Bridget Manley

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Bridget Manley is a graduate of Colorado Christian University, where she earned a bachelor's in Arts and English. She graduated from Hayden High School in 2003. Outside of the newspaper, she enjoys sketching, playing guitar and writing poetry.

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Local resident rescued Sunday from Rio Blanco County avalanche

Scott Brennise looked back Sunday, scanning the snow for any sign of his friend.

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County facing 'health care crisis'

VNA seeks additional $131,000 for health center, programs

The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association is asking the county for additional money in the face of state unfunded mandates and emerging health trends.

Free avalanche training takes place Saturday

Seminar to teach warning signs, survival techniques

A beacon, an avalanche probe and a shovel. These are the tools local resident Ralph Stewart takes with him when he goes snowmobiling.

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Local businesses make accommodations for wheelchair-bound employee

On the morning of Dec. 19, Bobby Homberg, 29, was hard at work and loving every minute of it. "I didn't do this aisle yet," he said as he peered down a row of merchandise in Walgreens in Craig. He began plucking outdated blue and white sales stickers from the shelves. A bag sat in his lap for discarded labels as he maneuvered down the aisle in his wheelchair.

Research: Domestic violence awareness is lacking

A research project conducted last month in Craig confirmed what one local group already knew. A report from the Domestic Violence Research and Action Coalition indicates that residents don't know enough about domestic violence in their community. "Overall, information about domestic violence and the local services, as well as (their) limitations, is well-known among the professionals, but too little discussed in the wider community, leading to a passive kind of tolerance for domestic violence," a report from the coalition read.

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Longtime Craig resident receives U.S. citizenship

Alvaro Landa, 34, straddles the space between two worlds.

Speakers present business method

Experts: Survey of services, quick turnaround key to attracting businesses

Successfully attracting new businesses to the Yampa Valley could depend on how much local economic development groups know about their communities, two state officials said at a public gathering Monday.

Group to schedule community training to prevent domestic, sexual abuse

Next step: education. Community members and Advocates - Crisis Support Services representatives plan to host a public session on sexual assault and domestic violence.

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Tayyara leaves behind a legacy

Moffat County Commissioner Saed Tayyara, 67, dies Saturday in Craig

Moffat County Commissioner Saed Tayyara, who died Saturday in Craig, leaves behind him a legacy of public service.Tayyara emigrated to the U.S. from Syria in 1963 and became an American citizen in 1972. He came to Craig several years later, opening a restaurant in 1975. But it was as a politician that he left his mark on the community. During the next 30 years, Tayyara would forge a political career that spanned periods of boom and bust in Moffat County.

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Local young women swoon for 'Twilight' book series - and now movie

Craig resident Crystal Walker had a premonition.

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Medical Assistant Dawna Brewer prepares flu shots Monday at the Northwest Colorado Community Health Center, located in the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association in Craig. On Monday, VNA officials requested an additional $131,000 from the county to help fund the Health Center and its public health and home and community-based services.

Published on December 30, 2008

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Medical Assistant Dawna Brewer, foreground, and Krystal Pankey, a medical assistant in training, pause before preparing to treat patients at the Northwest Colorado Community Health Center located in the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association in Craig. On average, the Health Center sees about 200 new patients a month, said Cole White, VNA director of operations.

Published on December 30, 2008

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Craig residents Joan Bates, left, and her husband, Harold, pose with a photo of them taken while they were in the military. Joan served in the U.S. Army for about 2 and 1/2 years and Harold served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years. They met at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and married in 1968.

Published on November 11, 2008

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Mike Tuttle, Ridge Erection general foreman, installs bracings Monday morning for long-spanned bar joists at the Craig Middle School site. The bracings are designed to increase the roof's structural integrity. Construction of the new middle school's one-story sixth-grade wing began Sept. 2.

Published on September 16, 2008

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Adrie Camp, Craig Middle School eighth grader, listens to a presentation from Craig business owner Carol Jacobson, not pictured. The seminar was one of several at the Girls to Women, Women to Girls Career Conference on Thursday at the Holiday Inn of Craig.

Published on April 25, 2008

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