Food Stamps Delayed

Several Colorado counties are struggling to keep up with incoming claims for food stamps, resulting in delays for hundreds and maybe thousands of recipients.

Denver's KUSA-TV reports that Weld and Larimer counties and others in the Denver area are late in distributing food stamps because of backlogs. Some people are waiting days and sometimes weeks.

Government officials say the slumping economy has driven up the demand for aid and there continue to be problems with the statewide computer system that processes applications.

Community food banks are trying to pick up the slack. The Weld Food Bank is encouraging people waiting for food stamps to shop with them.

Snow Shows Up

It snowed in Morgan County yesterday, but you knew that! Yes, winter showed up in Wiggins and Fort Morgan and today the National Weather Service says there's a 40 percent of snow and that will continue tonight.

Sterling Veterans Day Event

A Veterans Day program will be held at 11 a.m today at Columbine Park. A ham and bean lunch will follow at the VFW Hall on Phelps Street.

Weeks Trial Delayed Again

Mark Weeks' trial on charges that he killed his daughter Alexis has been moved again. At a status hearing this week, the judge in the case granted the defense another delay to get evidence in the case. Prosecutors agreed and the judge set the next evidence hearing for February 25. Three year old Alexis McClain died on July 9 after suffering head trauma the day before. Weeks is her biological father and he and stepmother Ginger Weeks have been charged in the child's death.

Veterans Day Events

There are several events planned for this Veteran's Day. Fort Morgan Veterans of Foreign Wars will march through the Walmart in Fort Morgan with a flag honor guard at 11 a.m. World War II veteran and Brush resident Walter Graham will talk to students at Brush Middle School as the school hosts a Veterans Day Ceremony this morning. The school choir and band will also perform.

Veteran's Day Closings

Government offices and some businesses in Morgan County will be closed today for Veterans Day. Federal, state, Morgan County and Fort Morgan and Brush city offices will all be closed. Banks are closed. There is no mail delivery and the post office is closed.
There's no trash pick up in either Fort Morgan or Brush and the county landfill is closed,
The museum and library in Fort Morgan are closed, but the East Morgan County Library in Brush will be open. School's open, classes are in session