WELD COUNTY, CO –  Citing the importance of the Colorado-Big Thompson project to the northeastern plains, and specifically Weld County, the Weld County Board of  Commissioners today approved a resolution recognizing Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District’s 75th Anniversary.

“The visionaries who proposed the massive irrigation project now known as the Colorado-Big Thompson project, men such as Weld County’s own Charles Hansen and W.D. Farr, literally created an oasis in the high desert,” said Commissioner Chairman Sean Conway.

The City of Wheat Ridge and LiveWell Wheat Ridge are happy to announce the video they submitted to the "Let’s Move! Communities on the Move" Video Challenge, organized by First Lady Michelle Obama earlier this year, has received honorable mention from the White House.

Rise in concentrated poverty continues to limit state, despite gains in education and health