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Variance approval allows for start of race season
Many of the topics of conversation at Phillips County Commissioner meetings over the month of May pertained to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, upcoming events and a variance request by the County from a public health order set by the State. The...
Gift fund reaches $19,300 for local COVID-19 relief efforts
When it comes time to help, Haxtun residents never fail to do so and when the recent pandemic occurred and the call went out to help those affected most, that’s exactly what happened. Many local businesses were forced to shut their doors for the...
Firme hired to fill principal vacancy at Fleming
The Frenchman School District has a new principal. The Board of Education in Fleming voted during a meeting on May 18 to hire Kortney Firme to fill the role for the coming year. The District is now seeking a first grade teacher to fill a vacancy...
Bulldog Booster Club honors athletes virtually
Normally, the Haxtun Community Center would be the setting for the annual year-end athletic awards for Bulldog athletes; decorated in all red and black featuring pictures of each student athletes,...
Phillips County's variance request approved by CDPHE
Phillips County's variance request from portions of Colorado Governor Jared Polis's Safer at Home executive order has been approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The...
CHSAA lifts moratorium between coaches & athletes
On June 1, the Colorado High School Activities Association plans to lift the moratorium against all in-person condition sessions between coaches and high school athletes. The announcement came following a meeting last week with the CHSAA...
Haxtun BOE holds first in-person meeting since February
For the first time in two months members of the Haxtun Board of Education met in person, this time in the school’s cafeteria to allow social distancing for members and administration. In March and April, the group met via Zoom due to pandemic...
Bamford to serve as HHD Board President
The May 18 meeting of the Haxtun Hospital District Board of Directors brought re-organization following elections this spring. Despite not having an election due to lack of interested citizens in running, the Board is down a member, Scott Thompson,...
Haxtun High School Class of 2020 honored with virtual ceremony followed by parade
There was the traditional pomp and circumstance. The usual welcome, valedictorian and salutatorian speeches as well as the ever-favorite slide show presentation, but the one thing missing was a gym...
Superintendent Beck reports completion of 2-year long sewer project; final walk through to be held
For the past two years, the Fleming Town Council, maintenance employees and office staff have worked diligently on a major sewer project for the Town of Fleming and two weeks ago, the project was completed and the system was put into use. According t...
Tanley Andersen elected FBLA District VP
When school starts next fall, senior Tanley Andersen will take over a role as newly elected District 4 Vice President of Colorado State Future Business Leaders of America. Tanley, who has served her...
Haxtun Town Council reorganizes at recent meeting
Haxtun's new mayor and council members took their respective seats around the table during an early-May meeting last week; a very wide table as the Council continues to meet at the Haxtun Community...
Commencement details released for HHS & FHS
Graduations will look much different this year but despite social distancing regulations handed down from the State, both Haxtun and Fleming schools are doing their part to honor the graduating class of 2020. According to High School Principal Alan...
Plumb selected for 4-H office
Brooklyn Plumb, an incoming junior at Haxtun High School, has been selected to represent Colorado State 4-H as District 1 President. The 16-year-old is the daughter of Jeff and Kindra Plumb, Haxtun....
Miner earns State FCCLA office
Haxtun's Jeff Miner has been selected to serve as a Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Officer for the coming school year. The soon to be junior has been chosen as Vice President...
Scott Thompson honored as he steps down from role on HHD's Board of Directors
After 10 years of service to the Haxtun Hospital District, Scott Thompson is stepping down from the Board of Directors. Thompson has held the position as President, leading the Board for a large...
Commissioners handle April business at Event Center
Throughout the month of April, the Phillips County Commissioners met for their regular business meetings at the Phillips County Event Center in the Biesemeier Room so those in attendance could practice social distancing due to the current COVID-19...
Frenchman BOE hears reports on at-home learning methods
The April Frenchman Board of Education meeting kicked off with reports from Superintendent Steve McCracken and Randy Stahley on Monday evening, April 20. McCracken gave board members an update about the current at-home instruction delivery method. ...
Local schools make decisions following Gov. Polis' most recent COVID-19 announcement
It’s official; Haxtun and Fleming schools will continue remote learning for the remainder of the 2019-20 school. Colorado Governor Jared Polis made the announcement to suspend all in-person learning early last week in response to the current COVID-...
Haxtun Board of Education meets via Zoom last week; makes tough decisions pertaining to year-end events
No prom, not the traditional graduation, no more in-person learning for the rest of the year ... an hour-long meeting with members of the Haxtun Board of Education brought a gloomy end to the 2019-20...
Gibson finds renewed hope with recent transplant
There are more than 100,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney transplant; a year ago, Dave Gibson found himself on that list ... waiting, hoping and searching for a kidney donor due to stage 4...
Final numbers reported from municipal election
On April 7, Haxtun voters elected a new mayor and three council members to fill vacancies on the Haxtun Town Council. Newly elected officials will be sworn into office on Monday, May 4. According to information from Haxtun Town Clerk Karie Wilson, a...
Chamber announces 99th Corn Festival details
Five months and counting until the 99th annual Haxtun Corn Festival slated for Saturday, Sept. 26 in downtown Haxtun. This year's event will honor Grand Marshal Carol Scheel, a life-long Haxtun...
Haxtun Town Council holds socially-distanced Monday, April 6 meeting
Spread throughout the large room of the Haxtun Community Center to practice social distancing, members of the Haxtun Town Council voted to approve a resolution to continue a previous emergency declaration of local disaster declared by Mayor Todd...
Local relief effort designed to "Help Haxtun"
When events happen that affect rural communities, volunteers never hesitate to step up and help those in need. The recent COVID-19 pandemic that has hit locally as well as at the State and National level is no different and a group of Haxtun...
