A power outage that occurred in the Craig, Baggs and Maybell areas early Sunday morning was the result of a raccoon that got into the Excel Energy substation near Craig. Power to the station had to be turned off to remove the Continue reading
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Power Outage Sunday Caused By Raccoon
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BLM To Talk NW Colorado Travel Plan Wednesday
The Bureau of Land Management will host an open house this week in Craig to discuss their travel management plan for lands between Craig and Maybell. The plan involves more than 1,300 miles of routes in the Powder Wash, Big Gulch, Seven Mile Continue reading
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48 Below Zero!
If you think it was cold here yesterday, our temperatures were mild compared to that in Wisdom Montana, near Butte, which recorded the nations lowest temperatures yesterday at 48 below zero. Locally last nights clear skies contributed to dropping temperatures across Colorado. According to US Air Continue reading
Planned Power Outage Monday
A power outage has been scheduled Monday in the Maybell area by the Yampa Valley Electric Association. The outage will allow Yampa Valley Electric to perform maintenance on the Maybell Substation and its lines. It will take place between 4 and 5 Monday afternoon and will affect Maybell, Continue reading
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Help Review NW Colorado Trail Maps
The Bureau of Land Management is looking for community assistance in reviewing its road and trail inventory maps for Northwest Colorado. This summer, members of the BLM’s Little Snake Field Office, inventoried more than 1,300 miles of routes across the 370,000 acres of land that it manages between Maybell and Craig all Continue reading
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One Dead After Accident On Highway 40
One person died yesterday afternoon in an accident on Highway 40 near Maybell. A truck driven by 78 year old Judith Chance from California rolled after it drifted off the highway and struck a number of trees. Chance sustained serious but non life threatening injuries during the accident and was transported to The Memorial Hospital. Here passenger 79 year old Continue reading
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Happy Hollow Fire 75% Contained
Crews made good progress yesterday battling the “Happy Hollow” Fire burning 25 miles west of Maybell. The lightning fire that began Sunday is burning through trees and sage brush in Dinosaur National Monument. Crews Continue reading
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New Fire Starts In Dinosaur National Monument
A lightning fire started Sunday about 25 miles west of Maybell. The 335 acre “Happy Hollow” fire is burning through trees and sage brush in Dinosaur National Monument. Nearly 100 firefighters are working in conjunction with air support to Continue reading
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Mosquito Spraying Scheduled For Maybell
Moffat County will conduct aerial mosquito spraying in the Maybell area this week. The spraying is scheduled to begin Wednesday and will take place through Sunday, weather permitting. Moffat County monitors mosquito traps throughout the county and schedules aerial spraying for the Continue reading
Economic Assessment Presentations Next Week In Moffat County
Multiple meetings have been scheduled to allow Better City, the economic development firm from Ogden Utah, to present their assessment of Moffat County to the community. Moffat County received a DOLA grant to help pay for the assessment, which is intended to assist the County’s plan Continue reading
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Power Outages In The Maybell Area
The Maybell area experienced power outages on Monday and Tuesday. The first outage, where power was off for about 45 minutes, was attributed to a substation failure caused by weather. A nine hour outage occurred Tuesday when a power pole went down in a remote area. The length of that outage was due to the amount of time it took YVEA Continue reading
51 BELOW Temperature Recorded Last Week In Colorado
The days are now getting longer as yesterday was the Winter Solstice. And just 5 days before the Solstice the coldest temperature in Colorado in years was recorded at Antero Reservoir which is located about 25 miles southeast of Leadville where the temperature was 51 degrees below Continue reading
