Beth Newkirk News Today

A multimillion-dollar expansion of a food aid distributor in Grand Junction will bring more support to Moffat County residents living in food insecurity.

It was the 25th iteration of the Craig Rotary Club’s annual Diamonds & Spurs banquet Saturday, but, to its organizers at least, it was more than that.

The Craig Rotary Club has chosen its Bill and Nancy Muldoon Humanitarian of the Year, and this year, the committee chose two deserving candidates upon which to bestow the title.

When Beth Newkirk learned how her friend was living, she couldn’t sit and wait for somebody else to help.

Should you ever take a stroll into St. Michael’s Community Kitchen during the week, there’s a good chance you’ll see Beth Newkirk hard at work in the kitchen, preparing meals for those in need with a warm heart and a hearty smile. When Newkirk and her husband moved from Indiana to Craig eight years ago, she found herself slowly getting involved in the community kitchen. Since then, she’s become a key cog in the engine that is St. Michael’s Community Kitchen, which churns out nearly 80...