06/24/11 Trail maintenance abounds; help RFOV fix Buckskin Pass The Colorado Mountain Club will work with the White River National Forest and Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteer (RFOV) staff to repair heavily used and eroding trails at Buckskin Pass next month. read more
06/23/11 Sports columnist Woody Paige responds to your questions in Woody's Mailbag. In this installment, Woody tackles seven questions, including three asking him to address a rumor that Pat Bowlen is going to trade the Broncos to another NFL owner.
06/19/11 The new Mountain Family Health Centers clinic in Rifle will open on Monday, June 20, offering medical and dental services. Any person in need of care is welcome, regardless of ability to pay.
06/17/11 Work could resume soon on the building that was to contain a Whole Foods at Willits in Basalt. Construction stalled in 2008, after the foundation was poured.
06/14/11 For anyone seeking a shot of adrenaline, the Glenwood Springs area is increasingly offering a fix. Long a rafting mecca, the city a few years ago enhanced the opportunities for thrills and spills on the Colorado River with the installation of a whitewater park with a wave feature that now regularly draws enthusiasts from outside Colorado.
06/14/11 Early Saturday morning, 46 local runners took part in the first annual Paul Driskill Memorial 5K. Driskill was a local running icon who died last December. The race started and finished at the Glenwood Springs Elementary School.
06/14/11 Located beneath the towering peaks of the San Juan Mountains, the communities of Telluride, Ouray and Ridgway offer some of the best summer activities in Colorado. TELLURIDE
06/14/11 Think of Aspen and Snowmass Village, and you probably think about skiing and snowboarding or, in the summer, getaways into lush green mountains. Thanks to a world-class fossil find last fall, however, people are thinking a little differently about the upper Roaring Fork Valley and about how they can join in the excitement of the discovery.
06/10/11 Aug. 8 is the first day of school, but not just for the students this year. Kathy Whiting (left) will be Sopris Elementary School's new principal. Glenwood Elementary School will also have a new principal, Penny McDill (right).
06/10/11 Scott Condon The Aspen Times The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) won't back down from plans to install broadband Internet service for bus riders despite U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton's complaint that it's a luxury.
06/09/11 A grand opening of the solar farm at the Garfield County Airport is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14. Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter will be in Rifle on June 14 as locals celebrate the completion of the solar farm at the Garfield County Airport in Rifle.
06/09/11 Members of the Basalt Red Sox baseball team recently helped the River Oaks subdivision in Basalt prepare for possible flooding by filling 350 sandbags.
06/09/11 The firefighters, officers and Board of Directors at the Lake Dillon Fire Protection District owe many thanks to the terrific agencies and their crews who responded on Thursday, June 2 to control and ultimately extinguish the wildfi Copyright 2011 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit ...
06/09/11 The 16th annual Alpine Bank Latino/Hispanic Scholarship awards were presented last month to 12 graduating high school seniors from area high schools who aspire to become anything from a paralegal or nurse, to a bilingual elementary school teacher.
06/03/11 Members of the Basalt Red Sox baseball team recently helped the River Oaks subdivision in Basalt prepare for possible flooding by filling 350 sandbags.
06/02/11 EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Every part of the world has the potential for some form of natural disasters, and in Eagle County, the impending threat with the largest scale consequences is the threat of wildfire. Every year, as the Copyright 2011 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Vail Daily Fire ...
06/02/11 Fires bring haze to Aspen Haze that clouded Aspen skies Wednesday came from two wildfires located near the central Colorado-New Mexico boarder, according to officials. read more
05/25/11 With the mountain snowpack level more than doubling the annual average, local emergency responders are preparing for what could be a destructive flood season in the Roaring Fork Valley. read more
05/25/11 Roaring Fork Transportation Authority is working on a plan to put a Bus Rapid Transit project into the busy Highway 82 corridor between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. Waiting for word on grant from Federal Transportation Administration.
05/24/11 Hector Vazquez of Basalt was taking a martial arts class one March evening at Basalt Middle School when he collapsed and hit the back of his head on the floor. He was unconscious, not breathing and soon turned blue. |