Wettest May on record brings heavy rain and cooler days
May proved one of the wettest on record with 8.56 inches of moisture year to date and 5.34 inches for the month. UNC meteorologist Dr. Glenn Cobb notes cooler than normal conditions, high moisture and a forecast of clearing skies and possible scattered afternoon storms. Flooding was limited as ground moisture remained unusually low.
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UNC
Glenn Cobb
Cobb
Jim Clark
Division of Water Resources
Greeley
Platte River
WMG
Gleann Cobb
Welds County sales tax hike eyed to boost revenue
Weld County officials released preliminary estimates for a county wide sales tax at two percent, proposing to replace city taxes in seven municipalities including Greeley Evans Windsor Johnstown Fort Lupton Bacone and Lochbuie. Projected county revenue about 5.24 million with 41 percent to the county and 59 percent to cities and towns.
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AGN Tollefson Tribune
Weld
County Commission
Glenn Billings
Greeley
Evans
Windsor
Johnstown
Fort Lupton
Bacone
Lochbuie
State Revenue Department
Dacono
Pioneer village work to start at Island Grove Park
Work will begin this month on a five acre pioneer village in Greeley Island Grove Park. Florence Clark reports ten buildings have been donated including two Victorian homes and a variety of pioneer structures. A walking tour will showcase homestead, farming, Victorian, and early business displays. Volunteers and groups will staff and guide the village, aiming for a July 4 1976 opening, with ongoing additions afterward.
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Seelmeyer Tribune
Greeley
Island Grove Park
Florence Clark
Nebraska
Pioneer Village
Audubon Society
Clark
Howard Elgin
Hanna Fund
Colorado
U.S
Northern Colorado Weather Forecast Expects Warmer Days
Northern Colorado experiences mostly sunny and warmer conditions today and Tuesday. Clear to partly cloudy tonight with low temperatures between 45 and 56 degrees. Daytime highs remain in the Ws and light variable winds around 15 mph.
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Colohano
Tribune Delivery Reminder Calls and Contacts
The Tribune asks readers to call 852-0217 if they have not received their paper by 8:30 p.m. This notice recalls the newspaper distribution timing and provides a contact for delivery issues.
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Jung
Lamm veto could threaten Colorado highway funding
Weld county officials and north area leaders warned that Governor Lamm's veto of interstate funding could cost Colorado about 200 million dollars in federal highway money. County leaders pushed a plan for a uniform county wide dog and animal control system while debating staffing funding and facility needs, with Fort Lupton offering to contribute an animal holding site.
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Greeley
Anna Prinvic
Glenn Billings
Kction
Richard Lamm
north-Weld
Ault
Eaton
Evans
Garden City
Grover
Reed
Kersey
la Salle
Nunn
Pierce
Rosedale
Severance
Windsor
Billings
Colorado
Lammstands
Denver
Weld
Tom Connell
Humane Society Board
Prineie
Greeley Council
Fort Lupton
The
Humane Society
Weld County eyes uniform dog control across towns
Weld County officials push a county wide animal control plan with satellite facilities in Fort Lupton and potential centers in Frederick and Firestone Davano area. The move aims to unify laws, address rural dog registrations and curb animal dumping while noting humane society shelter needs and rising bite cases reaching 219 in 1974 and 121 in early 1976.
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Billings
Fort Lupton
Frederick-Firestone-Davano
Tom Connell
Weld Humane Society
Connell
Humane Society
Weld
Windsor board member Edwin Brown resigns from school panel
Windsor board of education plans to accept Edwin Brown's resignation at tonight's meeting. Brown, moving to Chugwater Wyoming to work for a bank, had served since 1971 and was re-elected in May. Supt. Jack Hale recommends delaying a replacement until the next meeting. board meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Administrative Service Center.
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Windsor
He Board of Education
Edwin Brown
Brown
Chugwater
Wya
First National Bank of
Jack Hale
Administrative Service Center
Showalter backs equal rights study and I-470 plan
Colorado state Rep. Carl Showalter favors an interim legislative study on ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and supports the I-470 beltway project around central Denver. He argues the ERA deserves careful summer study and the I-470 route would ease congestion, create jobs, and boost regional growth while Gov. Lamm vetoed it. He also endorses a cap on introduced bills to deepen review.
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Denver
Carl Showalter
R-Greeley
Statehouse
Showaller
Showalter
Richard Lamm
Jefferson-Arapahoe
Metro
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