Articles from the March 18, 2020 edition
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Pandemic results in cancellations and closures
As news of the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, local schools, event organizers, churches and medical facilities plan and prepare. Late Monday night, March 16, Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke announced...
Stewart hired to fill 4-H agent shoes at CSU Extension
Jessie Stewart fills a new role as Phillips County 4-H Agent with Colorado State University Extension. Stewart, who lives in Haxtun, started her new position on March 6, one that was left open in...
Haxtun's Kyle McConnell earns top honors in National Corn Yield contest
The American Farmer has long been viewed, and rightfully so, as the backbone of our nation's economy and leading provider of the breadbasket for the world. As they strive to meet the growing demand fo...
Chambers host food drive
Together, the Haxtun and Holyoke chambers of commerce are teaming up to help food banks in Phillips County. The local chambers are partnering to help with efforts to restock the four Phillips County Food Banks, one of which includes the Haxtun...
Colorado General Assembly shuts down amid COVID-19 outbreak
The Colorado General Assembly, after a wild week of news conferences and concerns over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, aka COVID-19, has closed its doors for the next two weeks to protect public health. Lawmakers are tentatively scheduled to...
Under the Wire
A friend of mine runs a pretty fair sized company for our neck of the woods. The company is old, the friend is relatively young. The mix is interesting. There are good features to a company being...
Fearless Faith
Frozen in place Frozen in place is one apt metaphor for where many of the world’s countries find themselves as the COVID-19 virus continues its journey through the human race. In disappointing, t...
Extension Spotlight
You can always tell when the first of the year rolls around in the cattle business. This is the time of year when your mailbox fills with bull sale flyers, catalogs and every newspaper or cattle twice as heavy from advertisements. These ads feature...
85 years ago March 13, 1935
13 years ago March 13, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest Miss Eleanor L. Sand, senior at the state teachers' college at Greeley was recently initiated in the Phil Alpha theta honorary history fraternity. Miss...
Lady Wildcat season comes to a close one game into State Tourney
Participants and attendees of last week’s Colorado State Basketball Tournament were part of history in the making, but not for the traditional and expected reasons. Pandemonium caused by recent developments with the COVID-19 outbreak forced s...
