Crawford News

The Fruitland Mesa Club cordially invites all women in the Crawford area to a Valentinea s Day Potluck Tea and Brunch.

Superintendent Mike McMillan said school closures are unlikely to "reach a high priority" as the budget task force examines options for trimming $2.6 million from the school district budget.

Artists are invited to participate in the fifth annual art competition of the Hotchkiss Sheep Camp Stock Dog Trials.

A two-vehicle accident blocked traffic on Highway 92 on Wednesday, Jan. 27 around 5:40 p.m. According to Colorado State Patrol, Tanya M. Myers, 49, of Crawford was cited for careless driving after her 2008 Ford pickup collided with a 1994 Chrysler Concorde sedan driven by Ash Manuela, 36, of Delta.

Colorado Mountain College's Vail Valley campus in Edwards opened with about the same amount of space it closed in Vail and Eagle.

Many issues related to the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries in Crawford were discussed at the Jan.

Lynn Mattingly explained different techniques used by various quilters at an event at the Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum on Saturday, Jan 16.

Improving the health of the forest, reducing wildfire danger and boosting the economy are the goals of a project that began last fall, a so-called "stewardship contract" between the U.S. Forest Service and Front Range Reclamation of Crawford.

The public is warmly invited to hear fiber artists Katherine Colwell and Lynn Mattingly present and discuss their work at the Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum on Saturday, Jan.

Opal Lynch was born Jan. 3, 1908, and lived in Crawford her entire life. She was a school teacher for 40 years.

Braving the heavy snow, only four people attended the annual meeting for the Paonia Chamber of Commerce on Dec.

Two separate programs are being offered to ensure that kids have enough to eat over the Christmas break.

Santa Claus met with kids at the Hotchkiss Fire Station on Saturday, Dec. 19. The Hotchkiss Marshala s Office and the Hotchkiss Fire Department were responsible for Santa making a pre-Christmas visit to Hotchkiss just to make certain he had their gift requests.

Mr. Hawkins was born July 15, 1923, in Pierce, to Ralph and Rachel Hawkins. He and his family moved to Cedaredge in 1935, where he graduated from Cedaredge High School in 1941.

The choral group that calls themselves a oeHot Toddiesa presented the program at the Thursday Rotary meeting in Paonia Town Hall last week.

Myrtle Pauline Pipher "Mert" Bowlus, 71, Montrose, died Dec. 14, 2009, at her home.

The Hotchkiss-Crawford Historical Museum will host a Holiday Open House on Dec. 19 from 1-4 p.m., at the museum located at the corner of Second and Hotchkiss Avenue in Hotchkiss.

Isna t it great to live in the North Fork valley! Some have lived here a long time and some are relatively new to the area, but we all have one thing in common.

Mike Baker of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will give a presentation on the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program at the request of the Fire Mountain Canal Company.

When municipalities in Delta County finalize their proposed 2010 budgets, less revenue will be estimated from severance tax and federal mineral leasing.