Commissioners approve oil and gas facility after long debate

08/19/10 Weld County Commissioners voted 3-1 to approve an oil and gas support facility following almost four hours of testimony Wednesday. Commissioner Dave Long cast the dissenting vote, while Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer was excused from the meeting.

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Colo. small towns may see rise in oil drilling

08/14/10 GROVER (AP) - In the shadow of Colorado's largest wind farm, the new-energy economy is taking a back seat to old-fashioned oil. Drilling rigs are springing up in areas of Weld County largely bypassed by the natural-gas boom of the past decade. Dying agricultural communities, where boarded-up storefronts outnumber open businesses, envision a fiscal jolt from oil that could keep the towns' fragile ...

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Woman says yes to dress and boyfriend at Briggsdale celebration

08/11/10 While wearing her mother's wedding dress, Heather Showers accepts a surprise marriage proposal from boyfriend, Jeromy Krug, during the 100 Years of Love Bridal Fashion Show Saturday at Briggsdale High School.

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Event Calendar

08/10/10 Preethi Burkholder loves classical music. But she doesn't love performing it as much as she does the old songs she learned from her father growing up in Sri Lanka.

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Colorado oil drilling aimed to bring business to small towns

08/01/10 In the shadow of Colorado's largest wind farm, the new-energy economy is taking a back seat to old-fashioned oil. Drilling rigs are springing up in areas of Weld County largely bypassed by the natural-gas boom of the past decade. Dying agricultural communities where boarded-up storefronts outnumber open businesses envision a fiscal jolt from oil that could keep the towns' fragile economies afloat.

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Town and country: A city boy visits the Northeast Weld County Fair in New Raymer

08/01/10 Talan Gwin, 13, falls while trying to catch a calf during the Heifer Hopeful at the Northeast Weld County Fair on July 23 in New Raymer. Last Friday I was given an assignment to go to New Raymer.

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Weld County Fair: Eaton 12-year-old has county's golden goat

07/30/10 With tears in her eyes, Alyssa DePorter, 12, of Eaton hugs her father, Travis DePorter, after winning Grand Champion in the market goat show on Thursday at the Weld County Fair in the Island Grove Events Center in Greeley. DePorter won Grand Champion Market Pig last year.

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Weld County Fair features slew of accomplished ag students

07/25/10 Marissa Bartmann, 17, side steps with Sunday, her 10-year-old Appaloosa, Wednesday at her family home near Windsor. Bartmann has reached Level IV in the Colorado State 4-H Horse Advancement Levels Program and will be appearing at the Weld County Fair.

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It takes a lot of people, effort to get fair going

07/25/10 It's that time of the year again when the talents of Weld County's 4-H and FFA members take the spotlight, as well as some of the more talented people around who exhibit in open divisions.

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Emergency Checklist for Seniors and Their Caregivers

07/20/10 How to be prepared for a crisisRonnie FriedlandCare.com editorWe hope we'll never need the information, but if there is an emergency with your elderly parent or relative, having this checklist readily available will make your life easier.Health emergencies with our elders can often become complicated by the sheer number of medications, doctors, insurance coverage and degree of chronic or acute...

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more news articles

07/13/10 David Naibauer, 93, of Sterling, died Monday, July 12, 2010, at Windsor Health Care Center in Windsor. Visitation from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Stoddard Funeral Home. Funeral service 2 p.m. Friday at Stoddard Funeral Home. Interment at Linn Grove Cemetery.

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Reno Rodeo Day 8 Performance Results

06/26/10 Reno, Nev. - Saddle bronc rider Bradley Harter moved into first place in the average at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo on June 25 at the Reno Livestock Events Center.

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Scores drop in most Weld schools outside of Greeley

05/05/10 For Weld County's school districts, the third-grade Colorado Student Assessment Program scores continue to be a one step forward, two steps back process. After large advancements last year, every school district across Weld, except Greeley-Evans, dropped by large margins in the proficient and advanced levels of the CSAP reading test administered to third-graders. Of the 21 elementary schools ...

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Saturday's sporting events

05/01/10 Saturday, May 1 College Baseball Northern Colorado at North Dakota, noon and 4 p.m. College Softball Northern Colorado at Seattle, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. College Track and Field Northern Colorado at Front Range Classic, Fort Collins; Northern Colorado at Steve Scott Invitational, Irvine, Calif. Baseball Highland at Yuma, 11 a.m.; Platte Valley at Lyons, 11 a.m.; Skyview at Fort Lupton, 11 a.m ...

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Friday's sports events

04/30/10 Friday, April 30 College Baseball Northern Colorado at North Dakota, 2 p.m. Baseball Pawnee at Briggsdale, noon; Weld Central at Platte Valley, 3:30 p.m.; Erie at Eaton, 4 p.m.; Greeley Central at Broomfield, 4 p.m.; Mountain View at Greeley West, 4 p.m.; Northridge at Fossil Ridge, 4 p.m.; Roosevelt at Frederick, 4 p.m. Girls Soccer Jefferson Academy at Frontier Academy, 4 p.m.; Westminster at ...

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Wind causes fire, power outage in Weld

04/14/10 Pesky high-powered winds caused lots of destruction Tuesday, generating danger and annoyance to a large portion of Weld County. High winds contributed to a hay bale fire at a dairy east of Platteville and a power outage that hit a large portion of northern Colorado on Tuesday. According to Platteville-Gilcrest Fire Protection District Captain Dan Bass, the fire originally started early Tuesday ...

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Wiggins wins county collision

04/14/10 Wiggins freshman Beto "Jose" Reyes enjoyed a lot more success than the New York Mets' shortstop who shares that same name Tuesday evening.

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All-star players take to the court

04/13/10 Kyle Carper front, makes a move on the basket against Sterling's Mike Lock. The Holyoke player was chosen as one of his team's top performers in the All-Star games.

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UPDATE: Power restored, high winds blamed

04/13/10 A power outage that hit a large part of northern Colorado, knocked out power to about 6,900 Xcel Energy customers this afternoon, has been solved. Mark Stutz, spokesman for Xcel in Denver, said the outage was probably a result of the high winds in the area. It started at about 2:30 p.m. and was restored by 3:15 p.m. Parts of Greeley, Lucerne, Eaton, Ault, Pierce, Nunn, Briggsdale, Galeton, and ...

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All-star players take to the court

04/12/10 STERLING -- Northeastern Colorado is home to some of the most competitive and athletic kids in the state and the All-Star game at Northeastern Junior College on Sunday proved that once again.

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