United Way of Weld County has named Kay and Tom Norton as the organization’s 2025 Humanitarians of the Year.

The award recognizes the couple’s “decades-long commitment to leadership, service, and strengthening communities across Weld County and Colorado,” according to a press release.

Tom Norton earned an engineering degree from Colorado State University and moved to Greeley in the 1960s. His career spanned more than 60 years, with 30 years as an engineer and 30 years in public service, including eight years as Greeley mayor, president of the Colorado Senate and director of the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Kay Norton attended Wellesley College and continued her education at the University of Denver College of Law. She moved to Greeley in 1976, focusing on environmental and lan

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