Archive for Saturday, March 8, 2008

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‘We had a great run’
March 8, 2008
The run is done. The Moffat County High School girls basketball team ran into a wall Saturday in the girls 4A state semifinal game against host Silver Creek.
Bulldogs fall in Great 8
March 8, 2008
The Moffat County High School girls basketball team has been eliminated from postseason play after Saturday’s 61-49 loss to host Silver Creek.
Bubbling back up
Survey indicates youths use alcohol more than other substances
March 8, 2008
Slurred speech and abnormal behavior. And the telltale odor. “Definitely the odor,” Moffat County High School assistant principal Tra­vis Jensen said.
Our View: Making grand futures
March 8, 2008
It is the elephant in the room no one wants to acknowledge. No one wants to say it. Everyone wants to just move on.
Chuck Mack: 1918: Flu situation in Craig becomes serious
March 8, 2008
In the 1990s, when I was interviewing some of the old-timers of Mt. Harris, gathering information for the stories I was writing, I learned that most everyone I talked to had suffered the misfortune of losing a loved one, close friend or family member to the flu epidemic of 1918 when it raged through Mt. Harris.
On the way to the Great 8
Moffat County girls bounce Greeley West, 45-21, in Sweet 16 match
March 8, 2008
The constant for Moffat County High School girls basketball coach Craig Mortensen throughout the year when referring to his team has been defense. The Bulldogs proved Friday night they’ve been listening.
Nearing the lead
Student newspaper brings home awards, second-place ranking
March 8, 2008
This year, Courtney Teeter, Moffat County High School junior, began seeing life through a lens.
Rosetta Webb-McKinney, an early Craig dynamo
March 8, 2008
Many of Craig’s residents enjoy the benefits of our public library and City Park, but few know how either of these facilities came to be, or that they both may be credited to one determined lady with a lot of community spirit.
Plowing the way
March 8, 2008
On the afternoon of April 22, 2007, members of the Yampa Valley Antique Power Club, families and friends gathered at an alfalfa field — which adjoined a dryland wheat stubble field — in the Breeze Basin area.
Sen. Taylor: Oil and gas exploration being strangled
March 8, 2008
Northwestern Colorado Sen. Jack Taylor is among the rural Republican lawmakers not inclined to heed a call for patience from Department of Natural Re­­sources Director Harris Sher­man.
Capital projects top $100 million
March 8, 2008
More than $100 million in capital improvement projects are slated for the next two years in Craig.
Developing Craig
March 8, 2008
Craig’s residential real estate market could see more progress in the next 10 to 15 years than it has since the late 1970s.
Datebook for March 8
March 8, 2008
7 to 10 a.m. The American Legion Post No. 62, 1055 County Road 7, hosts a community breakfast. The menu consists of scrambled eggs, bacon and biscuits and gravy. The cost is $6 per person and $4 for children under 12. Call 824-3625.
Andy Bockelman: ‘Semi-pro’ misses the mark
March 8, 2008
In a sport full of legends, one man stands out in the game of basketball. Not because of any kind of talent or on-court courtesy, but because of an amusingly horrible blond afro. That man is Jackie Moon, and his courageous story is told in “Semi-Pro.”

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