After 5 years, Colorado’s most dangerous road is (almost) rebuilt at Vail Pass
Vail Pass is about to be construction-free for the first time since 2021. After five years and more than $325 million, CDOT this summer is putting final touches on the I-70 west Vail Pass auxiliary lane project. Work begins April 20 and ends in October. Scheduled for this summer is closing work on wildlife underpasses and avalanche fencing, along with new landscaping and final improvements on the rerouted recpath. Maybe the most exciting […]
10 minutes of intense whiteout blinds I-70 before monstrous mountain pileup
A furious blast of winter weather caused a monstrous pileup this afternoon on I-70 near Loveland Ski Area. Clear Creek County Sheriff estimates more than 75 vehicles slammed into each other just before 3 p.m., including semi-trucks, passenger vehicles and pickup trucks towing trailers. Local authorities confirm 19 people are injured, sending eight of them […]
Fruition, Neal Francis and a whole lot of local bands playing Dillon Amp free Mondays
Dillon Amphitheater is the place to be on Mondays this summer with a lineup of 13 free shows, featuring Grammy award winners and local favorites. Mountain Music Mondays opens with a band on June 15 with co-headliners Fruition and Magoo. Most places on this planet you’d have to pay pretty to see either one of them! Free […]
Snowpack and ski traffic keep shrinking as Breck shuts down the high alpine
Breck and the rest are limping through April. On Friday, April 10, Breckenridge Ski Resort closed the high alpine for the season. It might look like there is enough snow on Imperial Bowl and Peak 6, the resort conceded, but the problem is getting back down. The mid-mountain runs are fading fast, and snowcats have run out of snow to farm. There’s only a 20-inch […]
Station of the Year’s Winning Entries: A personal health journey, a lifetime of radio excellence and the best local news in the state
Six. Six is a magic number for Krystal 93 this year. That’s the number of times in a row that we’ve won Station of the Year at the Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards of Excellence. Across the state of Colorado, stations from small, medium and large markets submitted their work for peer review. This year Krystal […]
Months later, CDOT plow driver charged in fatal hockey team crash on I-70
A CDOT plow driver is charged with eight misdemeanors for a fatal crash on I-70 this January, when a plow smashed into a van carrying a girls youth hockey team from California. The Fifth Judicial District today confirmed charges against the driver, Colton A. Wiedman, 29, of Littleton. Among them is one count of careless driving causing death. The […]
New CDC survey shows most U.S. adults could exercise more
A new exercise survey from the Centers for Disease Control shows the power of a headline. First, the findings: 47.2% of U.S. adults get the recommended amount of aerobic exercise. Ask Good Morning America and that means “less than half of adults in the U.S. are getting enough exercise.” Ask the American Hospital Association and that means “nearly half […]
Incumbents (mostly) rule on town council Election Day in Summit
One of the busiest local elections in recent years ended with many of the same candidates coming back for another term. Out of 32 candidates in four towns, 10 of them were incumbents, and all but two defended their seats. In Frisco, incumbent Zach Ryan lost to newcomer Thayer Hirsh by the slimmest margin of the day – […]
How will Colorado combat home insurance hikes? With a ‘hail hardening’ fund
State lawmakers want to save you money on skyrocketing home insurance rates by combating hail on the Front Range. Speaker of the State House Julie McCluskie, of Summit County, and fellow Democrats today revealed a bill that creates a state grant for “home hardening.” This fund would pay homeowners to fortify their roofs against hail and wind. Funding the grant are insurance […]
14er pros partner with Colorado professor to rehab delicate alpine tundra
Mount Shavano near Salida could use a little TLC. Over the years a network of social trails on that southern 14er grew bigger and broader, decimating the sensitive alpine tundra. Despite several years of trail work grasses and other alpine plants just aren’t growing back. This summer the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is partnering with a Denver professor, Catherine Kleier, the associate vice president for faculty affairs […]