Craig Daily Press / Collin Smith

Collin Smith graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in Dec. 2006. He has worked with Face the Nation at CBS News in Washington, D.C.; Texas Monthly, a National Magazine Award-winning publication based in Austin; and in the office of Austin's Texas state representative.

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Business owner creates fracturing fluid machine: By Collin Smith; November 7, 2009; Around April, Jay Forbes decided to reinvent his business by inventing something new. One night this spring, as Forbes sat at his dinner table mulling the future of his business and how to put people back to work, his mind settled on one idea. Hydraulic fracturing fluid.
City, ACLU reflect on campaign spending limit provision: By Collin Smith; November 6, 2009; The Craig City Council was an even split on a ballot question in Tuesday’s election that asked voters whether they wanted to delete a city charter provision on campaign spending.
City ATV, OHV proposal has county support: By Collin Smith; November 6, 2009; Moffat County Commissioner Tom Gray, for one, hopes the Craig City Council passes a proposed ordinance to allow all-terrain and off-highway vehicles on public roads.
City, county discuss medical marijuana: By Collin Smith; November 5, 2009; City officials said they were under no delusions that any ordinance they pass regarding medical marijuana would be perfect.
Dan Maes visits Craig: Gubernatorial candidate preaches old conservative values; By Collin Smith; November 5, 2009; Dan Maes freely admits he’s not among the better-known names in the 2010 governor’s race, but that’s a good thing, he told a crowd of about 25 people Wednesday at the Holiday Inn of Craig.
Officials review CNCC funding request: By Collin Smith; November 4, 2009; If construction at the new Colorado Northwestern Community College campus in Craig has the effect college president John Boyd thinks, the project may become a milestone in Moffat County’s history.
Craig voters have their say: Residents keep campaign spending limit despite constitutional concerns; By Collin Smith; November 4, 2009; Craig voters defied a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and a recent Moffat County District Court settlement Tuesday when they voted to keep a controversial campaign spending limit in the city charter.
Voter turnout among lowest ever: Just 11.5 percent cast a ballot in Tuesday’s general election; By Collin Smith; November 4, 2009; The general election Tuesday tied the lowest voter turnout in Moffat County for any election since 1990, other than two primaries in 2000 and 2008.
Governor’s race comes to Craig: Candidates start statewide tours; By Collin Smith; November 3, 2009; Although the Colorado governor’s race is about a year away, candidates have started statewide tours to get their information out to voters early. Dan Maes, Republican candidate for Colorado governor in the 2010 general election, plans to appear from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn of Craig, 300 Colorado Highway 13.
Local residents gather to kick off National Runaway Prevention Month: By Collin Smith; November 3, 2009; A crowd of about 30 gathered in front of the Moffat County Courthouse to celebrate the kick off to National Runaway Youth Prevention Month in Moffat County.

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Residents and members of the Moffat County Youth Leadership Team, an organization made up of local teenagers, listen to Moffat County Sheriff Tim Jantz address the crowd Monday at the kick off to National Runaway Prevention Month.

Randa Reed, 11, right, and her brother, Zach, 15, wave signs with their stepmother, Paula, outside the kick off event for National Runaway Prevention Month on Monday at the Moffat County Courthouse. Paula, who is the coordinator for the Moffat County Youth Leadership Team, helped organize the event. Behind, volunteer J.D. Merriam hands a green light bulb to a passing motorist. Organizers hope residents put the green lights up at their homes and businesses to raise awareness about homeless youth.

Moffat County health officials have boxes of Tamiflu and Relenza from a national stockpile to help treat people with the flu this fall and winter. Officials said one of the best ways residents can avoid illness is practicing clean habits.

A car pulls out of the City Market parking lot onto Pershing Street. Right in front of the exit, Cindy and Randy Looper, who own the Elk Run Inn, placed a sign denouncing a potential development that would expand City Market and possibly affect their business.

Volunteers with Interfaith Food Bank listen as Moffat County Commissioner Audrey Danner, right, and Starlene Collins, left, present Interfaith treasurer and bookkeeper Claudean Talkington, middle, with a $7,500 check. Collins is the director of Western Slope Food Bank of the Rockies, which will provide food for Interfaith to purchase with the money. Xavior Robinson, far left, represents the El Pomar Foundation, which furnished the money through its Colorado Assistance Fund.

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