Photos: Get Smashed Demo Derby in Kremmling
More than a dozen drivers battled for coolers, cash and bragging rights during the Get Smashed Demolition Derby Saturday night in Kremmling. The derby featured multiple classes, including one for vans and another for pickup...
Thornton man badly hurt in lightning strike at Rocky Mountain National Park
A 31-year-old man from Thornton was seriously hurt by lightning Saturday at Rocky Mountain National Park. A park news release says it’s unknown whether the man was hit by lightning directly, but he suffered serious...
Man who fought mountain lion with pocketknife, rocks wishes he brought gun
A man who fought off a mountain lion attack with a pocketknife and some rocks near Kremmling is thankful his brush with the predator didn’t turn out much worse. Richard Marriott lives in Evergreen but...
Scientists discover it’s “raining plastic” from metro Denver to high in Rocky Mountain National Park
Scientists testing rainwater around metro Denver and high in the Front Range mountains found microscopic bits of colored plastic in more than 90% of their samples — adding to growing evidence that plastics have contaminated...
As CDOT considers Steamboat Bustang route, Winter Park lobbies for a stop
A statewide initiative to expand multi-modal transportation could bring an interregional bus line to Grand County. The Colorado Department of Transportation is working on the 2040 Statewide Transportation Plan and hopes to expand its Bustang...
Rural health network fundraiser honors providers
In a county of over 15,000 people, Grand County’s health care providers are greatly outnumbered by their patients but still find ways to provide top-notch service and support the community. Local providers and health care...
Mountain lion killed after attacking hunter near Kremmling
A man attacked by a mountain lion Saturday night near Kremmling did everything right when he fought back and stabbed the animal with a pocketknife, a spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Friday. The...
Council wants to help Grand County landowners mitigate risk of wildfire
The Grand County Wildfire Council has money ready to go for private landowners and groups of landowners who want to do fire-mitigation projects on their properties. In a Friday news release, the council highlighted landowners’...
Granby Bait N Tackle finishes atop adult softball league standings
The Granby Recreation Department posted the final results following this week’s adult softball league games with Granby Bait N Tackle coming out on top in the tournament standings. The results and final standings are as...
Pole Creek Ladies golf
The Pole Creek Ladies golf league enjoyed fabulous weather on Aug. 8 by playing a “Skills Tournament.” Points were added on each hole for their skills on the fairways, sand, greens in regulation and long...
Video raises possibility police shot Rifle man in the back
A cell phone video appears to show the Aug. 5 fatal shooting of Allan George in Rifle by police and seems to indicate he was shot in the back as he was moving away from...
Library Corner: Back to school resources for all
It’s August and school is almost here. I want to share with everyone what Grand County Library District has to offer for back to school resources, linking you to the boundless opportunities that elevate and...
County preserves headwaters ecosystem with noxious weed care
With its sunny tangerine petals and small blooms, orange hawkweed looks like a harmless flower, but it’s actually one of the top threats to native plant species in Grand County. That’s where Amy Sidener and...
Grand Sheriff’s Office investigating act of ‘eco-vandalism’ on Berthoud Pass
Someone trashed the city of Northglenn’s collection gates on the top of Berthoud Pass in Grand County earlier this month and caused damages estimated at $1 million, said a spokesman for the Grand County Sheriff’s...
Indian Peaks Charter School closes due to low enrollment
After nearly 20 years in Grand County, Indian Peaks Charter School will not open for the 2019-2020 school year with the school’s leadership citing low enrollment as the reason why. Calls to the school are...
Letter: Stop spraying ‘noxious weeds’ in Grand County
My road, Grand County Road 50, is about to be sprayed in its “rights of way” to kill “noxious weeds.” As a warning to locals and tourists, you, kids, infants, pregnant women, asthmatics, dogs, cats,...
Fitness trail: What to know before you join indoor group cycling programs
Over the past 30 years, indoor group cycling programs have become standard offered programming in thousands of fitness facilities. Due to the low impact aspects of indoor cycling, lack of complex choreography, motivating music, group...
Demo Derby to turn Kremmling fairgrounds into car cemetery this weekend
Usually, the sound of metal crushing into metal is the beginning of a bad situation, but Saturday night in Kremmling, it will be accompanied by whoops and cheers, thanks to the 13th annual Get Smashed...
Mountain Family Center thrift store reopens after renovation
The Mountain Family Center thrift store is open again after a large-scale renovation of the center’s building at 480 E. Agate Avenue in Granby. Sales at the thrift store support the Mountain Family Center’s food...
Two arrested in Granby ICE operations last week
During Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Granby last week, two people were arrested and nine others instructed to report to the agency’s office in Craig. On Aug. 8, ICE conducted a targeted enforcement operation...
