April’s fuel incident at the Kum & Go located at 895 Yampa Ave. that affected more than 100 vehicles in Moffat County is being chalked up to a cross drop of diesel fuel into regular…
Preowned cars for sale on the lot at Victory Motors in early March. (Max O’Neill / Craig Press)
As many businesses and industries across the country struggled to find a way through an economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, car dealerships experienced some of those same hardships, especially three local dealerships in Victory Motors, Cook Chevrolet, and Cook Ford.
According to tax returns from the city of Craig, in a city sales tax analysis, it was determined that the three local dealerships had a 1% decrease in vehicle sales and service from 2019 to 2020, for a total loss of $2,376. The dealerships also saw a decrease of $14,588 from 2018 to 2020. There was however a 13% increase in vehicle parts sales from 2019 to 2020. The dealerships saw an increase of $30,249 in 2020.
Leon Harrington and his wife Valeri are doing their part to make 2021 more bearable than 2020.
The couple, who are both members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, decided to donate the teddy bears to thank the frontline workers for their sacrifices this year.
“2020 has kind of been an unbearable year. So we are bringing you some bears. We really appreciate your hard work behind the scenes, and winter time is probably more difficult with less daylight and what have you,” Leon Harrington said to ER workers at Memorial Regional Health Wednesday. “You go home and say, ’what I am doing?’ So we wanted to present you with a gift so you could have a bear hug, or a hug, anytime of day you want.”