Sterling residents with questions regarding family law will have an opportunity this week to speak with professionals who can answer questions about divorce, custody rights, child support, visitation, foster care placement or any other situation where a child has been separated from a parent. In honor of Child Support Awareness Month, the Sterling Family Resource Center will host a Legal Day on Thursday, August 18 from 4 to 8 pm at the FRC office on Main Street.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Get a Meningitis Vaccination!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says right now that about 64 percent of teens in Colorado get meningitis vaccinations, and it wants to see that percentage increase. So does the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. So the state health folks and Colorado State University are joining forces to launch "Voices of Meningitis" campaign. Fox 31 reports the goal is to increase awareness of the deadly, contagious disease. The CDC and the state want to see 80 percent of teens vaccinated.
Colorado City Top of List
(Undated) -- Louisville, Colorado, which is north of Denver, finished number-one on a list of the best places to live in the U.S. Liberty, Missouri,was selected number seven on CNNMoney.com's Top 100 list of the best cities to live in the U.S., while Lenexa, Kansas, finished 47th. The rankings are based on what the website calls "qualities American families care about most," such as job opportunities, the quality of schools and economic strength.
ATM Stolen After Car Crashes Into Denver Gas Station
(Denver, CO) -- Denver police are saying an ATM was stolen after someone crashed into a gas station. The incident happened early yesterday at the intersection of Broadway Street and Mexico Avenue. The investigation is ongoing.
Fort Morgan Motorcyclist Airlifted After Collision With Deer
(Wiggins, CO) -- The Colorado State Patrol said a Fort Morgan motorcyclist had to be airlifted to a hospital after hitting a deer. Andrew Barngrover was airlifted Sunday night from Highway 76 near Wiggins to Northern Colorado Medical Center. His riding companion, Roger Barngrover of Brighton, also hit the deer and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
Charges In Colorado On Hold Against Dougherty Gang
(Pueblo, CO) -- Prosecutors in Colorado are asking for more time to file charges against the so-called Dougherty Gang. The Pueblo County District Attorney's Office wants a delay so prosecutors in a neighboring county can file their own charges. Lee, Dylan and Ryan Dougherty are accused of shooting at police during a high speed chase in southern Colorado last week. They're also facing charges in Florida and Georgia. Their next court appearance in Colorado is in a week.
MediaNews launching pay wall for some content
DENVER (AP) — MediaNews Group Inc. is launching a pay wall for some content on the websites of 23 of its smaller newspapers in California, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
Home pages, classified ads, obituaries and announcements would always be free, and readers would have access to five pages of editorial content per month for free before they would be asked to sign up for a digital subscription starting Monday.
Print subscribers can have full digital access for $1.99 extra per month or $19.99 per year. People who want only digital subscriptions can sign up for $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
The digital subscription model doesn't cover the company's larger newspapers like The Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News, The Salt Lake Tribune or The Detroit News.
Home pages, classified ads, obituaries and announcements would always be free, and readers would have access to five pages of editorial content per month for free before they would be asked to sign up for a digital subscription starting Monday.
Print subscribers can have full digital access for $1.99 extra per month or $19.99 per year. People who want only digital subscriptions can sign up for $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
The digital subscription model doesn't cover the company's larger newspapers like The Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News, The Salt Lake Tribune or The Detroit News.
Bennet touts compressed natural gas on energy tour
RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — Sen. Michael Bennet says compressed natural gas can compete with oil from the Middle East and help the U.S. move away from foreign oil.
The Colorado senator made the comments Monday during his first day of a three-day tour of the state's Western Slope to talk about energy development. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports that Bennet made two stops in Garfield County to talk with elected officials, business owners and natural gas industry representatives.
The newspaper reports that Bennet says compressed natural gas can create jobs domestically but that the U.S. does not yet have the infrastructure to make it happen.
The Colorado senator made the comments Monday during his first day of a three-day tour of the state's Western Slope to talk about energy development. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reports that Bennet made two stops in Garfield County to talk with elected officials, business owners and natural gas industry representatives.
The newspaper reports that Bennet says compressed natural gas can create jobs domestically but that the U.S. does not yet have the infrastructure to make it happen.
Colorado Supreme Court won't review 2006 homicide case
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court will not review a Boulder County judge's ruling dismissing a second-degree murder charge against a man who was arrested in an unsolved homicide from 2006.
The Supreme Court decided Monday it would not review the decision last year from a Boulder judge who said prosecutors did not have enough evidence to try John Angerer. Angerer was arrested in the 2006 death of his girlfriend, 38-year-old Angela "Angie" Wilds.
Her decomposed body was found in a shallow grave in the South St. Vrain Canyon.
Authorities said DNA samples taken from things near Wilds' remains matched DNA taken from Angerer. He was arrested in 2010.
The Longmont Times-Call that Angerer told investigators he did not know Wilds and that he was not at the place where her body was found.
The Supreme Court decided Monday it would not review the decision last year from a Boulder judge who said prosecutors did not have enough evidence to try John Angerer. Angerer was arrested in the 2006 death of his girlfriend, 38-year-old Angela "Angie" Wilds.
Her decomposed body was found in a shallow grave in the South St. Vrain Canyon.
Authorities said DNA samples taken from things near Wilds' remains matched DNA taken from Angerer. He was arrested in 2010.
The Longmont Times-Call that Angerer told investigators he did not know Wilds and that he was not at the place where her body was found.
NJC Named One of the Best Ag Schools
Northeastern Junior College has been named one of the best agriculture schools in the country. Community College Week, which is a weekly publication, ranked NJC in the top-50 colleges offering associate degree in agriculture, ag operations and related sciences. Northeastern was ranked 34th and no other Colorado college made the list.
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