Basil Stieb, of Iliff, is celebrating his 90th birthday. He was born on June 14, 1935. An open house celebration hosted by Margaret Ann Stieb and family will take place Sunday, June 22, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Sky Ranch Golf Course in Sterling. The family has also requested a card shower, cards may […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/06/05/basil-stieb-celebrating-90th-birthday/

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Voters in RE-1 Valley School District will have several issues to weigh in on this November, including a bond to help fund school improvements, a change to the school board’s composition, and the election of board members. After some disagreement during their last meeting over whether to move forward with the bond, given that the […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/06/05/re-1-valley-seeking-voter-approval-for-bond-change-in-board-makeup/

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Sterling Regional MedCenter in Sterling, Colo., was recently named one of the top 20 rural and community hospitals in the country. The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) has announced the 20 highest-ranked prospective payment system hospitals in the country based on an evaluation by the Chartis Center for Rural Health. The hospitals are identified using […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/05/12/sterling-regional-medcenter-named-top-20-rural-and-community-hospital/

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Fleming School 7-12th grade band and choir students recently competed in the Winter Park Ski-Music Festival and brought home several awards. The band won an Outstanding Award and Best of Class and the choir won a Superior Award and Best of Class. Both performed under the direction of music teacher Laurianna May.

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/04/08/fleming-band-choir-bring-home-awards-from-winter-park-ski-music-festival/

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A generous mom rethinks her college funding strategy, and a remarried widow wonders how to handle a sister-in-law who refuses to use her real name.

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/04/06/asking-eric-now-wealthier-than-her-ex-woman-debates-paying-more-than-her-share-of-tuition/

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Author Jamia Wilson wants to inspire the next generation of activists by showing them the power of those who came before.

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/03/06/make-good-trouble-shows-activists-the-power-of-their-voice-no-matter-their-age/

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With just three games left in the regular season and a small tournament in tow, Peetz boys basketball has a solid chance to host a regional once the Class 1A state tournament begins. According to CHSAA’s guidelines, the top eight teams in its Selection & Seeding Index for the smaller classifications will host the first […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/02/12/peetz-boys-basketball-keeps-the-wins-rolling/

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Help us help you! To save you time please have whichever one of the following applies to help us assist you with transactions: • Plate number • Vin Number of vehicles • Renewal Card • Title • Title complete notice • Proof of Colorado Insurance for the vehicle you are transacting on. If you don’t […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/02/12/recorders-notes-save-time-at-the-motor-vehicle-office/

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As you may know, some businesses pass along part of their profits to investors in the form of dividends. If you own shares of these companies, either directly in stocks or more indirectly through mutual funds, you may have a choice: Should you take the dividends as cash or reinvest them into the stocks or […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/02/11/financial-focus-dividends-reinvest-or-not/

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LIVE GRAIN QUOTES Tuesday, February 11, 2025   Wheat                           Cash   4.77 -1.15       New Crop 2025   5.22 -0.90                     Corn   Peetz   Iliff     Cash   4.79 […]

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On Saturday, Feb. 15, the Doo-Wah Riders will ride into the Sterling Middle School at 7:00 p.m. bringing a totally fun concert of favorite country music with a Cajun twist to Sterling Concert members and the public.  Non-members can purchase tickets for this performance at the door,  Adults $15, Students $5. The final Sterling concert […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/02/05/doo-wah-riders-featured-in-feb-15-concert/

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Need a marriage license? Did you know that you can fill out your information ahead of coming to your appointment to get your license on our web page and you can pay for the license with a credit card? Go to our website https://logancounty.colorado.gov • Select Elected Officials tab • Click on Logan County Clerk […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/02/05/recorders-notes-how-to-get-a-marriage-license-2/

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A man is in custody after a card skimming device was discovered on an ATM at a local bank Friday. According to a Sterling Police Department release, the skimming device was found by the bank, which the release did not identify, Friday, Jan. 10 and an investigation revealed that it had been placed on the […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/01/11/spd-arrests-suspect-in-sterling-card-skimming-scam/

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The National Weather Service is expecting snowfall across most of the plains this morning, with north winds increasing to gusts of up to 40 mph. While the NWS hazardous weather outlook calls for the snow to end by midday, the wind will continue this afternoon. Sterling’s forecast is for a high of 32 and mostly […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/01/09/windy-conditions-expected-today-with-chance-of-snow-this-morning/

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Need a copy of your vehicle registration for ownership and prior ownership to use as a deduction on your year-end taxes? This can be done online at myDMV.Colorado.gov • Under vehicle services • Get a transaction receipt You will need the following information: • License plate number • Vehicle Vin number (last 8 digits) OR […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/01/08/recorders-notes-where-to-find-a-copy-of-your-vehicle-registration/

