Moffat County News

A Colorado Division of Wildlife officer never knows what he or she will find during a day in the woods.

Mariah Kowach feels like she's living on an island. She's a deaf 7th grader at Craig Middle School with no real effective way of talking with anybody.

A northwest Colorado couple say they still weep at the memory of their missing daughter, who was last seen 30 years ago this weekend when she was 15.

Name: Marie Blee, 15 Status: Missing and believed to be homicide victim Investigative agency: Routt and Moffat county sheriff's offices Date missing: Nov.

Voters in a Moffat County town are sticking with spending limits for candidates, despite legal concerns the limits could run afoul of free speech protections.

Colorful characters were conning the public and the press a century before the story of a wayward balloon and missing boy made "hoax" a buzzword once again.

"One, shock, and two, extreme sadness," Vanatta said of his officers' reaction to the news.

A professor from the Colorado School of Mines in Boulder thinks it is possible that oil shale production could return to the Western Slope within a couple of decades.

It's that time of year again when its cooler in the mornings, colors are changing and the leaves are getting ready to fall.

Sensis Corporation's Wide Area Multilateration deployment around four airports in Colorado's Rocky Mountains has achieved Initial Operating Capability from the Federal Aviation Administration .

When it comes to politics, geography can sometimes be as important as policy. In Colorado's 3rd Congressional District geography is the unavoidable gorilla in the room when candidates consider running.

Moffat County may be a remote corner of the state, but that didn't keep the National Western Stock Show from honoring two of its residents as the 2010 Citizens of the West.

Library Director Sam Passey says the library has nearly 23,000 cardholders, and about 2,200 of those are people who live outside the county, including about 60 people in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado.

A Moffat County man is due in court, accused of beating an elderly couple in their home.

Uintah County is considering charging nonresidents $30 to use its library beginning in 2010.

Full containment of the Allred fire is expected by tomorrow. That fire burning in northwest Colorado is now 50% contained.Officals say the Allred fire started Monday afternoon on federal land in Moffat County.

Great Divide ranchers lose cattle to suspected rustlers Brad Ocker got the first call in October 2008, as cattle ranchers across Moffat County brought their herds off summer pastures and began to count their stock.

Even with Thursday's red flag warning, firefighters battling a 2,000 acre blaze in Moffat County expect to have it fully contained Thursday night.

Full containment of the Allred fire is expected by tomorrow. That fire burning in northwest Colorado is now 50% contained.Officals say the Allred fire started Monday afternoon on federal land in Moffat County.

Many of the people hoping to get something back on the money they invested with Valley Investments have something of a triple-whammy awaiting them.