The issue: Foster Farms bails out.
Our take: No surprise in this economy.

Fort Morgan Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Powers was re-elected to the Colorado Municipal League (CML) executive board by municipal officials from around the state during the 86th Annual CML conference June 17-20 in Steamboat Springs.

The local Western entertainment will not end with the final night of the Brush Rodeo events Friday, as award-winning country gospel singer Susie McEntire Luchsinger and Pastor Russ Weaver will deliver a free music and message presentation in Brush on Saturday evening.

Members of the Brush School District Board of Education addressed the recall issue individually during their regular meeting Tuesday night.

It took 35,000 gallons of water, more than 500 feet of hose and firefighters from two departments to put out a stubborn haystack blaze Tuesday.

The old Fort Morgan Days Inn sign was replaced by a modern version Monday morning.

Kick the dirt! Throw some bases! Let that umpire really know how you feel!

An inaugural “Old Timers Blast From The Past” race Saturday night will add another spark to the busy holiday weekend at I-76 Speedway.

With the livestock in place and hordes of spectators enjoying free barbecue, it seemed that the 54th Annual Brush Rodeo would start as usual Wednesday afternoon.
And then it started to rain.

Black metal cutouts, figurines made from antlers and a colorful sculpture of a rodeo clown are among the various paintings and sketches featured at the Brush Rodeo art show this year.

Farmer and rancher candidate nominations for local Farm Service Agency county committees will begin June 15, according to Morgan County FSA Director Janice Wallace.

Morgan County has been identified as one of 16 Colorado counties with cases of bovine trichomoniasis in 2008, according to the Colorado Department of Agriculture.

Grasshoppers have started hatching and hoppers/nymphs (immature stage) are seen along field margins and roadsides.

Various insects can and have harmed Northeast Colorado crops, but preventative steps and treatment techniques can reduce the damage caused by such pests.

The first cutting of Morgan County’s alfalfa hay is complete, and many local farmers are seeing decreased quality in their product.

A four-run fifth inning featuring four walks and two errors powered Fort Morgan B past Twin Cities 6-5 in Scottsbluff, Neb., on Wednesday evening.

Wiggins School District students are having breakfast and lunch this summer.
This is the first time Wiggins has offered the meals during the summer, said Rita Jaurigui, food service director.

Thank you to all our friends and family who sent cards and the many acts of kindness for our 60th wedding anniversary.

Nolan “Tuffy” Manning will be celebrating his 90th birthday July 5.

Mary Benitez celebrated her 90th birthday June 23. She was a longtime resident of Fort Morgan.