Phillips Co. Museum receives couple's gift & creations for display

On Wednesday, April 15, Phillips County Museum volunteers, Carol Haynes and Hilda Hassler, opened a box of gifts sent to the museum by Jeffery and Ina Clem of Penrose. The box contained a "double...

King & Queen Light up the Night

HAXTUN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS Kaiden Schelling and Megan Walker were crowned 2024 Prom King and Queen during grand march ceremonies on Saturday night. This year's prom theme,...

Chamber honors locals for 2023 accomplishments

Monday evening, April 15 brought businessmen and women, volunteers, community members and Haxtun Chamber of Commerce members together for this year's annual banquet, featuring awards night. The event...

Candidates chosen in superintendent search

The Haxtun School District Board of Education named three finalists in the search of a new school superintendent. The Board made the announcement following an application process that drew 10 applicants and a lengthy close-door meeting Tuesday...

Haxtun Education Foundation announces scholarship & grant recipients

The Haxtun Education Foundation Directors recently announced the recipients of $1,000 scholarships to Haxtun graduating seniors, Brock Miller and Kirsta Dishman. The HEF also granted $2,000 grants...

Phillips County officials and local emergency responders refining communication protocols

During the Phillips County Board of County Commissioner’s meeting on March 29, Commissioner Terry Hofmeister and County Administrator, Andrew Nygaard, shared information from a March 25 meeting held to discuss dispatching procedures by the...

Chamber Spotlight

1. Please give some background/history on the opening/purchase of your business. The Haxtun Community Federal Credit Union was chartered in 1938. 2. What are the owners/key players in your building?...

Bulldogs defeat top-ranked Akron Rams at home on Tuesday

Tuesday afternoon baseball in Haxtun brought on a clash of two top-ranked teams in Colorado 1A baseball as the Bulldogs hosted the Rams from Akron for a Lower Platte League contest. Going into the...

Haxtun track team competes at Sedg. Co.

The spring weather has cooperated the past few days, allowing Haxtun track athletes to compete at the Sedgwick County Cougar Classic on April 23. Top 10 results from that meet are as follows: Girls 400-meter run: Lilly Lemesany, ninth, 1:13.36....

Wildcat track competes at Dick Evans meet in Wray

The Fleming Wildcat track team traveled to Wray last Thursday, April 18, where they competed in the Dick Evans Memorial Invitational track meet. The girls’ team placed 10th out of 17 teams participating. Top-10 placers from the day’s events are...

Fearless Faith

Despite snow and cold this week, the end of the school year is fast approaching. It is a time of expectation, for things completed and a future waiting on the near horizon. Everything is measured by...

Under the Wire

You can take the boy out of the country but ... you can’t teach him how to drive in the big city. It seemed like a simple task. All I had to do was attend a meeting in lower downtown Denver. LoDo,...

Times Past

85 years ago April 26, 1939 Vocational agriculture students from Haxtun High School received an average ranking at the state judging contest held last week. Robert Reynolds won significant honors for...

Recognizing abuse in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month with an aim to recognizing the importance of families and communities working together to protect children. Childhelp (www.childhelphotline.org/identify-abuse) puts it very simply: Child abuse is doing...

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