As many as 14 Colorado municipalities and counties will ask voters next month to increase or repurpose taxes on short-term rental properties — offered on sites by Airbnb and Vrbo — to help fund affordable housing
Park County
Posted inClimate, News
Summit Stage gets $35 million federal grant for electric bus operations center that will serve ski country
Summit Stage, the transit lifeline linking ski areas, workers and mountain towns in three counties, will get nearly $35 million from the federal infrastructure law to build an electric bus operations center and edge toward Summit County climate change goals. It’s the largest federal grant Summit County has ever seen, and funds most of the […]
Posted inHealth, News
Colorado mental health therapists are quitting Medicaid over latest payment debacle
As a single parent going back to college, Carla D’Agostino-Vigil signed up for Medicaid and used the government-run health insurance to attend “life-saving” therapy. So when she graduated and started her own mental health counseling practice in Westminster, D’Agostino-Vigil was adamant that she would open her doors to Medicaid patients. “When it was my turn, […]
Posted inGrowth, Housing, News
He bought land in Park County before he could afford to build a home. So, he dug a hole there instead and lives in it.
By Dan Boyce, CPR News If you ask Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw about the housing crisis in his jurisdiction, he’ll describe a picture of extremes. It’s a place where he’ll say it’s nearly impossible to purchase an existing home for under $500,000. It’s one of the costliest regions in the state to build a […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
FBI investigates Asian American teen’s death in Park County as a hate crime
The FBI has revealed that it is now investigating the 2017 death of an Asian American teen in Colorado as a possible hate crime. The federal agency said in a statement Monday to KCNC-TV that it was probing the death of Maggie Long a “hate crime matter.” Long’s death was ruled a homicide and authorities […]
Posted inHealth, News
Park County’s only primary care doctor retired 8 years ago. A replacement still hasn’t been found.
By Dan Boyce, Colorado Public Radio Dr. Katherine Fitting was darting from room to room in the small South Park Health Care facility in Fairplay, giving out doses of the Moderna COVID-19 shot during a recent vaccination drive. This rural area, surrounded by mountain passes difficult to traverse, does not have the facilities to store […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
70-year-old Colorado man arrested in 1982 murders of two women
By Patty Nieberg, The Associated Press/Report for America A 70-year-old Colorado man accused of killing two women in 1982 has been arrested, officials said Wednesday. Alan Lee Phillips, of the mountain hamlet of Dumont, was being held in Park County Jail on suspicion of killing Annette Schnee, 21, and Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Oberholtzer, 29, Park […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Colorado authorities use DNA to identify body found in 1974
Authorities in Colorado used DNA to identify a man who was found dead by hikers 46 years ago, while his wife remains missing. Park County Coroner David E. Kintz Jr. on Tuesday identified the man as 45-year-old Anthony John Armbrust III of San Diego, California, KUSA-TV reports. Armbrust was previously unidentified and buried as a John […]
Posted inEducation, Growth
Colorado’s housing crisis has gotten so bad that small towns are now building people homes
SILVER CLIFF – The vacant lot along First, Second and Third streets is lined by wooden stakes that delineate the Bobcat Subdivision, a site for affordable housing in this southern Colorado town. Eventually, this area could be filled with more than a dozen homes with stunning views of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. This […]
Posted inColoradans, Education, News, Politics and Government
“I can’t afford to live here”: Colorado teachers plea for wage help, but solutions still prove divisive
Doug Freeman moved back to Colorado last year and began teaching fourth grade at Edith Teter Elementary School in Fairplay, but he’s already eyeing a move out of state. Colorado is his home — he grew up in Littleton — and he doesn’t want to leave. But he might not have much of a choice. […]