Craig Daily Press Staff Report
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- Today’s fundraiser to benefit Craig family
- 11:24 a.m., January 30, 2012 Updated 11:24 a.m.
- A fundraiser will take place from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Vallartas Restaurant inside Centennial Mall, 1111 W. Victory Way, with 20 percent of the proceeds going to the Bird family, of Craig.
- Colorado Geological Survey unveils web tool for understanding Niobrara
- January 30, 2012
- The Colorado Geological Survey, a branch of the state Department of Natural Resources, unveiled Jan. 26 a web tool to help the public visualize geologic conditions in the Niobrara Formation. The Niobrara is the focus of oil and natural gas development and production through the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Citizens around the state have been seeking a better understanding of how ground water supplies are protected amid energy development and the geologic conditions that separate ground water from the oil and natural gas deposits in the Niobrara.
- BLM seeking nominations for Western Slope Resource Advisory Councils
- January 30, 2012
- The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest and Southwest Colorado districts are seeking public nominations for 10 open positions on their Resource Advisory Councils, which advise the BLM on public land issues. The BLM’s Resource Advisory Councils, composed of residents chosen for their expertise in natural resource issues, help the BLM carry out its stewardship of 245 million acres of public lands. The BLM, which manages more land than any other federal agency, has 29 Resource Advisory Councils across the West, where most BLM-managed land is located.
- Moffat County School board takes action at workshop, meeting
- January 28, 2012
- At its workshop Thursday afternoon, the Moffat County School Board: • Reviewed policies 5510 and 5280, concerning student dress code and home-based education, respectively. • Heard a progress report from Maximum Commitment to Excellence, a grassroots group designed to bolster education in Moffat County. • Took a tutorial on the fiscal year 2012 budget revision and financial report.
- Peabody announces Twentymile Mine extension
- 04:17 p.m., January 24, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Peabody Energy announced Monday an extension of its Twentymile Mine in Northwest Colorado, secured by 40 million tons in long-term coal supply agreements. The Twentymile extension is being developed to supply coal to power plants, and industrial and export customers, including a 16-year agreement with the nearby Hayden Station. The project involves developing the new Twentymile Sage Creek portal in the existing Wadge coal seam and moving the longwall, the company reported in a news release.
- New candidates announce at Lincoln Day Dinner in Craig
- 09:16 p.m., January 21, 2012 Updated 11:00 p.m.
- Two local residents announced Saturday night their intentions to seek public office. The announcements came during the Moffat County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner at the Holiday Inn of Craig.
- Craig EDP names new director
- Betsy Nauman Cook pegged as new business agency leader
- 04:14 p.m., January 20, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- The Craig/Moffat Economic Development Partnership has hired a new full-time executive director, the agency announced this afternoon in a news release. Betsy Nauman Cook has been chosen as the successor to former director Darcy Owens-Trask. She is set to begin Monday.
- Local CASA group forms non-profit corporation
- 03:34 p.m., January 18, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Northwest Rocky Mountain Court –Appointed Special Advocates since forming in 2008 has worked with the state-wide coordinating agency Colorado CASA to give abused and neglected children a voice in court proceedings. With the help of a local steering community, NWRM CASA on January 1 became an independent not for profit corporation serving the 14th Judicial District comprised of Moffat, Routt and Grand counties, the organization said in a news release. “It is a big step to take on the responsibilities once performed for us by Colorado CASA,” board President Kim Linin, from Grand County, said in the release. “Our Goal is to build a locally-based organization to successfully meet the needs of victims of child abuse and neglect.”
- New facilities bolster Dinosaur National Monument visits
- 03:52 p.m., January 17, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- The opening of the new Quarry Visitor Center and Quarry Exhibit Hall in October 2011 at Dinosaur National Monument pushed the year’s park visitation numbers beyond the previous year, Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Mary Risser said this week in a news release. “Visitation increased from 198,544 visits in 2010 to 214,291 in 2011, a 7.93-percent increase,” she said in the release. “For just the month of December, we recorded 1,629 visitors at the new Quarry Visitor Center, compared to 144 at our temporary facility the previous year. Many of these visits came during the weeks around the holiday, as area residents brought family and friends visiting from out of town to the new facility.”
- A look at some of the top news stories of 2011 in Craig and Moffat County
- January 7, 2012
- A look at some of the top news stories of 2011 in Craig and Moffat County
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Is the playing field level for women in the workforce in Craig and Moffat County?
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