LATEST NEWS
Community bids farewell to Winter Park Pub
On April 20, the Winter Park Pub served up its last meals and poured its last brews. The gastropub has been in the community for 30 years. After the Pub’s closure, owners Pete Jordan and Jeff Williams reflected on their futures and thanked everyone who came to give them one last goodbye.
Newest 'snow storm' for Colorado to bring moderate totals: Whiteout daily snow report, April 30
Winter's last stand comes in the form of moderate snow showers from Wednesday night to Friday. Will skiers and riders at Colorado's remaining open ski resorts get an early-May powder day?. Recap:. Some storm energy produced enough instability in the atmosphere over the Front Range mountains Monday to accumulate snow...
Winter Park’s new dispensary pays homage to county’s agricultural past while selling a new kind of ‘lettuce’
The Grand County area used to be a hotbed for lettuce farming. The green, leafy vegetable thrived during the cool nights and sunny days. While the lettuce farms have largely left, a new kind of lettuce has come into town. Great Divide Lettuce Colony is one of Grand County’s newest...
New lifesaving technique used by Clear Creek County EMS crews
Getting an injured patient to a hospital as soon as possible is always a priority for medics, but in many rural Colorado mountain communities that trip can take longer than what's ideal."It is a pretty helpless feeling driving down (in the ambulance from the mountains)," said John Manasjan, captain of Clear Creek EMS. Clear Creek County is one of those communities in the high country which has struggled with what ends up sometimes being long ambulance rides for patients. "But the patient who is injured here in the middle of a bad snowstorm and is waiting 90 mins, 2 hours,...
The winners of the Drowsy Water Ranch volleyball challenge
The Granby Recreation Department hosted its seventh annual High Altitude Adult Co-ed Volleyball Challenge. This challenge was a countywide two-day tournament that took place April 9 and April 16. Drowsy Water Ranch won first place. The final standings of the tournament are:. Drowsy Water Ranch. Big Diggers. Team Mess Around.
Ranchers demand change after CPW says it won't kill predator wolf
The North Park Stockgrowers Association has penned a letter to Colorado Parks and Wildlife after receiving a letter from the organization explaining the reasoning behind not taking lethal measures against a wolf proven to have killed livestock.Mark Hackleman, president of the North Park Stockgrowers Association, says it's getting out of hand and something needs to change."We've had two depredations in the month of April in North Park. The guys in Middle Park are taking most of the abuse," Hackleman said. "Quite frankly, CPW should be taking care of the problem."CPW believes the wolf in question is mating since collar locations show that...
Winter Park Town Council delivers 2024 State of the Town
Winter Park’s April 16 regular town council meeting began with the swearing-in of recently elected council members Jeremy Henn, Art Ferrari, Michael Periolat and Mayor Pro-Tem Jennifer Hughes before the council showed this video address. The video discusses the annexation of the Beaver Village condominiums as an important initial...
Jury foreperson in Christian Glass murder trial says there was one holdout on second-degree murder conviction
As the 12 jurors sat in a mountain courthouse in Georgetown last week, it became pretty clear that they were mostly in agreement to convict a former sheriff’s deputy of murder for fatally shooting a man who called 911 for help when he crashed his car. Except one juror.
Former deputy to be retried in death of Christian Glass
Former Clear Creek County Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Buen will stand trial a second time after a jury was unable to agree on whether he should be found guilty on two charges stemming from the 2022 death of Christian Glass.
30 inches of snow incoming on multi-day storm: Whiteout daily snow report, April 25
Snow showers, then heavier snow showers, then SNOW, before less snow to end the last weekend of April at Colorado's remaining open ski areas and resorts. Winter's last hurrah starts Thursday and lasts until Sunday via two low pressure systems before a major shift into spring-like weather begins in the high country to start May.
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments. It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency: our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. We strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation. Join us in shaping the news narrative together.