Morgan County News

Guests took a look at the new water diversion gates installed by the Fort Morgan Reservoir and Irrigation Co.

Fort Morgan's ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on the north side of Riverside Cemetery.

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 City Council on May 7 heard about the master plan for Quail Dunes at Fort Morgan golf course, which the city owns and runs.

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

The Board of Morgan County Commissioners approved during its meeting Tuesday an amendment to the existing county liquor regulations that takes out a $100 fee for applying for a special events permit.

The date was set, attorneys were present, but no sentencing took place Friday for a man found guilty of stealing more than $20,000 of firearms and electronics from an Atwood home.

The contest for the 2015 Brush Rodeo Queen and 2013 Brush Rodeo Sweetheart will be held Monday, July 1, during the annual Brush Rodeo.

The Fort Morgan City Council will hold a public hearing and consider several agenda items related to a potential annexation into the city at the regular meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.

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.

Shane Cole of Leprino Foods takes time to go over his fifth grade interviewees application during the annual Rural Ameritowne interviews that took place at Beaver Valley on May 7, before students venture out to the program in Wray on May 14-15. Business professionals and representatives from throughout Morgan County were on hand at Brush's Beaver ... (more)

Crystal Sullivan takes the stage for a student keynote address in which she spoke of the many obstacles she faced to become a nurse, including cancer.

The School for the Performing Arts guitar, bass and drums recital will be held Friday, May 17 at 6 p.m. at The United Presbyterian Church, 1300 E Riverview Ave Fort Morgan.

Log Lane Village Mayor Ed Parker, right, speaks with Clifford Garver after the Log Lane Board of Trustees meeting May 8, 2013, at Log Lane Town Hall.

People mingle and chat before eating at the 2012 Morgan County CSU Alumni dinner at the Country Steak-Out. The 2013 event will be held May 13.

Honored by Sunrise Optimists during Respect for Law week were Kelvin Bernhardt, left, of the Morgan County Sheriff's Department and Tim Nye of the Fort Morgan Police Department.

Officer Hackett with the Brush Police Department poses beside just one container of prescription drug medications brought into the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush on Saturday, April 27 as part of the National Drug Take-Back event organized throughout the country by the Drug Enforcement Administration .

Morgan County landfill employee Abraham Guerrero sorts through a huge pile of cardboard looking for unacceptable materials such as this garbage bag.

People mingle and chat before eating at the 2012 Morgan County CSU Alumni dinner at the Country Steak-Out. The 2013 event will be held May 13.

The forum was City Manager Jeff Wells' idea as a way to find out what may be stopping the city from having housing development projects get built in Fort Morgan and what the city could do to change that.