Road Work Could Cause Travel Delays

KSIR 021412 Road Work Could Cause Travel Delays - ST

Intermittent lane closures on westbound Highway 14 at mile marker 225 between Stoneham and Sterling are planned between now and Feb.29 for ditch cleaning.
No work is to take place on weekends. The speed limit will be 40 miles per hour through the work zone. Drivers may hit delays lasting as long as 15 minutes. Also, on Interstate 76 between Sterling and Crook, watch out for crack sealing work. That will continue through March. Look for traffic to be reduced to one lane and speed limits reduced to 55 in work zones, but just minor delays.

Today Last Day to Register for COC Luncheon Meeting

KSIR 021412 Today last day to register for Chamber Luncheon and Annual Meeting - FM


today is the last day to register for the annual meeting of the Ft. Morgan Area Chamber of Commerce. set for next Wednesday at Elaine's Place on County Road T-5.
the agenda includes announcing the annual chamber awards and the unveiling of the winning entry in the chamber's "artist of the year" contest. Additionally, Geoff Baumgartner, the new chamber president will give an address. For tickets and information, call 867-6702

MCEDC Announces New Executive Director

KSIR 021412 MCEDC Announces New Executive Director - FM


Morgan County Economic Development Corporation has a new Executive Director. Cassandra Wilson comes into the position after more than two years as a marketing specialist for the City of Brush. Wilson replaces Kari Linker, who left last month to become the regional economic development director for the state.


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Morgan County Economic Development Corp Names New Executive Director

The Morgan County Economic Development Corporation has named a new executive director. Cassandra Wilson says she plans to look beyond tourism and agriculture for Morgan County's future...






TAG: Originally from Kansas, Wilson has spent the past two and a half years as the marketing specialist for the City of Brush.

FDA Cites Colorado Listeria In Requesting Larger Food-Safety Budget

(Washington, DC) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is citing the Colorado listeria outbreak, in requesting a larger food-safety budget. The agency wants Congress to approve a 220-million-dollar increase, funded by new fees on food processors and handlers. The outbreak which killed 30 people was traced to Jensen Farms in southeastern Colorado.

Colo. voters file suit against Gessler, 6 clerks

DENVER (AP) — A group of Colorado voters has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Scott Gessler and six county clerks, saying they are depriving voters of the constitutional right to a secret vote.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Denver, argues that practices in Boulder, Chaffee, Eagle, Jefferson, Larimer and Mesa counties allow ballots to be traced back to the voters who cast them. The lawsuit asks a judge to order the practices stopped.

The Denver Post reports clerks in the six counties have denied open records requests for voted ballots on the basis that making them public may allow someone to determine how a person voted.

Gessler oversees elections and his office had declined to hear a complaint on the issue filed by another voter group.

Banking for pot shops eyed in Colorado

DENVER (AP) — Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect — it's mostly cash-only.

Banks won't touch pot money. The drug is illegal under federal law, and processing transactions or investments with pot money puts federally insured banks at risk of drug-racketeering charges.

In Colorado, state lawmakers are attempting an end-run around the federal ban with a bill that would create the nation's first state cooperative financial institution for dispensaries and growers to allow them to store and borrow money.

But the marijuana co-op proposal faces big obstacles. Any marijuana money is subject to federal seizure, even when it's legal in a state and part of a state agency.

Other marijuana states are watching to see whether Colorado succeeds in sidestepping federal banking obstacles.

TV anchor got 70 stitches after on-air dog bite

DENVER (AP) — A Denver morning television anchor who was bitten in the face by an 85-pound dog during a live broadcast says she needed 70 stitches in her lips and nose.

Kyle Dyer of KUSA-TV wrote on her Facebook page over the weekend that she can't talk because her mouth is stitched shut to let a skin graft take and so blood can circulate in her lips again. The Facebook post says she expects another procedure in the next few weeks.

Dyer was injured Wednesday while doing an on-air segment with the dog's owner and a firefighter who had rescued the Argentine Mastiff from an icy pond in suburban Lakewood the day before.

She was petting the dog's head seconds before it bit her.

Guilty plea for man linked to ex-sheriff Sullivan

DENVER (AP) — A man accused of supplying methamphetamine to former Arapahoe County Sheriff Pat Sullivan has pleaded guilty to a drug charge.

Denver prosecutors say Timothy Faase pleaded guilty Monday to one count of possession of more than 2 grams of a controlled substance. He is due to be sentenced March 12.

Sullivan is facing charges of felony possession of methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine and misdemeanor solicitation of a prostitute over allegations that he offered meth to a man for sex.

Police say they arrested Faase after following Sullivan to Faase's home.

Actions before Columbine attack being investigated

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - A teenage girl's actions before she allegedly attacked two students with a hammer at Columbine High School are under investigation.

This is the first assault with a weapon at the Colorado school since it was the site of one of the worst school attacks in U.S. history. Two students opened fire on April 20, 1999, killing 12 classmates, a teacher and wounding 26 others before they killed themselves.

Jefferson County School District security director John McDonald says authorities are trying to gather additional details, including whom the 14-year-old may have spoken with before the attack.

Sheriff's officials say the girl targeted a 15-year-old girl in a bathroom hallway Monday morning.

A 16-year-old boy saw the attack and was injured while stopping it.

Both are expected to recover.