Craig Daily Press / Collin Smith

Collin Smith graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in Dec. 2006. He has worked with Face the Nation at CBS News in Washington, D.C.; Texas Monthly, a National Magazine Award-winning publication based in Austin; and in the office of Austin’s Texas state representative.

Recent stories

Funding plan raises questions: Commission unsure EDP will return investment; By Collin Smith; October 7, 2008; Moffat County needs to diversify its economy and not be dependent on the energy industry, said Craig/Moffat Economic Development Partnership officials.
Club 20 hosts Moffat County Caucus at Holiday Inn: By Collin Smith; October 7, 2008; Tonight, Reeves Brown wants to tell you why his organization opposes all Nov. 4 Colorado ballot questions, with one exception: a constitutional amendment that makes it harder to pass constitutional amendments.
Last chance to register to vote: Voter registration office sees surge, more active voters in this election; By Collin Smith; October 6, 2008; Today is the last day to register to vote for the Nov. 4 general election, though it seems many in Moffat County already have done so.
2009 budget: Same services, new year: By Collin Smith; October 4, 2008; The city of Craig does not plan to shift priorities in the new year, City Manager Jim Ferree said.
District misses moving target: Moffat County meets fewer AYP goals last year than 2 years ago; By Collin Smith; October 4, 2008; The Moffat County School District met fewer Annual Yearly Progress goals for the 2007-08 school year than it did the previous year.
Council talks long-term issues: By Collin Smith; October 3, 2008; Craig City councilors, the mayor, city department heads and city staff talked about more than numbers during a seven-hour budget session Thursday.
County clerk: Local sales tax applies to all auto sales: By Collin Smith; October 2, 2008; There may have been some confusion or misinformation about vehicles purchased at the recent Grand Valley Auto “tent” sale at Craig’s Centennial Mall, according to resident reports at the Moffat County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.
Pumping the economy dry: State Senate candidates eye local gas prices; By Collin Smith; October 2, 2008; Both candidates for state Senate District 8 have taken up gas prices as an issue for Northwest Colorado residents.
Public Lands Day a success: Project continues work at Duffy Mountain; By Collin Smith; October 1, 2008; Community participation in this year’s National Public Lands Day prompted Gina Robison to declare it the most successful one yet.
Pipeline building delayed 2 weeks: By Collin Smith; October 1, 2008; A 94-mile natural gas liquids pipeline planned to run from Meeker to Wamsutter, Wyo., recently hit a three-mile hitch in Moffat County.

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John Husband, field manager for the Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office, works in his office in Craig. An agency-restructuring plan will have Husband’s office working more with officials in a new district office, based in Grand Junction, rather than with the state office in Denver.

Dan Davidson, Museum of Northwest Colorado director, points to a sculpture of a panther, being featured in an upcoming exhibit. The work, titled “Stalking Panther,” was sculpted in 1893 by Alexander Phimister Proctor, a nationally recognized artist whose art school education was funded by Craig’s namesake, William Bayard Craig.

Yampa Valley Bank officials and APH Construction workers put finishing touches on the new Yampa Valley Bank Craig building lobby Saturday morning. The new building is about five times the size of the Craig location’s previous offices, and it includes a conference room and space for up to three extra offices for potential lease.

Members of the Craig/Moffat Economic Development Partnership and Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade team walk by one of three electric generation turbines at the TriState Craig Station power plant Thursday.

Gar Williams, American Legion Department of Colorado director, stands inside Post No. 62 in Craig. After hearing both presidential candidates speak during the American Legion National Convention Aug. 28 in Phoenix, he said there is more to lose in the Nov. 4 presidential election than in any election in recent memory.

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