Fort Morgan News

Hospitals that offer more complex services, such as burn units or trauma care, use more resources to treat patients, so charges may be higher, writes Steven J. Summer, president and CEO of the Colorado Hospital Association.

The regional travel guide, which went to Journal-Advocate readers in the May 22 edition, is a joint project of six northeast Colorado newspapers.

Brush FFA seniors were honored during the organization s annual banquet held recently.

The beginning voice ensemble made up of, from left, Taylor Wingstrom, Cora Rhode, Becky Kopetzky, Hannah Graff, Makinna Miller, Simon Graff and Allie Reagan sang a The Lonely Goatherda ? during The School of the Performing Arts recital at Life Fellowship Church Saturday.

Nadeen Ibrahim , daughter of Muaatasem and Rima Ibrahim, has been awarded the Weldon Valley Alumni Scholarship, the Lacy A. Hickson Memorial Scholarship, and the Williams Family Foundation Scholarship.

The Fort Morgan Lion's Club met for the last time of the regular "meeting season" on Friday, May 17.

Preliminary results from the third grade Transitional Colorado Assessment Program test in reading released by the Colorado Department of Education show Fort Morgan slightly below state levels of percentages of students scoring proficient or advanced.

The 15 members of Weldon Valley's Class of 2013 prepare themselves for the big moment that would soon be upon them: high school graduation.

ABATE of Colorado Motorcycle Rider Education, has been offering Beginning Rider Education courses this spring on the Morgan Community College campus parking lot.

Walkers for Fort Morgan's proposed bandshell fundraising committee, Setting the Stage, take to the streets in a July 2012 fundraiser.

Grace Breneman, a fifth grader at Baker School, was recommended and accepted to attend the week long National Young Scholars Program at Denver Universtiy in July.

Senior speaker Mercedes Martinez addresses classmates and guests at Lincoln High School's commencement exercises.

The Wiggins Middle School seventh grade chorus performed at the Wiggins Event Center recently for the end of the year concert.

Fort Morgan's Board of Education will discuss Monday how the Head Start program will deal with federal sequestration cuts.

Curator Nikkie Cooper tells students from Tammy Amen's third-grade class at Columbine Elementary School during a tour May 14, 2013, about what will be the new ranching exhibit at Fort Morgan Museum.

A group of Lincoln High School students received the CMHC Buddy Award during Centennial Mental Health Center's celebration of Mental Health Month Wednesday in Fort Morgan.

Jared Sanchez, the man paralyzed during an August 2012 shooting at the Atwood Sinclair, was sentenced to one year of supervised probation after pleading guilty to third degree assault.

Lincoln High School's Class of 2013 will graduate in commencement exercises at 7 tonight, Friday, May 17 in the Fort Morgan Middle School auditorium.

This is awarded to one Morgan County high school senior who excels both academically and in his or her civic engagements.

The Main Street railroad crossing in Fort Morgan, shown here, is no longer part of planned track upgrades that have been in progress this week and will continue next week.