How do you keep Colorado hikers from falling 300 feet down a mine shaft? Foam
Since 1980, officials have gated and plugged more than 13,000 inactive mines
DATE: Sep 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Jason Blevins
Position: The Colorado Sun
Eagle County leads last-ditch attempt to block Utah oil rail cars from traversing Colorado River
Eagle County is the only Colorado group appealing the approval of a Utah railroad that will direct crude oil through Colorado
DATE: Sep 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News
Idaho Springs gondola group wins $8.7M judgment against company that stole deposit
Judge agrees that Virginia-based escrow company stole $4.5 million from the Idaho Springs Mighty Argo investors and created fake documents to hide the theft.
DATE: Sep 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News
‘Impossible challenge’: Father-son adventure racers are pushing the limits of Alzheimer’s
Mark and Travis Macy have raced thousands of miles through jungles and deserts
DATE: Aug 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
National Ski Patrol in turmoil as third director in five years leaves, citing conflict
Group’s board of directors described as a ‘dysfunctional HOA’
DATE: Aug 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Outdoors
Purgatory ski patrollers form union, push for better wages
Purgatory patrollers join unionized peers in collective bargaining
DATE: Aug 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Sports
Forest Service OKs Vail Resorts’ plan to restore Keystone tundra
Deal keeps one of the country’s largest expansions on schedule
DATE: Aug 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Sports
Colorado’s mountain airports are thriving as rural air service struggles
Colorado’s airports in Aspen, Durango, Eagle County, Gunnison, Hayden and Montrose set records in 2021 and are staying busy in 2022
DATE: Aug 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business
Hiker traffic on Colorado 14ers fell in 2021 after setting a record in 2020
Hindered access to most popular 14ers decreases traffic
DATE: Aug 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News
Drought and irrigation will drain two reservoirs, killing fisheries and the local economy
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has issued emergency fish salvages at Queens and Jumbo reservoirs, which will run dry this summer
DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News
Forest Service halts new Keystone chairlift after resort mistakenly builds road in protected tundra
Vail Resorts has apologized for the mistake
DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Two privately owned Colorado 14ers are open to hikers. Will it last?
Increasing traffic is stressing a tenuous deal with landowners concerned about liability
DATE: Jul 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News
