The non-profit Friends of Roxborough State Park have created the Barbara Fritts Scholarship Fund to pay for transporting economically disadvantaged school children, pre-kindergarten through sixth grade, to the park for a special program by a park volunteer naturalist. Fritts was a Roxborough State Park Volunteer Naturalist from 2003-2011. She was devoted to teaching children about[continue reading...]

Gov. Hickenlooper, The Denver Post and Viaero Wireless steer two-wheelers east to “Pedal The Plains”. Gov. John Hickenlooper, in partnership with The Denver Post and Viaero Wireless, announced a recreational Eastern Plains bicycle tour called “Pedal The Plains” to take place this fall. “Pedal The Plains will be a one-of-a-kind Colorado cycling event celebrating the[continue reading...]

LAKEWOOD – On January 3, 2012, the City of Lakewood will host the All America City Quilt Exhibit at the Civic Center Atrium in Lakewood. The City of Lakewood has the honor of being one of the 25 finalists who contributed to this project. The Quilt will be on exhibit until January 6th for the[continue reading...]

Fort Collins, CO – In a novel approach to diverting electronic waste from landfill disposal, the City of Fort Collins is partnering with Greenback LLC to collect laptops computers at the Rivendell Recycling Center. The new, bright green collection box, designed with a special slot opening for depositing laptop computers, was recently installed at the[continue reading...]

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are holding a public hearing next week on the future of Interstate 25 through Pueblo. It is being held on Thursday, December 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Pueblo Convention Center, 320 Central Main Street.  A presentation from 6:30 p.m. to[continue reading...]

FORT COLLINS  -Two prescribed fires will be conducted in the Fort Collins Natural Areas. One at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area and the other at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area. The City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program, in coordination with The Nature Conservancy, are planning on scheduling these burns between October 11 – 31, 2011 weather[continue reading...]

Sheriff Joe Pelle has enacted a Boulder County fire ban today, which restricts open burning and prohibits the discharge of any and all fireworks and model rockets in the unincorporated mountain areas of Boulder County. This includes all areas west of Broadway in the City of Boulder, and includes all areas west of U.S. 36[continue reading...]

DENVER, Colorado – Colorado State Parks will celebrate Colorado Day, Monday, August 1st by offering free entrance at all 42 state parks. Colorado Day was created by the state legislature to mark the anniversary of statehood, granted in 1876 by President Ulysses S. Grant. Free entrance at the state parks is an annual Colorado Day[continue reading...]

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, after consultation with the Lyons Town Board, cancelled the Tubing Ban for the North and South Saint Vrain Rivers on July 20, 2011. Law Enforcement officers will be removing the restriction notices along the rivers. As of yesterday, July 21st, the North Saint Vrain River was flowing at an estimated[continue reading...]

Today the Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor A & S Construction will begin to resurface US 40 over Muddy Pass, between MM 165 and 179 (east and west of SH 14). Work involves recycling and replacement of the top two inches of asphalt, followed by a two-inch overlay of new asphalt. The asphalt recycling[continue reading...]