News from neighbors
Marijuana sales tax question passes
YUMA PIONEER, April 5 — It is unofficial until later next week, but preliminary election results indicate the marijuana sales tax ballot question passed with 288 ballots cast in favor and 223 against.
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4 killed in I-76 collision near Sterling
STERLING JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, April 9 — The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that occurred just minutes after midnight Saturday morning 5 miles from the Sterling exit on Interstate 76.
According to Trooper Gary Cutler of CSP’s Public Affairs Office, at 12:10 a.m. a Freightliner semi was eastbound at milemarker 130 and jackknifed on the slick roadway, ending up in the median with the trailer across both eastbound lanes of the interstate.
A Chrysler Pacifica carrying four people collided head-on with the jackknifed trailer, shearing the top of the vehicle off as it traveled under the trailer and into the median. Cutler said all four individuals died on scene and their remains were transferred to the Logan County Coroner’s Office. Identification of the four victims has not yet been made, although Cutler said the vehicle was out of Michigan.
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Hope House gets a ‘fresh start’
STERLING JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, April 3 — Hope House needed a fresh start after operating for two years in downtown Sterling, so last September the residential program for ex-offenders, homeless persons and people recovering from addiction packed up and moved to a new campus on the south side of town.
With the new beginning, they also re-branded as Hope House Serving Northeast Colorado and gained 501(c)3 nonprofit status in January 2018.
“Hope House isn’t a bed of roses,” said Director Shaun Wilson, who manages and lives at the men’s campus. Nevertheless, the program still represents a “hope and a dream” for the former corrections officer.
Wilson spends most of her time on the south campus, but she also oversees a similar program for women who live at an undisclosed location.
“H.O.P. E. stands for ‘helping other people excel,’” said Wilson, who used client-paid rent, Department of Corrections re-entry funds, Centennial Mental Health, Cooperating Ministries, government grants, private donations and on occasion Social Services to fund the program.
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