A local advocacy group has renewed longstanding questions about how pumping water from Grand County to the Front Range disrupts Colorado’s largest and deepest natural lake
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Posted inClimate, Environment, News, Water
It took 10 years to plan a channel around a Colorado River reservoir. Collaboration went well, but urgency was lacking.
GRANBY — Old-timers around here talk about how they used to need to stop after a springtime drive through Byers Canyon to clean all the bugs out of their radiators. So when longtime angler Bud Isaacs noticed the absence of a stonefly hatch on his favorite stretch of the Colorado River below the 445-acre Windy […]
Posted inBusiness, News, Outdoors
Ski racing legend Bode Miller plans first ski academy at Granby Ranch
Ski racing icon Bode Miller and the operators of Granby Ranch are teaming up to build a ski academy at the Grand County ski area. The first-ever Bode Miller Ski Academy, announced Friday, will occupy a planned campus at the base village of the resort, which was acquired earlier this year by St. Louis investors […]
Posted inBusiness, Economy, Growth, Housing, News
Grand Lake, still reeling from East Troublesome fire, is being shaken again by mayoral recall over housing
Like a dozen Grand Lake mayors before him, Steve Kudron smiled and waved at his constituents during the annual Buffalo Days parade last month. But Kudron added a twist no one had ever seen in 74 years of Buffalo Days. The vintage Hummer he paraded in sported a sign reading: “Vote No! Stop the Recall […]
Posted inBusiness, Climate, COVID, Environment, Outdoors, Water, Wildfire
“Too many uncontrollables”: From coronavirus to wildfires, Colorado’s hunting season brings a slew of uncertainties
Earl Oesterling first noticed the smoke plumes of the Cameron Peak fire near his business, Ivory & Antler Outfitters, in mid-August. He knew that signaled trouble for hunting even beyond the crowds and the drought that already beset the area. The Jackson County outfitter, located about 20 miles west of what became a massive wildfire […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Recovery from East Troublesome fire will take sustained support
I have told the story a hundred times. It starts with me saying: “We had 15 minutes,” and ends with my audience asking, “What can we do?” My neighbors and I had 15 minutes on Oct. 21 to prepare for evacuation as the East Troublesome fire flooded its way across Grand County, destroying everything in […]
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“Worse than anything you could have imagined”: How the East Troublesome fire became so destructive
The Colorado Sun interviewed about a dozen firefighters, first responders and evacuees to piece together a timeline of the East Troublesome fire’s terrifying 100,000-acre run on Oct. 21
Posted inClimate, Coloradans, COVID, Education, Environment, News
Coronavirus prepared schools for a second crisis — the East Troublesome fire. But students now have double the trauma.
After evacuating in the smoky dusk on Wednesday, with the glow of nearby flames lighting their way, Scott Hicks and Courtney Lincoln were settling into a friend’s home when an email from a former student landed in both their inboxes. The message, spelled out in all capital letters, signaled a cry for help, with fire […]
Posted inNews, Wildfire
All missing people accounted for as snow gives crews battling East Troublesome fire a reprieve
A winter storm battering Colorado on Sunday and into Monday is giving firefighters battling the East Troublesome and Cameron Peak fires a much-needed reprieve. “We don’t anticipate any fire growth today or tomorrow with this storm. It may be quite a few days before we see any fire activity whatsoever,” said Paul Delmerico, operations section […]
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East Troublesome fire evacuees fled in minutes. Now it could be days before they know the fate of their homes.
The East Troublesome fire was coming. Will O’Donnell couldn’t see the raging inferno from his home a few miles south of Grand Lake, but he could hear it — like a “jet-engine roar.” At first, O’Donnell thought maybe the sound was a firefighting plane as he loaded up his vehicle. But when the noise didn’t […]