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Sheriff to phase out mobile command center
Phillips County Sheriff’s Office will be phasing out its command bus and rolling its functions into the MRAP vehicle that was acquired earlier this year, the Phillips County Board of Commission
Gordon Leben, a resident of Carriage House, and employee Debbie Richards cut a rug in the Regent Park parking lot Aug. 30. — Johnson Publications
Square dancers get folks moving at Barnyard Bash
Clapping hands, tapping feet and even a few brave souls who joined the square dancing pros made for a lively evening at Regent Park last Thursday evening.
Golf, dinner benefit set for Dep. Hickox
Phillips County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado law enforcement community are pulling together to help one of their own, Deputy Jeff Hickox, who is currently fighting cancer.
Those who attended the presentation of Phillips County’s StormReady sign Aug. 29 are pictured from left, incoming Phillips County commissioner Terry Hofmeister; current commissioners Harlan Stern, Don Lock and Joe Kinnie; Phillips County Emergency Manager Bob Heldenbrand; Greg Hanson of the National Weather Service; and Kevin Kuretich of the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. — Johnson Publications
County recognized for weather preparedness
Phillips County officials were presented with a sign from the National Weather Service last Wednesday, Aug. 29, to recognize the StormReady designation that they received in June.