Tag: Canon City
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The soul behind Colorado’s Dead Mexican Gulch
A state board is considering renaming Garfield County’s remote valley
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Unique monastery outside Canon City nurtures the business of God with ‘radical’ lifestyle
FREMONT COUNTY • Hidden deep in the foothills outside of Cañon City, a steep, rocky terrain and towering evergreens flank a winding dirt road that eventually leads to an indigenous moat, where the Tallahassee Creek flows over the narrow lane. Once the water is crossed, several log buildings ahead form the Monastery of Our Lady…
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All aboard! These Colorado trains are offering holiday-themed rides with Santa
If reindeer weren’t available, Santa would certainly travel by train. As evidenced by all the Santa-themed train experiences that roll our way every holiday season. Here are some to get you in the holiday mood. The Santa’s North Pole Adventure train is returning to the Georgetown Depot. CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE File • Santa Express…
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No skis, no problem: 10 ideas for winter fun across the Front Range
Just because you don’t ski doesn’t mean you can’t have fun come winter. If you’re living on the Front Range, the possibilities are endless. Here are 10 must-dos: 1. Enjoy a beer run in Fort Collins: It’s more than New Belgium Brewing Co. and Odell Brewing Co. This town is saturated with some of the…
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Opposition to Proposition HH was widespread through Colorado | Cronin and Loevy
Proposition HH, which would have lowered property taxes statewide and spent TABOR tax refund money on public K-12 education, went down to a major defeat at the hands of Colorado voters a few weeks ago. Supported by a Democratic governor and unanimously adopted by all the Democrats in the state Senate and House, the omnibus…
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Get your scream on: 8 of the best haunted houses to visit in Colorado this Halloween
As the leaves began to yellow and October begins, the time for spooks is upon us. The Front Range has no shortage of haunted attractions this season, from scary corn mazes to multistory haunted houses. Here’s a list of some of the best haunts around: HellScream Haunted House Rated as one of the scariest haunted…
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Gifts that keep giving: Colorado’s long-going families in food
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not long ago on a drive through Cañon City, we stopped at The Owl Cigar Store, a local staple with a deceiving name. Cigars are not sold here. Burgers have been the speciality inside the bar that looks about the same since the Santilli brothers…
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Where’s the beef? Here are 9 of the best burgers we’ve had in Colorado
You’ve seen a “best burger” list before in Colorado. Our hope is that you find something new in this one, that you discover an American classic you never knew existed across our cities and mountains. That’s been our experience as we’ve traveled around this state, searching high and low for the best of the best.…
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Plan calls for more protection of scenic, recreation areas in large swath of Colorado
The Bureau of Land Management has released a plan to manage a vast mosaic of canyonlands, grasslands and mountains in southern, central and eastern Colorado. In the works for close to a decade, the plan is officially called the Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan. “Eastern” might be deceiving; the focus area spans beyond the plains…
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Morphew district attorney now subject of 5 complaints after “outrageous” TV interview
District Attorney Linda Stanley has found herself in trouble again for allegedly improperly speaking publicly about a case before trial. The controversial prosecutor in the Barry Morphew case was already reprimanded once before for doing a pre-trial television interview about Suzanne Morphew’s disappearance on a podcast called “Profiling Evil.” In the latest incident, an attorney…