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Today's News

  • Esteban Alonso Muñoz

    Monica Muñoz and Jose Alonso, of Commerce City, announce the birth of a son, Esteban Alonso Muñoz. Esteban was born May 7, 2013, at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measuring 20.5 inches.
        Grandparents are Samuel and Juana Muñoz, of Mexico, an d Jesús Alonso and Ana Muñoz, of Mexico.
        Esteban joins his siblings, Erica Alonso and Jose Alonso, at home.

     

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  • In a mix, the 2013 Dodge Durango stands out on value

     

     

     

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  • United Way of Weld County announces $17K in nonprofit funding

    GREELEY — Local nonprofit groups received $17,000 in funding approved by the United Way of Weld County Youth Allocations Committee earlier this month to help make a positive impact on the community.
        As part of the United Way of Weld County development campaign, the Youth Campaign works with Weld County school districts to have Penny Wars where area schools set out jars to raise funds. Platteville Elementary School raised nearly $500.

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  • Frederick residents create community ride to promote biking

    FREDERICK — Hot air balloon won’t be the only method for residents to get around when Frederick in Flight rolls around this summer.
        A group of Frederick residents and business owners have come together to plan a new bicycling event called Tour de Flight which will take place June 22 in conjunction with the Frederick in Flight festival. The goal of the event is to increase awareness about the benefits of bicycling and a high connectivity trail system.

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  • Special thanks due to those who gave all in service

    On Memorial Day we will rightfully remember the men and women who gave their lives to protect and preserve this great country.
        Yet, I would like to start by mentioning a rabbi whose name I doubt even 100 American Jews could identify: Rabbi Jacob Frankel.

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  • Keegan James Hinton

    Bethany and James Hinton, of Brighton, announce the birth of a son, Keegan James Hinton. Keegan was born May 7, 2013, at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measuring 19.75 inches.
        Grandparents are Michael and Kay Collins, of Brighton, and Wilburt and Kathy Hinton, of Denver. Great-grandparent is Laveda Sears, of Greeley.
        Keegan joins his sister, Chloe Hinton, 1, at home.

     

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  • Contractor selected FOR Frederick Elementary WORK

    FREDERICK — The St. Vrain Valley school board unanimously selected FCI Constructors Inc. during its May 8 meeting to oversee the remodel of Frederick Elementary into Spark! Discovery Preschool.
        Frederick Elementary is being decommissioned next year after modifications are completed next door at the site of the old Frederick High School. The old high school is also being remodeled for a new chapter as Thunder Valley, a K-8 school.

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  • PLAN B: The line between tyranny, morality

    Proving that there is indeed no pill for stupid, Weld commissioners voted again to prohibit Plan B from county clinics, despite overwhelming evidence that the emergency contraceptive is not an “abortive agent.”
        Basing their moralizing on Google searches and pseudo-science presumably brought forth from the dark ages, the commissioners chose to restrict medical options for those most in need and those most limited in options.

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  • The parched truth about American jobs

    Jim Hightower

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  • ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ stretches very weak story across two hours of action, forced humor

    CNever a huge fan of either iconic sci-fi franchise, I always gave the various incarnations of “Star Trek” the label of the brainier, more-serious of the two.
        Sure, the TV series was ham-tastic thanks to William Shatner, but it always seemed to put the fascination of science and technology first in the science-fiction framework.

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