Kalen McCain

Report shows consistently good conditions for grains and hay in 2024 despite weather extremes throughout growing season

A Christmas tree lighting ceremony, visit from Santa and the Grinch, and a small lighted parade in Brighton Dec. 7 marked a handful of growing traditions for the small town in Washington County.

Cold weather is hard on a vehicle’s electronic systems. Winter car care involves plenty of attention and activity to make sure a car’s battery doesn’t die, or cause damage elsewhere.

A high-speed, multicounty car chase ended abruptly with a head-on collision that killed two people on Highway 218 Sunday afternoon, lengthening a list of unusually deadly recent crashes in Washington County.

Police are stepping up enforcement of Washington’s municipal parking codes, as officers implement an initiative to pay more attention to the issue on their patrols. It’s a shift in philosophy for the city’s police department, which previously issued parking citations mostly in response to complaints, rather than seeking out offenders.

About 500,000 bulbs, 8,000 feet of extension cords, and a local FM radio broadcast all play a part in this over-the-top holiday lights display, making its first appearance in Washington this year. It’s made by an IT professional who’s been doing it since high school.

The unnamed tributary flows right by Riverside Elementary School, and under Highway 22 on the east side of town. Local 4-H’ers want to name it “Lincoln Gate Creek.”

Two iconic characters from the sci-fi franchise are canonically reunited despite dying far, far apart. It’s the best ending to a Star Trek story I could’ve asked for, it made me cry a little, and the cast is a heck of a surprise.

After years of debate and countless false starts, supervisors have once more modified a proposed ordinance governing commercial wind turbines in the area, extending setback requirements and setting the date for yet another public hearing on the proposal.

A 21-year-old woman from Washington died Saturday after her car left the road and rolled over several times about a mile east of Brighton, but an infant in the car at the time suffered few, if any, injuries.

Main Street Washington’s annual holiday celebration will return this year on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, bringing horse-drawn carriages, holiday lights, and numerous festivities to the square

The Washington YMCA will hold a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand opening of its new indoor aquatic facility Dec. 10, but nobody gets to dive in until at least a few days later.

Stakeholders are gearing up to challenge the school district election in court

Supervisors expect to approve roughly 3-3.5% raises in December, while department heads say they need time to iron out details

Mike Liska and Mindi Rees are the new president and vice president of the Washington school district’s top decision-making body.