Board of Public Health says it will not volunteer to drop down to Safer at Home following increase in COVID cases
With nearly 20 active cases within Moffat County and an offer on the table from Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to voluntarily drop back down into the Safer at Home phase to help...
Superintendent Pankow: A letter to the Moffat County community
For the past few weeks, I have been gathering data and information to evaluate our new hybrid instructional model’s effectiveness. I have worked with administrators, senior leadership, and public health, looking at a way to...
Craig Police investigating Tuesday night robbery on Clay Avenue
The Craig Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred at a business Tuesday night around 7:30 p.m. on the 100 block of Clay Avenue. According to a press release from the Craig Police Department,...
Local group pushes for transitional housing for homeless through winter
The old CAPS building might help alleviate homelessness in Craig this winter — if the community receives a grant. Locals in Craig and Moffat County are pushing for the city to apply for an Emergency...
Snow blankets East Troublesome Fire
Thanks to Sunday’s snow storm, the East Troublesome Fire didn’t grow in size and it’s expected to stay inactive while snow is on the ground. In a Monday morning briefing, Incident Commander Noel Livingston said...
Sunday snow brings largest containment yet to Middle Fork Fire
After Routt County received about 8 inches of snow Sunday, the Middle Fork Fire is now around 10% to 15% contained, according to U.S. Forest Service spokesman Dean Hazen. Due to the remote nature of...
Ballot measure 7A draws wide support for Colorado River Water Conservation District
This is not your parents’ River District, say supporters of a ballot measure that aims to raise property taxes across much of the Western Slope. Proponents claim the district is interested in more than just...
Q&A with Joyce Rankin, Republican candidate for State Board of Education
Q. What is the role of the partnership between state and federal education departments? A. The U.S. Constitution leaves the responsibility for public K-12 education with the states. In Colorado the Federal Programs Unit, within...
Q&A with Mayling Simpson, Democrat candidate for State Board of Education
Q. What do you think the state board of education’s role should be in providing direction to local school districts on issues of statewide significance, such as COVID-19 protocols, and how will you support schools...
Moffat County sees spike in COVID cases since Friday
Moffat County’s COVID status could move up to “cautious” in the coming weeks after a recent spike in cases, the county’s Public Health office warned Wednesday, and events for the upcoming Oct. 30 homecoming and...
Wildfires make work to reduce Colorado’s greenhouse gas emissions even more crucial, Gov. Polis says
Even as massive wildfires swept across northern Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday urged state air regulators to “never take our eye from the ball of the climate crisis.” The fires that have engulfed the...
House District 57 candidates address Colorado’s urban-rural political divide
There’s a war on in Colorado, and it pits Front Range interests against the interests of the Western Slope, incumbent Republican state Rep. Perry Will said during Thursday night’s Issues and Answers Forum. “They push...
Public Health announces outbreak of COVID-19 cases at Sandrock Ridge Care and Rehab
Public Health is announcing an outbreak of two positive COVID-19 cases at Sandrock Ridge Care and Rehab Friday morning. On Thursday night, Sandrock Ridge Care and Rehab notified the residents’ family members that one employee...
‘It’s incredibly heartwarming’: Craig boy donates beverages to Craig Fire/Rescue
While walking down the drinks aisle at Walmart over the weekend with his mother and father, David Lewis had an idea. Remembering a conversation his father, Kenny, and mother had recently about all the donations...
Bulldog football makes rip-roaring return with league win over Elizabeth
The surest way to rile up the Moffat County High School gridiron gang is to give them a week of competition followed by an unexpected break. All wound up and nowhere to go, the Bulldogs...
Coronavirus in Moffat County: Public Health announces 7 new cases since Monday
Shortly after announcing an outbreak at Sandrock Ridge Care and Rehab, Moffat County Public Health announced five more new cases in Moffat County, pushing the total since Monday to seven new cases. Moffat County’s positive...
New documents in Christopher Watts triple murder case released
WELD COUNTY — 11:55 a.m. — Text messages between Christopher Watts and an Anadarko co-worker are part of the new data released by the Weld District Attorney’s Office on Friday. The texts, previously detailed in...
Trick-or-Treat Street canceled
Downtown Craig won’t see a lot of ghouls, goblins and ghosts prowling the streets this Halloween as “Trick-or-Treat Street” is now officially canceled. “We’re unfortunately notified by (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) that...
MCHS going forward with homecoming events, football game
While this fall has been anything but normal for Moffat County High School students, the hope is to at least make next week’s homecoming festivities resemble something familiar for the students and the Craig community...