The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

The Haxtun Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for 2023 year-end awards. Awards are given out at the annual Chamber banquet which is slated for April 15 this year. Each year the Chamber honors those who stand out in the community with eight...

Renewable energy, migrants and dispatchers were on the Phillips County Board of Commissioners’ radar at the last two of its three February meetings. Board chairman Terry Hofmeister, who serves on the Colorado Counties, Inc. legislative committee, r...

Two of Governor Jared Polis’ three appointees to the State Parks and Wildlife Commission got a thumbs-down from the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 29. The committee, with chair Senator Dylan Roberts, D-Summit County, v...

Haxtun Board of Education members heard a detailed report from the District’s Wellness Committee as well as reviewed and approved Superintendent Marsha Cody’s annual evaluation in an early morning meeting on Friday, Feb. 23. Board members also looked...

Senator Byron Pelton’s bill to enhance the criminal penalties for human trafficking won a 4-1 vote last week from the state Senate Judiciary Committee and now heads to the full Senate for debate. The measure, Senate Bill 35, makes human t...

Six individuals were arrested southwest of Fleming Friday following a pursuit that began in Washington County early that morning. According to information from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, two of the six that were arrested included juveniles w...

The Fleming Town Council held their regular monthly meeting on Feb. 14. Mayor Stefan Betley called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The following council members were present: Andrew Muller, Bill Langridge, Suzanne Wales, Alex Gapter and Bonnie...

The retiring Mike Salyards will spend his last day on the job as the Phillips County Road and Bridge Department Manager on Thursday, Feb. 29. He has been employed with the County since 1985. At the Feb. 9 Phillips County Board of County...

Democratic lawmakers at the State Capitol have started their efforts to allow local governments to regulate pesticides, despite testimony from farmers and their allies that pests and weeds don’t respect county boundaries. House Bill 1178, s...

The Haxtun Town Council has a new member sitting around the meeting table. Jon Brammer was appointed to fill a vacancy left by former council member Dean Anderson. Anderson filled a council position for nearly a year, being appointed in February...

During the Jan. 31 meeting of the Phillips County Board of County Commissioners, the board held a public hearing to consider the subdivision exemption request from Timothy and Arlene Carper to divide a 12.8-acre parcel of land from a 160-acre...

By Marianne Goodland Legislative reporter The State Senate this week took on the issue of behavioral health in rural Colorado, with two measures designed to help farmers and ranchers with mental health programs and providers. Senator Perry Will,...

At its Jan. 19 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners met with Mattie Haney, representing the Northeastern Junior College Foundation. She spoke about the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative and requested a letter of support from the...

Farmers who want to sell raw milk directly to consumers are one step closer to being able to do it legally. A bill co-sponsored by Senators Byron Pelton, R-Sterling, and Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, recently won a unanimous vote from the Senate...

Haxtun Health has joined the Colorado ALTO (alternative to opioids) Project to reduce the administration of opioids in the hospital’s emergency department. Haxtun Health’s goal is to improve pain management for its patients and return them to a maxim...