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Thousands of people line both sides of the railroad tracks as they take photos of the Big Boy locomotive as it visits Greeley on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Twenty-five Big Boys were built exclusively for Union Pacific Railroad, the first of which was delivered in 1941. The locomotives were 132 feet long and weighed 1.2 million pounds.

Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive to make last stop on cross-country journey in Greeley

August 19, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.

Union Pacific鈥檚 Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive will roll through Greeley at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, making a stop at the 10th Street crossing near the Colorado Model Railroad Museum,...

The Union Colony Civic Center is pictured in Greeley on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Brice Tucker/Staff Photographer)

Country star with 14 No. 1 singles coming to Greeley鈥檚 Union Colony Civic Center

July 14, 2026 at 12:24 p.m.

Country star Chris Young is bringing his 14 No. 1 country hits to downtown Greeley later this year. Tickets to the show, which is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov....

Paragon owner George Gatsiopoulos, right, laughs with Dick and Mary Quaco, two customers who have been eating at the restaurant since it opened in 1971, as they leave the restaurant after their meal at Paragon Family Restaurant in Greeley on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Brice Tucker/Staff Photographer)

The Paragon Restaurant, despite a big menu, keeps things simple: Greeley Gems

June 1, 2026 at 10:37 a.m.

"I鈥檝e had people that started working for me when they were 14, and now they鈥檙e kids are working for me. It抖阴ap a wonderful system. I love the business, and I...

Cristian Alanis, center, cheers with other union members as passing drivers honk in support of the striking JBS workers, during the first day of a strike by UFCW Local 7 at the JBS Beef Production Facility in Greeley on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Brice Tucker/Greeley Tribune)

JBS strike in Greeley begins with thousands of workers walking off job

March 16, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, the union representing 3,800 JBS workers in Greeley, has been negotiating for months with the company but has been unable to secure a...

George Eidsness, who has been honored with The Citizen of the West award by the National Western Stock Show, poses for a portrait on his ranch, the Flying E Ranch in Fort Lupton on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (Brice Tucker/Staff Photographer)

Citizen of the West George Eidsness lives by the West’s unwritten moral code

January 17, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The award 鈥渞ecognizes those who embody the spirit and determination of the Western pioneer.

Birders of all ages and skills are welcome to attend the 120th Audubon Christmas Bird Count event. (Greeley Tribune file photo)

126-year-old bird counting tradition set for Saturday in Greeley

December 23, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Dozens of volunteers are set to grab their binoculars and head out Saturday for Greeley鈥檚 51st annual National Audubon Christmas Bird Count.

Police and other rescue personnel investigate the area where the car belonging to Kaylee Russell was found Thursday, on a curvy stretch of Colorado Boulevard north of Wildwing Drive in Timnath. Kaylee was last seen on Nov. 30 at the Loveland/Johnstown Park-N-Ride. (Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-Herald)

Missing Evans woman identified as person found dead in vehicle in rural Weld County ditch

December 9, 2025 at 9:58 a.m.

The person found dead in an overturned vehicle in a ditch in rural Weld County has been identified as a 20-year-old Evans woman missing since Nov. 30.

CBI cancels missing alert after Evans woman鈥檚 car found submerged with body inside in Weld County canal

December 5, 2025 at 3:48 p.m.

An Evans woman who was last seen Sunday has been found, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, but it did not specify whether she was safe.

A police car waits in the background as the light shines off of Greeley Police Officer Ryan Oettinger's badge and Crisis Intervention Team pin on Monday at the Greeley Police Department, 2875 10th St. Training for CIT began in 1987 but came to Colorado in 2002.

Man shot by Greeley police officer had gun in front seat, officials say

December 4, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.

Investigators found a gun in the vehicle a man was in when he was shot by a Greeley police officer following a traffic stop last week.

Crews work to rescue a horse trapped in a ditch between Ault and Pierce. The horse had to be sedated to be lifted out of the ditch. (Courtesy/Weld County Sheriff’s Office)

Horse trapped in Weld County ditch saved by slew of first responders

December 2, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

A whole herd of first responders came together over the weekend to rescue a horse trapped in a ditch between Ault and Pierce.

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