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The community is invited to a political forum sponsored by the Craig Daily Press and KRAI at 6 p.m. today at the west end of Centennial Mall.

Daily Press publisher Bryce Jacobson and radio station owner and manager Frank Hanel will moderate the forum.

On Aug. 8, voters will choose a Republican nominee for the district 3 Moffat County commissioner seat and Moffat County sheriff.

Three candidates -- Vicki Burns, Dan W. Martin and Thomas J. Mathers -- are vying for the county commission seat. Incumbent Darryl Steele is not running for re-election.

Undershriff Jerry W. Hoberg, Sgt. Tim Jantz and Deputy Vic Alton, all of the Moffat County Sheriff's Office, are running for sheriff.

Alton is running as an independent. His name will not appear on the Aug. 8 ballot.

All six of the candidates have indicated they will attend the forum.

A seventh candidate, Scott Tipton, who is running for representative of the 110th U.S. Congress District 3 seat, is also slated to appear.

The event will be broadcast live on KRAI and 55 Country and will be reported in Tuesday's Daily Press.

BLM hosts presentation by Nature Conservancy

The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office in Craig will host a presentation Monday by officials from The Nature Conservancy.

Terri Schultz and Megan Kram of TNC will give a presentation on Conservation Action Planning from 1 to 4 p.m. The presentation will give the BLM a chance to learn about CAPs process and discuss its potential.

Bridge projects include repairs, replacement

The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Tricon 2 of Castle Rock are replacing the 70-year-old timber bridge about 1.5 miles north of Craig (at mile marker 93).

The timber bridge will be replaced with a concrete box culvert.

During the bridge replacement, scheduled for completion in mid-October, there will be a reduced speed limit and motorists will use a paved detour near the site, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. CDOT greatly appreciates motorists' cooperation and safe driving near the construction site.

Starting the last week of July, CDOT and Tricon 2 will also repair the concrete and steel girder bridge on SH 131 over Oak Creek, about 20 miles south of Steamboat Springs (and south of the Catamount area), at mile marker 51.5.

Work will involve repair of the sidewalk, rail, abutments and piers. A temporary signal will direct single-lane, alternating traffic over the bridge until the work is complete in mid-September.

The contract amount of the two bridge projects is $1.2 million.