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Royal Gorge: not for the faint of heart
There’s something special about rafting or paddling a new section of river. You can read about it beforehand and imagine how it will run. You can hear stories from other people, but nothing beats that moment when you’re approaching the rapids. First …
Read More »Spring cleaning in towns throughout Summit County
All the familiar sights of Summit County in the springtime were present on Saturday. Cyclists navigated recpaths, tourists sauntered down sidewalks and cars zipped back and forth on the highway. But yesterday morning, another site was hard to miss. …
Read More »Udall seeks feedback on proposed national monument
GOLDEN, Colo. — U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is asking for the public’s help in crafting legislation to create a national monument that would include 22,000 acres on both sides of the Arkansas River between Salida and Buena Vista in south-central Colorado — …
Read More »Think ‘waffle’ to square up a water-wise veggie garden
With the warming of daytime temps and the soil, we get closer each day to planting those warm-season vegetables most gardeners love — peas, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, squash, beans and more. Yet the drought still looms. This year, in partic …
Read More »WOTR: It’s time to see exactly how the sausage gets made
This February in Salt Lake City, Amy Meyer stood on the street and used her cell phone to record what was happening outside a slaughterhouse. She then became the first person charged under one of the new so-called “ag-gag” laws. Six states currently …
Read More »Summit Cove students get muddy for technology
It was one of those perfect, sunny, cloudless Colorado days. As the sun beat down on the playground at Summit Cove Elementary School, students dashed back and forth, leaping hurdles and crawling through mud pits. This wasn’t just an ordinary recess; …
Read More »Learning to live a simpler, High Country lifestyle
In a world full of gadgets and gizmos, it’s hard not to wonder what it might be like to go back to a simpler way of life — back when High Country pioneers and miners grew their own food, raised their own chickens and gathered honey straight from thei …
Read More »Frisco’s planned Whole Foods Market is expanding
Frisco’s planning commission signed off on a larger version of the Whole Foods Market development project slated for the land near the Summit Stage transfer center. The market will be increased from the originally proposed 25,000 square feet to 32,00 …
Read More »Gov. Hickenlooper signs school bills in Breckenridge
Third-grader Samantha Hessel has big plans for her future — she’d like to become Secretary of State, just like Hillary Clinton. She got her first brush with politics when Gov. John Hickenlooper walked into her classroom at Upper Blue Elementary Schoo …
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