The town woke up Tuesday to find a fresh 2.1 inches of snow had been dumped on the town throughout the night. As opposed to the last s...
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Charged with the task of reviewing the mill levy override project which passed in November of 2010, Holyoke School District’s accountability committee reported favorable results.
Chairman Julie Elliott wrote a letter from the committee which was review...
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Governor John Hickenlooper, on March 20, signed a series of monumental gun-control bills for Colorado that expands background checks, requires gun purchasers to pay for the fees of background checks and limits ammunition magazines to no more than 15 round...
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“I don’t think that by itself will lead to safer cities. I think child rearing is big. If kids aren’t taught self-respect and respect for others in a loving environment, all of the gun laws in the world won’t help.” —Carolyn Sperber“No....
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This year’s Chase County Fair in Imperial, Neb. will feature another exceptional lineup of entertainment for the 2013 event.
Fair board president Dave Schilke and entertainment chair Alex McNair said the fair board’s excited about this year’s varie...
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Plans to eliminate a five-day mail delivery system were halted Tuesday, April 9 when the United States Postal Service Board of Governors met to discuss the Continuing Resolution recently passed by Congress.
In March, Congress inserted language into the C...
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Two Holyoke High School FCCLA teams made up of 11 students qualified for the FCCLA National Leadership Meeting in Nashville, Tenn. July 5-11.
They earned their national-qualifying rank at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference held at the Denver Marriott ...
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Joseph Yungen is on track to earn master’s degrees in solo piano performance and collaborative piano performance at the end of May from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., but two advanced degrees won’t be the end of his academic pursuit.
Yun...
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Members of the HHS track and field team faced stiff competition over the weekend as they traveled to the Max Marr Spartan Classic in Berthoud Saturday, April 13.
Of the 23 schools in attendance at the meet, Holyoke represented one of just four teams who ...
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Rural electric co-ops say a bill to increase use of renewable energy sources will instead cause unaffordable spikes in electricity bills for their customers.
The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee recently approved a bill that would re...
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Best of both worldsCookies versus brownies. It’s a never-ending feud in the baking world. Which one is better? And when you have a choice between the two, which do you pick?
Pick both! That’s what I say! (It’s just horrible being an indecisive pers...
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Members of PC Telcom gathered Thursday, April 11 in the HHS auditorium to discuss how the company fared in 2012, what the future holds for members and to elect two members to fill the rural and urban seats.
Vince Kropp, PC Telcom CEO/general manager, des...
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Holyoke Pharmacy was presented with its first dollar of profit from Holyoke Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, April 10. Pictured from left are owners Jamie Hanes and Jason Burke, with Chamber executive director Mary Tomky.
—Enterprise photoHolyoke Enterpr...
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Colorado’s newest renewable energy facility is already growing. The current 67-megawatt Colorado Highlands Wind project—from which Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association receives 100 percent of the power—is expanding to 91 megawatts. Cons...
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Spring freezing of wheat can be a problem in Colorado. Freeze injury can cause crop losses through reduced leaf area, weakened stems and lodging, sterility, uneven maturity and shriveled kernels.
However, the severity of freeze injury and resulting crop ...
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A number of Colorado counties are eligible for an emergency loan to deal with the effects of drought.
Along with 89 primary counties and three contiguous counties from Nebraska, and contiguous counties from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota and Wyomin...
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The man known as Kayakjak, Marty Hughes of Benkelman, Neb., will lend his expertise to the SCORE—Science Camps Offer Rewarding Experiences—this June.
He will teach individual sessions at Champion Lake in Nebraska June 12-14. Students in grades 1-4 wi...
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, Baby Bear Hugs encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making Phillips County a better place for children and families.
By ensuring parents have th...
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Phillips County Assessor Doug Kamery would like Phillips County citizens to know that Colorado law requires the county assessor to hear objections to real property classifications and valuations beginning no later than May 1.
Objections to the valuation ...
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s annual Health Facility-Acquired Infections report shows more health facilities in the state met or exceeded (better than) the national standard for infection rates in 2012.
There were 528 facilitie...
