It's a small world for Air Force camp kids
An Air Force general told nearly 130 children of deployed Air Force personnel gathered at Cheley Camp last week for a teen leadership summit camp that they share common bonds.
View Article'Yak` it up Wednesday at the Baldpate
When`s the last time you got close to a yak? If the answer is "never," your only chance to view yaks in Estes Park this summer will occur tonight in the Baldpate Inn parking lot just off Highway 7,...
View ArticleExplore Estes Park`s heritage at weekend`s festival
Hop in the Stanley Steamer and travel back in time, mountain time, that is. The Estes ParkHeritage Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, Aug.
View ArticleLucky horseshoes prance in final horse shows of summer
W hether you prefer your horses thoroughly bred or thoroughly big, you will get a kick out of the mane events this weekend at the Stanley Fairgrounds grandstands.
View ArticleHealth department: Get flu shots now
Flu who? If you think time has flown but it`s too early to get a flu shot this season, you`re mistaken, say county health department officials.
View ArticleBaldpate Inn hosts Yak attack for 'Evenings` program
Six-week-old Jack Yak and his adoring heifers, Maggie and Mattie, age 1, visited graciously with curious two-footed creatures at Baldpate Inn Wednesday night, as part of the inn`s "Summer Enchanted...
View ArticleHike to Signal Mountain in Comanche Peak Wilderness
N amed because white settlers in the area purportedly claimed that they saw smoke signals being sent out from the summit of this peak, Signal Mountain lies immediately northeast of Rocky Mountain...
View ArticleTia Sellers and Mark Selby concert unforgettable Performance thrills audience
E stes Park residents and visitors are touched by beautiful moments in this valley: alpenglow on the mountains every morning, topping a mountain peak, having a cup of coffee by a crystal clear stream,...
View ArticleCelebrate Jim Detterline`s new Longs Peak record
The Old Gallery in Allenspark, 14863 Highway 7, will celebrate the breaking of the all-time Longs Peak summit record by local climber Jim Detterline with a special Friday, Aug.
View ArticleCommunity briefs Making civilized tea from wild plants
Colorado native plants will wind up in the teacups of some tasteful Estes Park residents, after last Saturday`s workshop at the Estes Park Museum on using local plants to make teas and salves.
View ArticleAwakenings
A big black bear wakes up from his perch high in a tree over Steamer Drive on Tuesday.
View ArticleMoak wins national poetry contest
Estes Park has been constituted. Halley Moak, one of Estes Park`s second graders, recently won best poem for the K-2nd grade "Constituting America 9/17" national contest.
View ArticleA shrinking moon and man-made global warming
Dear Editor: T he moon is shrinking, according to astronomers in a report published in the US journal Science.
View ArticleEstes Park IronKids make it to Nationals
Estes Park has two IronKids who will be traveling down to St. Petersburg, Fla. to compete in the national finals for the kids triathlon event which is put on by the same organization that sponsors the...
View ArticleClimber dies after 800 foot fall on Longs Peak
Technical climber dies after 800 foot fall from Broadway Ledge on the Diamond of Longs Peak
View ArticleMonday adventure: hiking the Colorado Trail
Winding through some of the state`s most spectacular and rugged terrain, the Colorado Trail crosses the Continental Divide, eight mountain ranges, and six wilderness areas.
View ArticleGreat Dane in the morning!
You never know what you`re going to get (even when you remember to take your list) at Safeway. It`s almost a given you will run into someone you know.
View ArticleYou can call them 'Al`
I might have to get an alpaca, just so I could name him "Al" and sing him that Paul Simon tune, "You Can Call Me Al.
View ArticleSchool board approves ballot language
School board members used a special Aug. 31 meeting to position the district to borrow funds, should Amendment 61 gain voter approval in November.
View ArticleJohn Salazar land swap benefits Bill Koch
R epublicans have high hopes of taking control of the U.S. House. To do so, the GOP needs to gain some seats deemed safe just months ago.
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