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The emphasis all season long for the Moffat County cross-country team was to train hard in preparation for the end of the season.

Anyone driving around town might have noticed several dug up lots surrounded by orange construction fences.

When she started Advocates Against Battering and Abuse 24 years ago, Diane Moore said women used to ask her, “You mean this happens to others, and I’m not crazy?”

Noon to 4 p.m. The Northwest Colorado Homeschool Association will be taking a field trip to Grand Junction to visit the Jouflas Pumpkin Farm and corn maze and visit the Western Colorado Math and Science Center. For information or to RSVP, contact Tobi at 824-6512.

Winter Weather Preparedness week continues through Saturday Oct. 27, as proclaimed by Gov. Bill Ritter. Before winter weather arrives in earnest, it is highly recommended that you prepare your car or truck for winter travel.

Slow.

That is how Northwest Colorado Dental Coalition Director Janet Pearcey describes the search for a full-time dentist to work at the Northwest Colorado Dental Coalition at 485 Yampa Ave.

Midway through the Moffat County girl’s volleyball season, the Bulldogs had an overall record of 3-3. A loss to defending league champion Battle Mountain had dropped the Bulldogs to 1-2 in league play.

A Western Slope lawmaker is considering legislation that would give the state of Colorado authority over all future water rights.

Aging Well, a program of the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, is helping residents 50 and better stay physically and socially active with ongoing classes in Routt and Moffat counties. Here is an update of current and upcoming fall/winter classes (classes are free unless otherwise noted):

Of all the treatments for the long-term management of diabetes, foot care is probably the simplest to do, and the easiest to ignore. The consequences can be enormous. Each year, about 54,000 diabetics suffer assumptions - usually as a result of a seemingly harmless skin sore.

When Russell Blackhurst packed up his faded, maroon-and-white 1987 Ford F-150 and loaded the U-Haul behind it, his final destination was not supposed to be the Yampa Valley.