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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In an effort to find more bus drivers, RE-1 Valley School District is considering paying for the cost of training for those interested and increasing salaries for drivers. The district now has nine bus drivers after one of the two drivers who were going to leave decided to stay, however, Superintendent Dr. Martin Foster informed […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/08/20/re-1-considering-paying-for-bus-driver-training-and-increasing-salary/

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The Sterling Lions Club welcomed 7-week-old baby Marcella Patterson into the Sterling Lions family Tuesday evening. Lion Tim Edgar presented Marcella with a Lion cub stuffed animal. Proudly looking on were her parents Lion Tanner and Gabby Patterson.

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/07/12/sterling-lions-welcome-patterson-baby/

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MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION: Selling a Vehicle–seller responsibilities 1. Sign the title: Once you have closed the deal on the sale of a vehicle, you must transfer the title to the new owner by properly endorsing the title. • All owners whose names appear on the front of the title must print and sign their names […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/07/03/recorders-notes-what-to-know-about-selling-a-vehicle/

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The Overland Trail Museum is very excited to be hosting an exhibit coming to us from the Smithsonian Institute and sponsored by Colorado Humanities. The exhibit is titled “Crossroads – Change in Rural America” and will open on Aug. 1 and be at the museum through Sept. 14. When applying to host this exhibit, a […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/06/24/new-barn-quilt-trail-to-be-installed-at-museum-this-week/

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A Fleming High School athlete recently wrapped up a successful season in the pool Michael Weis is a freshman at Fleming, because neither his school nor any school in the county has a team, he joined the Valley High School swim team. He spent many days practicing in Sterling and traveling to the Front Range […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/06/04/fleming-athlete-competes-in-finals-at-4a-conference-swim-meet/

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A possible design for a new community center in Sterling has been released and public input is wanted. The idea for a new community center started in 2021, when Logan County was designated an Age Friendly Community by AARP and a temporary coalition was formed to survey the community about age friendly needs. In 2023, […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/05/10/public-input-wanted-on-conceptual-design-for-new-community-center/

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Northeastern Junior College’s baseball team is inviting everyone in the community to come out and enjoy an evening of baseball. The team will be hosting its first-ever “Pack the Park” game on Saturday, May 4 with the goal of breaking the single-game NJCAA attendance record. The team is offering free admission for all that attend […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/04/22/njc-baseball-team-looking-to-pack-the-park-may-4/

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Kentec Communications, Inc. (KCI), a local provider of internet and phone services, is excited to announce that it is under new ownership. The acquisition by Midwest Broadband Opportunities (MBO) marks a significant milestone for the company as it shifts its focus towards enhancing services and launching a new brand committed to delivering exceptional customer experience, […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/04/12/kentec-communications-inc-under-new-ownership/

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The Friends of the Sterling Public Library requests that any donations for the annual used book sale be brought to the Sterling Public Library by Friday, April 26, 2024. After this date, books will not be accepted until June 2024. Thank you.

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/03/29/friends-of-the-library-accepting-book-sale-donations/

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The Sterling Lions Club recently received over 500 pairs of new glasses, frames, and cases from National Vision when that company left Walmart Vision which currently operates the store vision center.  Making the presentation were vision store manager Rebecca Brush and Holly Foxhoven, assistant store manager. Brush said, “We are so happy to be able […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/03/29/national-vision-donates-over-500-pairs-of-new-glasses-to-sterling-lions-club/

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Windsong Chorus is hosting a Friends and Family performance on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church. Come support Windsong Chorus as we prepare for Regional Competition. Join us at Christ United Methodist Church for a short performance and social time with punch and cookies. We appreciate your support more than […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/03/11/windsong-chorus-hosting-friends-and-family-performance-march-21/

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Wednesday announced it has a cooperative agreement with Colorado under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Colorado are working together to offer over $3 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to build resilience across the middle of […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2024/02/07/usda-partners-with-colorado-to-award-over-3-million-to-strengthen-food-supply-chain-infrastructure/

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The morning conference began innocently enough, with Steve and Doc arguing over which of the little packaged jellies went better on sourdough toast, and no one caring which one was right. Dud and Bert and I sat silently, sucking down the morning elixir until it spread life to our outermost reaches as the Mule Barn […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2023/12/28/home-country-female-trouble/

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Editor’s Note: This story, a collaboration of Big Pivots and Aspen Journalism, is part of a series that examines the intersection of water and urban landscapes in Colorado. Between 50% and 60% of Coloradans live in housing governed by homeowners associations, commonly called HOAs. Squeezing water devoted to urban landscapes must necessarily involve these neighborhoods. […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2023/12/25/urban-turf-how-bluegrass-lawns-became-the-default-for-homeowners-associations/

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Master Chorale filled Dorothy Corsberg Theatre with holiday music as they presented their Thirty-First Noel Christmas Concert on Sunday evening. The concert featured special performances by the Sterling String Trio, a piano quartet and the Sterling High School Jazz Choir.

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2023/12/11/master-chorale-presents-31st-noel-christmas-concert/

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Three people were jailed Wednesday night after what appears to be a home invasion robbery in Sterling. Police said one person was injured but refused treatment. Sterling Police Chief Tyson Kerr said officers were called to a residence in the 100 block of Hamilton Street at around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the report of a […]

https://www.journal-advocate.com/2023/11/30/three-jailed-after-home-invasion-robbery-in-sterling/

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