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For generations, coal has been a constant in this northwestern Colorado city. But by 2030, the Craig Station stacks will go quiet as Colorado shifts to renewable energy.
Beginning Tuesday, people arrived to get their first dose of the Moderna medication. Premier Sandy Silver, who represents the Klondike riding, received his shot that day. Afternoon appointments went smoothly, but those after 5 p.m. found themselves having to wait outside the school in -32 C temperatures before joining the lineups in the foyer. Once inside, the process was very smooth. People were called to enter the gym according to their pre-registration times. Inside, they were quizzed about their health status, and given information about the vaccine and a health card. They waited in well...
KUT Hundreds of Austinites waited in lines outside the Delco Activity Center for COVID-19 vaccines from Austin Public Health on Thursday. Frank Kucharski and his wife, Jill Jones, were near the back of the line that wove around an Austin Public Health vaccination center at least twice in Northeast Austin on Thursday. They estimated they had a three-hour wait ahead of them — but at least the weather was nice. “I’m glad it’s a sunny day, and we’re retired and we really want that vaccine,” Kucharski, 70, said. “There’s no way we were going to turn around and go home.”
Dan England / For Craig Press Pete Pleasant rings with numbers he doesn’t recognize more often than yours. Sometimes, it’s those dang-blasted marketers trying to sell him something. But many times, it’s someone wanting to pick his brain about Craig. Pleasant was born in Craig in 1939, and save for college and a brief stint in the military that ended when his football injuries sent him home (honorably), he spent his whole life here. “I’m not smart enough to leave,” Pleasant said. Pleasant likes to say things like that because he likes to joke a lot, but he will also admit that he l...
China Celebrates over 70 Countries Introducing Mandarin in Schools 17 Dec 2020 Over 70 countries have officially incorporated the Mandarin language into their national education systems, China’s education ministry said this week. The United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and South Africa are among the nations teaching Mandarin in their government-run schools, China’s Vice Minister of Education, Tian Xuejun, said Monday, the state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) reported Wednesday. “So far, over 4,000 colleges across the globe have set up Chinese language [M...