September 2007
Photos for September 1, 2007
Mario Ayala, a subcontractor with Classic Homes, has been looking to buy a house for two years in the area. The price of housing, he said, has kept him from doing so.
Mario Ayala and Willie Daiz of Classic Homes stain wood while other workers complete their tasks inside a house being constructed on Sixth Street and Riford Road.
A house on Sixth Street and Riford is under construction. There currently is a shortage of new homes being built in the housing market, according to local real estate agents.
The Craig Police Department responded to a call at 4:58 p.m. Thursday about a Union Pacific rail car running off the tracks. The car broke through the barrier located between First Street and Industrial Avenue on Mack Lane. Union Pacific officials did not return calls about the incident. Police said no injuries were reported.
A near-derailment occurred in Craig on July 12, 1914, after 2-inches of rain loosened the soil under the tracks near the current Boys & Girls Club location. Engineer Ginter stopped the train before the tender and baggage car completely left the tracks, and a wrecker train was sent from Denver to right the tipped cars.
Moffat County quarterback Jake Bricker hands the ball off as Austin Hill, 54, blocks in the first half of Friday night's road contest against the Rawlins Outlaws out of Wyoming. The Bulldogs won their season opener, 20-0.
Planned improvements to the ranche's livestock watering system by the NRCS include an overflow to create a wet area that benefits sage grouse in the area. Chicks need bugs and soft plants to survive, and the wet areas provide the proper habitat for rearing young birds.
The largest pasture on this ranch near Big Gulch was fenced with help from Natural Resources Conservation Services funding through the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program. Other projects include improvements to the livestock watering system that also will benefit sage grouse in the area.
Wildlife biologist Noe Marymor with Natural Resources Conservation Service in Craig shows off a wildlife-friendly fence installed on a Big Gulch ranch. NRCS paid for 75 percent of the fence funding. The fence allows fawns and baby pronghorn to slip under a nonbarbed bottom wire, while top-wire spacing prevents twisting should a jumping animal catch a leg in the highest wire.
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Question of the week
Do you seek medical care from The Memorial Hospital in Craig or Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs?
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