Following the recent school shooting in Florida, Routt County Sheriff Garrett Wiggins and Undersheriff Doug Scherar have released a letter calling for a program to be established, which would place well trained, armed school marshals in every public school in Routt County. The school marshals would consist of active or retired law enforcement Continue reading
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Sheriff Wants Armed Marshals At Schools
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Volunteer To Help Craig Students
Volunteers are needed to participate in the Junior Achievement program at East Elementary. Junior Achievement volunteers will help teach students about the “economics of life,” and help them understand the fundamental connection between school and success. Participants do not need any special financial skills or knowledge in order to volunteer. The Junior Continue reading
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Program Leads To 36% Reduction In Opioid Use
The Colorado Hospital Association says they experienced success with a new program aimed at reducing the use of opioids. Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat, which recently became part of the UCHealth Continue reading
Get Paid To Lose Weight
Registration is open now for Northwest Colorado Health’s Weigh and Win program. Weigh and Win is a free community program that provides cash incentives to participants who reach weight loss goals. To qualify for the cash incentive, participants have Continue reading
Tipton’s Take On Obama Care Repeal And CHIP Funding
In the second part of our conversation Congressman Scott Tipton we discussed funding for programs that benefit rural Colorado like the Secure Rural Schools and Child Health Insurance Program, also known at CHIP. We also discussed the Obama Care Repeal process and whether another repeal attempt is expected in 2018. When asked Continue reading
Tax Reform Talk With Congressman Tipton
Congressman Scott Tipton Joined Wild West Radio recently to discuss a variety of issues, including tax reform, Child Health Insurance Program or CHIP funding, Sage Grouse Conservation, the Obamacare repeal process, and we also got the Congressman’s Continue reading
Senators Look To Re-Authorize Program Which Funds Rural Schools
Senators Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet sent a letter to Senate leadership this week, asking them to include the re-authorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program in any end of year legislation. Colorado received $11.8 million in funding from the program in 2016. Meeker schools Continue reading
Wild Horse Gathering Complete
The BLM completed their gather of wild horses last week, from the Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin herd management areas in southwestern Wyoming. The BLM gathered 1,560 adult wild horses, with a total of 408 dependent foals also being removed with their mares. Of the Continue reading
Changes Coming To CO PERA Program?
Following the announcement earlier this year that Colorado’s Public Employee Retirement Association or PERA had $30 billion in unfunded liability, the Board is now recommending comprehensive reforms designed to reduce the overall risk and reduce the amount of time it will take the retirement program to be fully funded. The Board’s recommendations, which Continue reading
Inmate Community Service Program Closed Down
After 10 years, the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is closing down its Inmate Community Service Program, due to budget constraints. The Inmate Community Service Program was created in 2007, and allowed non-violent, misdemeanor-level volunteer inmates of the Detention Center to work under the direction supervision of the Sheriff’s Continue reading
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CO Medicaid Takes Steps To Combat Opioids
The state’s Medicaid program has come up with a new way to combat the opioid epidemic. Health First Colorado will only pay for an initial seven-day Continue reading
Learn How To Plan And Save For The Future
Low income individuals and families can now apply to take part in the Moffat County United Way class, Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’-By World, part of their Bridges out of Poverty program. The free class is designed to help low income community members Continue reading
