Commissioners support scholarships, equipment requests

At its Jan. 19 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners met with Mattie Haney, representing the Northeastern Junior College Foundation. She spoke about the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative and requested a letter of support from the board. She explained that Northeastern Junior College can apply for state-funded Matching Student Scholarship grants that help off-set costs of student attendance such as tuition and fees, books, room and board, etc. The NJC Foundation raises funds to provide the match funding. It applies to serve as the COSI grantee for each county in its service area....