News from Neighbors

Woman killed after being hit by pickup
    JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, May 8 — The Sterling Police Department has identified a Sterling woman who was killed Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle on North Fourth Street.
    Deborah Richling, 65, suffered fatal injuries after being hit by a 1990 Chevrolet pickup as she was crossing the street at the corner of North Fourth and Poplar streets, according to a release issued by the SPD Monday afternoon.
    The department was called out to an auto vs. pedestrian accident at just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of North Fourth and Poplar streets. According to the release, the pickup was traveling south in the 200 block of North Fourth when it struck Richling, who was walking west across North Fourth toward Village Inn with her husband, Jerry Richling. The accident occurred on the north side of the intersection.
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Rocket launch area over portion of YC?
    THE YUMA PIONEER, May 10 — Denver to Tokyo in just 90 minutes? The 21st century space travel has arrived with a bang — or more accurately perhaps, a boom — to Colorado’s eastern plains. The Federal Aviation Administration recently applied for a Launch Site Operator license for Front Range Airport in Watkins.
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Hanna found guilty on 1 of 4 counts
    JULESBURG ADVOCATE, May 11 — “The victim did what she was told,” began Special Prosecutor Danielle Jaramillo, one of two deputy district attorneys of the 18th Judicial assigned to prosecute Thomas Hanna.
    Hanna was arrested on Aug. 23, 2016, and charged with sexual assault, 2nd degree kidnapping, official misconduct and solicitation of another for prostitution. The case was originally slated to be heard in December of 2017. The defense requested the case be delayed, and it was rescheduled for this spring.
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Millet growers cleared to start
    JOURNAL-ADVOCATE, May 4 — Millet growers could soon see their crop included in marketing efforts by the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
    Gov. John Hickenlooper recently signed into law Senate Bill 18-188, which amends the Colorado Agricultural Marketing Act of 1939 to add millet to the definition of an agricultural commodity. This change will allow the Colorado commissioner of agriculture to conduct a referendum of millet producers to determine whether they wish to assess themselves to self-fund education, research and marketing programs.
    Christopher Stum, a Towner farmer who is president of the High Plains Millet Growers Association, said Thursday he’s glad to see that hurdle cleared and hopes Colorado can have a market order, also known as a “checkoff program,” in place for the 2018 crop. Stum said this year’s millet probably will be planted in June.
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