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The Holyoke Racing Group is reducing the size of the stock car track at Phillips County Fairgrounds, according to Phillips County Commissioners at their meeting Thursday, April 30. Currently, the race track is one-half mile in length. The gro...
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East Phillips County Hospital board members had a smaller agenda for their April meeting, held Monday, April 27. In his report to the board, administrator John Ayoub announced MMH’s consulting pharmacist at North Colorado Medical Center is...
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Linda Langelo, horticulture coordinator for the Golden Plains Area Extension, was recently selected as Phillips County Public Health’s Shining Star. According to Jodi Murray, who nominated her for the award, Langelo was instrumental in star...
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Dear Editor, Youth that live in communities that support Post Prom Parties are very fortunate. Our community is one that values this tradition and has for many years. It is very clear that Holyoke believes in this activity by the support given throu...
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Dear Editor, I would like to give big recognition to Beta Sigma Phi for the great job they do for our kids with the Post Prom activities. I have been so impressed with the work they have done for the kids the last couple of years in making the...
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Free medical care! With the swirling talk about the health care system in the USA, it has been interesting for me to interact over the past month with people who live in countries that have public or government funded health care. While the...
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Out The In Gate I would’ve thought that as animals became domesticated their brains would have become larger, figuring that some of the intelligence of the supposedly smarter people would have worn off on the animals. But scientists say it’s the...
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Holyoke High School faculty honored students for their outstanding academic achievements at the annual academic awards night Monday, May 4 in the HHS auditorium. Holyoke chapter of National Honor Society conducted the program, with members re...
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Holyoke High School FBLA’s chapter members were challenged to “Get the Edge” during fund raising, community service programs and leadership conferences this year and were commended for those achievements at the annual recognition night Tuesday, A...
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New U.S. and International postage prices will go into effect Monday, May 11. The cost to mail a U.S. first-class one-ounce letter will increase two cents, from 42 to 44 cents. The cost to mail a one-ounce flat and one-ounce parcel will each ...
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Water use fees imposed by the Republican River Water Conservation District Water Activity Enterprise on the diversion of ground water for irrigation use are collected by the county treasurers. If the assessed irrigated acres on which the fee is bas...
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Kansas and Nebraska formally rejected Colorado’s plans for a compact compliance pipeline, Tuesday morning, but it appears there is hope the states are getting closer to resolving their various issues. That is due to the fact that, instead o...
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Preschool through 6th grade youth who participated in Holyoke’s AWANA meetings in 2008-09 were recognized at a year-end celebration Wednesday, April 29 at First Baptist Church in Holyoke. Darrell Tomky led Wednesday’s program for Commande...
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Upsetting the #1 ranked Wiggins team, 11-2, on the home field Friday, May 1 allowed the Holyoke Dragon baseball team the opportunity to play in the District 7 championship game and will move them on to the Regional tournament in Sterling on May 9....
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With a jump of 22’ 3”, HHS trackster Kyle Carper smashed a 33-year-old long jump record at Saturday’s league track meet in Sterling. Clearing the previous record by over a foot, the longstanding meet record of 21’ 2.5” was shattered by Carper...
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Facing strong winds and chilly temperatures, the HHS track team traveled to Yuma to compete at the pre-qualifier meet on Tuesday, April 28. “Of course it was bitterly cold all day, but the kids did well despite the conditions,” said coach Sandra ...
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HHS golfers on the inaugural Holyoke girls’ golf team completed their season Tuesday, April 28 in the first annual high school girls’ golf invitational hosted at Ballyneal Golf Club. Fifteen teams competed in the 18-hole tourney, and thre...
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The Republican lawmakers who represent northeastern Colorado in the General Assembly are finding little to cheer about from the 2009 version of the 120-day session that adjourns Wednesday. The Republicans, who make up only one-third of the Le...
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For the first time since 2006, Holyoke third grade reading scores have increased dramatically to pass the 73 percent proficiency mark in Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). A significant increase to 76 percent passing from last year...
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A public hearing regarding proposed changes to onsite wastewater regulations was held during the Northeast Colorado Board of Health’s Wednesday, April 29 meeting. The proposed changes include an exception provision regarding the stipulation that ...
