Two top resorts in the West located in Grand
Grand County is home to two of the top 10 resorts in the West, according to Conde Nast Traveler’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. Granby’s C Lazy U and Devil’s Thumb Ranch in Tabernash were named...
Camera found in Granby returned to owner
Jon Adas and Diane Doyle didn’t know each other before this week. Both are from the Denver area, both visited Grand County a few weeks ago and both of them like to take pictures. But...
Police blotter, Sept. 30-Oct. 6: Caller asks for help corralling cows off highway
Sept. 30 7:51 p.m. — A cleaning crew discovered food on a counter, music playing and a vehicle in the driveway of a Grand Lake home when the homeowner was supposed to be in Europe....
Winter Park Express will offer more trips this season
This season, skiers and riders from the Front Range will have far more opportunities to take the Winter Park Express Amtrak train to Winter Park Resort. The Winter Park Express will run every Friday, Saturday...
New grooming business in Grand County puts pet care on wheels
Pet owners throughout Grand County can have pet grooming brought directly to their homes thanks to a new mobile dog and cat grooming business. Peak to Peak Mobile Pet Grooming is owned and operated by...
Trail Ridge Road to remain closed over holiday weekend
Trial Ridge Road is not expected to open through the holiday weekend. According to a release from Rocky Mountain National Park, over six inches of snow fell in higher elevations in the park Thursday. The...
Opioid litigation could lead to payout in Grand
Granby and other towns in Grand County will receive notice of a class action lawsuit against opioid makers and distributors sometime this week. Town attorney Nathan Krob said during the Granby town board meeting Tuesday...
Irving aims to keep the momentum this season
Birk Irving, the 20-year-old Winter Park native who’s become one of the top freestyle skiers in world, is starting the season strong. Irving began the 2019-20 ski season with his first FIS World Cup victory...
Crowded Mountain Life Fitness classes support Shining Stars
Mountain Life Fitness hosted the fifth annual Circuit for the Stars fundraiser in two crowded classes Saturday. Classes were donation only to benefit the nonprofit, Shining Stars Foundation. The 8:15 a.m. class was full, capped...
West Grand superintendent says adults must do better after report of school threat
In a Facebook video on Wednesday, the superintendent of West Grand schools assured students and parents their schools are safe after receiving a potential threat of school violence the day before. During the video recording,...
Ski season kicked off Friday with early A-Basin opening. Keystone opens Saturday
Just as skiers and riders were getting excited for ski season to kick off Saturday at Keystone Resort, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announced at 1:45 p.m. Friday that it would start spinning the Black Mountain...
Search efforts for man missing from RMNP do not yield any clues
Ahead of Thursday’s snowstorm, search and rescue officials in Rocky Mountain National Park conducted search efforts for a Tennessee man who went missing at the park in February. Search efforts for James Pruitt, 70, of...
Looking further: Meet the new, eco-friendly business in Kremmling
When Alecia Meier was a child, her family dog died. They had mopped with a traditional chemical floor cleaner and the dog had poisoned itself licking the floor. To Meier, the fact that such dangerous...
Mountain Parks Electric to maintain rates in 2020
Mountain Parks Electric customers will not see a rate increase on their bills in 2020, the electric cooperative’s board decided on Friday. Despite the rising costs of labor, benefits and system investments, the Mountain Parks...
1st cabin placed on new gondola at Steamboat Resort
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A plastic-wrapped gondola cabin made its maiden voyage down Mount Werner on Thursday, Oct. 10, over a blanket of fresh snow from the previous night. It was the first of Steamboat Resort’s recently...
Library Corner: Library offers free access to Denver Post online
You probably already know that your local library offers books, magazines, and movies, but did you know that Grand County Library District (GCLD) also offers you free online access to The Denver Post? With your...
Stay bear aware as winter gets underway
Colorado’s black bears are entering hyperphagia, the instinctive “feeding frenzy” to pack on pounds before winter hibernation, which means it’s important to stay bear aware. Bears are seeking upwards of 20,000 calories per day, spending...
In the schools: Sophomore’s river trip betters students’ souls
Great Happenings in the East Grand School District the week of Oct. 11. • The District Accountability Committee is reviewing handbooks at each school and making sure they align with policy. DAC meets on the...
Two killed in crash on Highway 6 in Summit County
DILLON — The two people who were killed in a head-on crash Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 6 have been identified as 58-year-old Larry Kennedy and 59-year-old Ronnie Suenram of Oklahoma, according the Summit County Coroner’s Office....
Ciao Monte to open at former location of Leo’s Kitchen in Winter Park
Ciao Monte, a new Italian-American fusion restaurant, is saying hello to the mountains of Winter Park. The restaurant will fill a vacancy at Cooper Creek left by Leo’s Kitchen vacating the space earlier this year,...
