ABOVE: Bill Krumholz takes out and inspects the furnace filter during a demonstration at Day Pumbing, Heating and Cooling. FAIRMONT – Cold spots have come a few times this winter, and the strain this puts on homes and vehicles can create difficult situations. After snow last week, below-zero temperatures have again reared their ugly head….
Let’s have a look this week at some newsy tidbits going on in the gardening world before things get warm enough to get busy outside… The sun as a weed-fighter Organic gardeners sometimes “solarize” their garden beds when soilborne diseases are getting out of hand. The process involves stretching a sheet of clear plastic over…
TULSA COUNTY, Okla. â Local company Half Moon Plumbing is featuring different couples from all over Green Country on their billboards for Valentineâs Day. Dewayne and Dee Dee Conley have known each other since they were kids, but ending up together was a shock for both of them. They were just friends when they were…
Drum roll, please: We are six weeks away from the first day of spring. Recent warm Colorado days have previewed the changing seasons, but we know that along the Front Range, extreme cold weather events can occur in April or May. No matter the weather, now it is time to get your indoor seed supplies…
A look back at 2024, a look into 2025 LYNDEN â The Lynden Library has accomplished much in the past 12 months. The library offered a wide variety of education and entertainment resources such as books, computers, films and video games to rent. Along with that, the library also hosted many regular events that helped…
Lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill this week to fix a 2024 plumbing bill that inadvertently raised worries about public health. That measure, House Bill 24-1344, caused the state plumbing board, with the support of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), to take the unusual step of putting on hold any enforcement action…
Although the Burtons were told the floor installation would take a few days, it ended up taking more than a few months. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Donald and Rossana Burton were so excited after buying their new home in High Point. The couple loved the single-story ranch-style layout, which included a giant sunroom facing the backyard….
The Chaffee County Commissioners approved two large expenditures during their Jan. 21 meeting in Buena Vista. The commissioners first voted to approve an amendment to the Federal Highway Administration Grant Contract for the CR 300 project to increase the county match by $183,462.90. According to the agenda, the road-widening project near Ruby Mountain, funded in…
