Julesburg News

Rick Brent, formerly of Merrill, stands behind the bicycle he's ridden 750 miles from Loveland, Colo.

A A A Phillips County Courthouse lawn in Holyoke served as the stage for 31 classic vehicles, community members and visitors on Saturday, June 20.

A A A Approving $7.67 million in total appropriations, Holyokea TMs Board of Education adopted its 2009-2010 June budget Tuesday, June 16.

A tornado watch is in effect until 9:00pm for the following counties: The National Weather Service alert includes the cities of Akron, Holyoke, Julesburg, Limon and Sterling.

Grand marshalls for this year's Phillips County Fair parade, to be held July 21-26, have been announced.

The new Colorado Kids 1st license plate is available in Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick County and throughout the month of June, July and August, 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit ECCLPS.

The detailed Pony Express Monument remembers the horseback mail period of 1860-61. Look closely at the Pony Express statue that was installed almost exactly seven years ago at Julesburg, one of Colorado's two Pony Express stations.

Cloudy, cool, wet weather continues to linger along the Front Range this morning as snow falls on some higher peaks and passes.

A Greeley agriculture supply company was one of 20 such business that earned the Environmental Respect Award.

Jimena Mercedes Chavez, a girl, weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz., was born May 8 to Abigail Chavez of Fort Morgan at Colorado Plains Medical Center.

In 1882, the Burlington-Missouri Railroad created a station called Keene on a sidetrack used primarily for loading and shipping livestock.

Spotlight Business of the Month... BRUSH, Colo. - Though the company name is new, not much else has changed for local independent operator Jerry Blecha, whose newly labeled JEMCKO Technologies, INC telecommunications service still maintains its commitment to customer service.

The meeting was conducted in video conference with Kim Lawrence, board legal representative.

Taking another step in its efforts to upgrade U.S. Highway 385, The High Plains Highway Coalition recently unveiled the official High Plains Highway sign, which will soon dot the highway as it winds through Colorado.

Denver returns to more seasonal weather today, with a forecast high of 54 degrees.

There's a nasty little critter that is starting to get a lot more attention from the state's water users and providers, and not very much is known about it.

Teton Energy Corp. said Thursday it has sold its 25 percent interest in a project in the Denver Julesburg Basin in western Nebraska in a deal valued at $3.8 million.

Colorado lawmakers are well on their way to passing a bill aimed at getting more money through grants, rather than loans, to small communities for mandated upgrades to their wastewater and drinking water ...

Colorado Division of Wildlife information on the Zebra and Quagga mussels is available at http://tinyurl.com/bqrtlx. These mussels will never show up on a dinner table, but they have the potential to get real ...

An Otis man escaped injury when the car he was driving struck a deer eight miles east of Sterling on Colorado Highway 138.