Time Machine: 100 years ago, long lost treasure map leads to discovery of gold near Minturn
A strong, swirling windstorm that hit Eagle on August 30, 1974, uprooted a tree at Fourth and Broadway, crushing a jeep equipped with...
Colorado mountain towns are full of vacant trophy homes and short-term rentals. Some Western Slope town councils want permission to tax them.
As Colorado lawmakers debate over how to confront rapidly increasing housing costs, more than a dozen city and town councils on the Western Slope have voted to support allowing local taxes on vacant homes and...
One of Colorado鈥檚 least visited national monuments has dark skies, ancient cultures and a whole bunch of dinosaurs
DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT 鈥擶hen you work on a deep geologic time scale, you’re bound to be late once in a while. ReBecca Hunt-Foster, the paleontologist for Dinosaur National Monument, pulled her black pickup truck into the...
Minturn yanks the plug on ‘bulb-outs’ on Main Street after citizens pack Town 撸先生 meeting
Mayor Earle Bidez wasn’t surprised to see large crowds Tuesday at the Minturn Town 撸先生 meeting as citizens protested recent changes along Highway 24, commonly known as Main Street in Minturn. Last week, the town...
For the first time in years, an Eagle County local wins the Vail Rotary Club’s rubber duck race
When Jim Lyons took a break from running the crane at the Village Inn Plaza roof replacement project on Friday, he saw a Vail Rotary booth and bought a few rubber ducks for the annual...
Now notorious Telegram app has been used in crimes in Eagle County
As the messenger service the BBC calls “The dark web in your pocket” continues to attract headlines around the globe, a recent criminal case reveals the application has been used in Eagle County to distribute...
Avon reexamines rules surrounding homelessness for first time in 45 years
Avon is taking a look at its codes on homelessness in the town, which have not seen an update since 1979. Avon Town Attorney Nina Williams presented on the topic during the Tuesday, Aug. 27...
Survey of Colorado resort communities highlights divide between full-time residents and second homeowners
Full-time residents in mountain resort communities are seeing different problems from second homeowners, according to a new study commissioned by the Northwest Colorado 撸先生 of Governments and the Colorado Association of 撸先生 Towns. The survey was completed by 4,000 people...
Colorado is having one of its worst grasshopper infestations in recent history. Here鈥檚 what people are doing about it.
It was as if Doug Bay’s wish had come true, the day the doves landed. Bay, who grows alfalfa and a bit of corn and sorghum in Otero County, had been eyeing the 3 acres...
UPDATE: Officials share more information on crash near Palisade that killed 3 people, including 2 CDOT workers聽
Three people 鈥� including two Colorado Department of Transportation workers 鈥� are dead after a car crash on U.S. Highway 6 near Palisade on Sept. 4. Colorado State Patrol officials responded to the scene at...
Poop, pee, cocaine! People bring more than just tubes to Colorado rivers over Labor Day weekend
Coloradans taking to the water over Labor Day weekend might be bringing more than just inner tubes and floats with them, according to new research from the Colorado School of Mines and Johns Hopkins University....