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Master’s degrees in hand, youth on their side and the world at their fingertips, Ryan and Dana Duran faced several options: remain in Denver and become part of the big city, travel the country following a map with no end, or go back to their roots.

Aided by five undefeated performances, the Moffat County High School varsity wrestling team is sitting in 11th place out of 32 teams through the first round of the Warrior Classic wrestling tournament.

Partners board plans for future

Deputies responded to two animal complaints.

1 to 2 p.m. SHARE Craig Distribution Day takes place at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 678 School St. Call Karen at 824-7939.

A quarantine on Little Creek Ranch in Collbran remains in place while an investigation by the Colorado Department of Agriculture and Colorado Division of Wildlife continues concerning disease issues and transportation of exotic hogs and sheep. Meanwhile, an important step has been completed in the case.

Completion of the city hike and bike trail from the Ridgeview subdivision to Sunset Elementary School has hit an unforeseen snag.

George Bowman cannot escape the allure of exotic places.

Bulldog varsity boys basketball coach Steve Maneotis’ nemesis of a week ago has once again reared its ugly head.

The Martinez family was an active group, devoted to home and one another. Their home at 631 Tucker St. was a lively place. It was in this home that Lee and Siria Martinez welcomed their son, Alfred, on March 31, 1937. He was the third of five children who filled the home with love and faith. Only two of the children - Al and Ben - were born in Craig.

Last met: Tuesday, Dec. 16

Featuring an unusual angle on a distressing topic matter, the wartime drama “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is a look at one of the most shocking periods in the history of mankind through the eyes of a child.

Craig Middle School schedule

Girls basketball

Jan. 9, at Steamboat, 4:30 p.m.

Chris Madigan and her daughter, Rebecca, 12, emerged from Craig’s new middle school Friday pleased with what they had seen.

Moffat County School District administrators are in the final stages of reworking elementary school attendance area boundaries to accommodate a fourth elementary school.

The Colorado Department of Education is offering funds to school districts that offer alternative ways of paying teachers.

Moffat County stands to lose a valuable program if area groups don’t step up.

This one morning during my examination, I found the bottom of the portal flooded. I could not get through this way. I knew that the area around the bottom of the portal was in a low point of the mine.

For this author, Christmas means caring about others. We do this by helping those in need, purchasing and wrapping gifts for people, and sending out greeting cards. We cook up plates of goodies and give them to friends and business associates to say “thanks” for being there.

A “disturbing” trend the All Crimes Enforcement Team has seen throughout 2008 is an increase in illegal drug use - and in some cases, drug distribution - by teens in Moffat and Routt counties.