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Sterling Regional MedCenter welcomed its first baby of 2025 on New Year’s Day. Emberly Avila-Haney, daughter of Lathecia Avila (Cece) and Alex Haney, of Sterling, was born on Jan. 1, 2025, at 10:09 a.m., the first of two babies born at the hospital that day. It was a surprise to mom and dad, given that […]

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“Boys, I gotta tell you,” said our old pal Windy Wilson, “This cold transmits me reversely to the winter of ’47. Cold? It thicklicated your blood so much you could hardly walk. You remember it, Doc? Ol’ Miller at the dairy had to ignitiolize a fire under the milk separator to liquinate it. Why, even […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2025/01/02/home-country-remembering-the-winter-of-47/

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Sterling Police Department hosted its annual Blue Santa event Saturday at Overland Trail Museum. Along with visiting Santa, children and families also enjoyed hot cocoa, cinnamon rolls and other sweet treats, got Child ID Kits done by the Sterling Explorers and took in the beautiful holiday decorations throughout the museum grounds.

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/12/08/blue-santa-brings-smiles-at-museum/

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It took a five-point tie-breaker, but Country Gymnastics emerged the winning team in the Sterling Lions Club’s 23rd annual Trivia Challenge. After four rounds of 18 questions each, Country Gymnastics and Johnson & Associates were tied at 65 points. CG nailed all five of the tie-breaker questions but J&A missed one for second place. The […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/11/06/country-gymnastics-claims-lions-trivia-crown/

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Tiger coasters made using a 3D printer, Pi-Top Mars Rover, a functional construction crane and woodworking projects including a lighted Christmas tree and a birdhouse are just some of the projects Sterling High School students have been working on in the school’s new SmartLab. RE-1 Valley School Board members visited the lab where they got […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/11/06/board-gets-peak-at-sterling-high-school-smartlab-projects/

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Did you receive a notification letter that your signature did not pass signature verification for the Nov. 5, 2024, General Election? Please take the time to fill out the form and attach a copy of your identification and return it to our office by Nov. 13, 2024, so we can count your ballot. Pursuant to […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/11/06/recorders-notes-signature-verification-deadline-is-nov-13/

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Spooky Season is upon us. Halloween night is lots of fun and if you see a hobgoblin you should run!   But…if you see the Northeastern Junior College Witches, Goblins, and Ghouls, make sure to support their frightening food drive. Please assist these spell-binding scholars as they venture out on Halloween night, Oct. 31, for […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/10/25/help-scare-away-hunger/

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Sterling boys golf possessed all of the right elements in the first year of CHSAA’s Class 2A golf experiment. The Tigers proved as much at the 2A state tournament in Golden on Monday and Tuesday. After two days at The Club at Rolling Hills, the Tigers finished third in the team race, raking in 492 […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/10/10/sterling-golf-finishes-third-at-state-tournament/

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Cheyenne Veterans Administration Healthcare System recently announced announced that it has housed 136 veterans experiencing homeless in southeast Wyoming and Northern Colorado this fiscal year. According to a news release issued over the weekend, 96 percent of those veterans have not returned to homelessness, and 134 unsheltered veterans in this network have been engaged to […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/10/01/cheyenne-va-announces-efforts-to-end-veteran-homelessness/

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The National Weather Service’s hazardous weather outlook calls for a windy day today, with gusts of 30 to 40 mph growing stronger with anticipated stormy conditions. “A line of thunderstorms will race across the area this afternoon. As this line of thunderstorms moves through, wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph are expected,” the outlook […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/09/17/gusty-winds-to-increase-with-approach-of-storms-today/

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The far northeast plains will have a slight chance of thunderstorms tonight, according to the National Weather Service. Otherwise, any fog should clear by 9 a.m., leaving sunny skies and a high around 89 today. The NWS detailed forecast follows: Today: Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/09/07/clearing-fog-to-yield-sunny-saturday/

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The Sterling Department of Parks, Library and Recreation is currently accepting team registrations for the Adult Fall Volleyball Program. Games will be played on Mondays and Tuesdays. Teams may sign up for the following divisions: Women’s Recreational Women’s Competitive Women’s Intermediate Co-Rec. Open To register, go to www.teamsideline.com/sterling. The entry fee for the leagues is […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/09/06/sign-up-now-for-adult-volleyball/

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The family of Don and Marlene Masin invite you to celebrate with them as they toast the couple in an 80th birthday celebration. Please join them in an open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at the Knights of Columbus Hal, at 421 S. 11th Avenue, in Sterling. Stop in […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/08/30/don-and-marlene-masin-celebrating-80th-birthday/

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