Columns
The ‘Indiana Jones’ of Tomatoes
Libby James Charley Rick was puzzled. He had just returned from a trip to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, bringing home bags of wild tomato seeds. A professor at the University of […]
Year: 2021
Columns
How Friendship Can Be a Mental-Health Safety Net
By Susan Greene Colorado News Collaborative It started about four years ago when Laurel Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey bought matching parkas and then matching comfort shoes. Soon enough, the nurses-slash-best friends from Grand Junction […]
Art & Lifestyle
Photo of the Week: Watson Lake, Bellvue
Here is our fifth “Photo of the Week.” This photo comes from Debby Morgan. It is of geese flying over Watson Lake in Bellvue with the Front Range in the background. Each Week the North Forty […]
Columns
World in Miniature
Promoting a Little Understanding Tim Van Schmidt I had a friend who had a dream. My friend’s name was Jeanne Nash, and her dream was to create a place where the richness of […]
Columns
Op Ed: Climate Change is a Winning Issue – Let’s Work Together to Solve it
This Opinion/Editorial is solely the opinion of its author(s). It does not reflect the opinion of this newspaper. We intend to present messages from both sides of the aisle. Mark Reynolds and Scott Simmons In […]
Life in NOCO
Fort Collins to Host Public Listening Sessions on New Equity and Inclusion Office
The City of Fort Collins will host two online listening sessions on, Wednesday, February 10, from 2 pm to 3 pm and on Friday, February 12, from 11 am to 12 pm to help inform […]
Business & Education
Platte River Power Authority Offers Scholarships for Students in Electrical Energy Studies
Platte River Power Authority is encouraging students interested in pursuing careers in the electric energy industry to apply for their annual Roy J. Rohla Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is for $3,000 and is offered through […]
Columns
Publisher’s Letter: Feeling the Synergy!
Being at the helm has its privileges. Right now it’s great to see many people in Northern Colorado going through what seems to be a renewed sense of hope and promise. Being a news organization, […]
Business & Education
Principal hired for Poudre School District’s New Middle-High School
Poudre School District has selected Jesse Morrill as the principal for the district’s new middle-high school at the Prospect site, expected to open in the fall of next year. Jesse has worked as a Poudre […]
Business & Education
Thompson School District Secures $737,000 in Grants to Connect Underserved Students
Thompson School District has been awarded $737,000 from the Connecting Colorado Students Grant program to expand reliable internet service to families in two areas within the Loveland community where connectivity is limited or not available. […]