1 year ago: Granby launches on-demand Granby Connect transportation service

The Granby Board of Trustees met Jan. 28, 2024, at town hall and heard a presentation on the town’s pilot program for an on-demand, shared ride service launched Feb. 6 for a four-month trial period. The transportation project, called Granby Connect is a microtransit program that offers individuals on-demand transportation anywhere in Granby between Sun Outdoors and Granby Ranch for $2 per ride. (Town trustees later approved expanding the program.)

— From the Feb. 5, 2024, edition of Sky-Hi News

5 years ago: Winter Park council members debate marijuana licenses, possible regulations

Winter Park Town Council continued to mull potential marijuana regulations following the passage of a 5% special sales tax in November 2020. During a Feb. 2, 2021, meeting the discussions centered around how to approve licenses, either through a lottery or merit system, and how to space out dispensaries in town. Proposed regulations would allow for four marijuana business licenses — three in downtown and one for Old Town — along with one consumption lounge.

— From the Feb. 5, 2021, edition of Sky-Hi News

30 years ago: Nearly 3,000 compete in Grand Lake Ice Fishing contest at Three Lakes

Several local residents were among the top winners in the Grand Lake Ice Fishing Contest held on the first weekend of February 1996 in the waters of the Three Lakes. Claiming the top prizes were Clarence Archuleta of Granby, whose 2.20 lb. fish earned him $1,000 in the rainbow trout category, and Linda Craighead of Grand Lake, who won a 1996 Ski-Doo snowmobile in the lottery drawing. Bryan Johnson, 16, of Arvada, caught the largest fish of anyone during the three-day fishing contest, a 38-inch, 18.67-pound mackinaw — as a youth competitor the catch earned him a $100 savings bond. The three-day event had 2,519 adults and 260 youngsters participating.

— From the Feb. 8, 1996, edition of Sky-Hi News

50 years ago: Grand Lake officials consider county proposal to provide additional officer

Grand County Sheriff Huck Henderson presented a plan to have Grand County provide additional law enforcement services for the town of Grand Lake, during a trustees meeting. The town would pay the salary of one full-time officer ($670 a month) who would work with an officer provided by the town and would also provide and maintain at least one police vehicle. The county would pay for all fringe benefits for the officer and pay relief officers for the two full-timers, allow the town to use county detention and investigative services, and provide one additional law enforcement vehicle. The sheriff would also be appointed as the town’s acting chief of police. The terms were adopted for a trial period from Feb. 7 to April 15, 1976.

— From the Feb. 5, 1976, edition of Middle Park Times

90 years ago: About 700 Denver students have ‘big frolic’ in Hot Sulphur Springs

A special train arrived from Denver around noon on Feb. 2, 1936, pulling 14 coaches full of 700 South Denver High School students and one baggage car piled full of skis, sleds and toboggans. The baggage car was unloaded shortly after the train had stopped and the students proceeded to make the day theirs not long after. Bungalow Hill saw the majority of the skiers, reportedly looking from a distance like a troop of ants preparing for winter. The skating rink was also well-populated, with bursts of laughter heard throughout the afternoon. The group headed home for Denver at 4:30 that afternoon.

— From the Feb. 6, 1936, edition of Middle Park Times