DENVER – Boulder County will be presented with two Colorado Lottery 2015 Starburst Community Awards for using Lottery funds to help preserve Tolland Ranch and to help build the Allenspark playground. The Tolland Ranch conservation easement was completed this summer with support from a Lottery-funded $700,000 Great Outdoors Colorado grant and the Allenspark playground was completed in … Continue reading
Longmont, CO & Brevard, NC — Funky little Oskar Blues Grill & Brew started just under 18 years ago when Dale Katechis and his high school sweet-heart stumbled across the small town of Lyons, Colorado while on a road trip north from their home in Alabama. In 2012, that Rocky Mountain trip continued east as … Continue reading
DENVER – Several History Colorado museums will open its doors free of charge on Saturday September 26, 2015, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s eleventh annual Museum Day Live!On this day only, participating museums across the United States emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based facilities, which offer free admission every day, and open … Continue reading
Public provided second comment opportunity NEDERLAND – The U.S. Forest Service’s Boulder Ranger District is providing a second public comment period on its plans to create a sustainable non-motorized trails system in the Magnolia area near Nederland. The project was initially proposed in 2012 after a fuels reduction project was implemented in the western portion … Continue reading
ESTES PARK – In 2015, the Rocky Mountain Conservancy Conservation Corps continued to help conserve and preserve Northern Colorado’s cultural and natural resources both in Rocky Mountain National Park and the surrounding National Forest by sending thirty-six youth divided into six crews into the field to work alongside the National Park Service and USDA Forest … Continue reading
DENVER — At times, the ideas, people and reputation of Colorado transcend its borders and engender transformative changes in the wider society. Other times, outside forces influence Colorado in ways large and small. History Colorado explores Colorado’s broader place in its 2015-2016 lecture series, The World Around Us. This years lecture series will explore Colorado … Continue reading
WARD Last year, National Geographic Channel followed five Americans who left their mainstream lives to survive completely off the land. They rejected the pull of money and material possessions in favor of getting back to their primal roots and reveling in the wealth of the natural world. Now, Live Free or Die returns for a … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund PEAK TO PEAK Attracting members across the Front Range, The Peak to Peak Chorale provides a place for the rural residents of Gilpin and neighboring counties a place to celebrate what they love: singing with others. The group begins rehearsals, Sept. 16, for its annual holiday and spring performances. Every Wednesday evening … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund GILPIN COUNTY The entrance to the Gilpin County Recreation Center is more lively this summer as students and artists with the Gilpin Clay Studio have been busy creating pieces for a new Sculpture Garden. The studio offers a friendly atmosphere, mutual inspiration and high level of education as well as freedom to … Continue reading
By Jennifer Pund NEDERLAND Ever since tungsten, silver and gold was found near Nederland in the late 1800s, mining has been part of the town’s history. Nederland, meaning “low land” is where the minerals found in Caribou Mines were milled. Miners’ Days, which celebrates this heritage, is a long standing tradition in Nederland and has … Continue reading
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