- Crash brings national issue into focus
- December 9, 2007
- On the morning of Nov. 26, Russ Blackhurst suffered serious injuries in a car crash near Milner. The driver who caused the accident, Teodora Diaz Simon, was killed. The accident and others like it are bringing home a debate raging at the national level: whether immigrants, regardless of their legal status, should be allowed to obtain a driver’s license.
- Problems broached for VNA, Comunidad
- August 1, 2007
- Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association members met with Latinos in the community Tuesday in the VNA building for a panel discussion to assess the strengths and weaknesses health care providers in the area show in covering Latinos.
- Immigration discussed
- July 22, 2005
- On Monday night in Steamboat Springs and again on Wednesday in Craig, a group of people concerned about the growing number of immigrants in Northwest Colorado gathered to discuss the implications of the changing demographic and to decide where Routt and Moffat counties should go from here.
- Immigrants keeping their faith
- July 15, 2005
- When Griselda Cortez walks through the doors of the Holy Name Catholic Church, a load lifts off her shoulders. Outside those doors, she is a Mexican and a stranger. She doesn't speak much English and she is still learning the culture of her new home. Life is a daily struggle living thousands of miles from her family in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in Mexico.
- Local restaurant works toward the future
- July 15, 2005
- Carlos Patino was an agronomy engineer in Mexico, but since he moved to the United States, he has taken any job that was offered. He has worked on road construction crews in California and driven delivery trucks.
- Opportunity for everyone
- July 15, 2005
- It happened 20 years ago, but Isidro Quezada still cries when he talks about crossing the border with his wife and 2-year-old son.
- Immigrants increase law officers’ duties
- July 8, 2005
- More immigrants equal more crime, local law enforcement officials say. Not because Hispanics are more likely to commit crimes, but a growing population of any ethnicity means an increased likelihood of criminal activity.
- Health care programs changing
- July 8, 2005
- Local health care facilities are serving an increasing number of Spanish-speaking patients, requiring program development to accommodate them.
- Cutting through red tape can be a problem
- July 2, 2005
- Cattle rancher and Moffat County Commissioner Darryl Steele has been bringing temporary workers from Mexico to work on his ranch for almost a decade.
- Immigration being met with increasing resentment
- July 2, 2005
- As the number of immigrants grows, so does resentment from some native-born workers. And though these American citizens have deeply held beliefs, they are reluctant to share their views publicly.
- Work force shifting in Steamboat
- July 2, 2005
- Three years ago, a Mexican man paused at the door of a restaurant in Steamboat Springs. He didn't speak English, and he was terrified.
- Finding work in Colorado
- July 2, 2005
- Saúl Hernandez waded through waist-deep water to pull weeds in a smoldering cotton field in west Texas.
- Border is a blurring line
- June 26, 2005
- There is no sign announcing Annunciation House. Unless a person knows differently, the old brick building in El Paso, Texas, almost looks abandoned.
- Man struggles to make trip from Honduras
- Teacher faces hardships as he treks for months to get to United States
- June 26, 2005
- Juan Lopez* trained for his trip to the United States like a man training for a marathon. His daughters watched as he got into shape and cried.
- From Parral to Craig
- Many of the Mexicans living in Craig come from town in Chihuahua
- June 18, 2005
- There are similarities between Parral, Mexico, and Craig, Colo. Nestled on the eastern slope of the Sierra Madre mountain range in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Parral is a historic mining town that serves as a center of commerce for cattle ranches that dot the parched countryside.
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An estimated 2,550 people attended the Three Dog Night and Firefall concert Saturday as part of the Craig centennial celebration. Was the concert a success?
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