Tag: Eastern Colorado
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New era on the horizon for World’s Wonder View Tower of Colorado
GENOA • On that family road trip across Colorado’s plains in 2013, it would’ve been easy to drive by this no-stoplight town with no sign of any business, other than the grain elevator at the edge of a dirt road and junkyards and abandoned, crumbling storefronts. But then there was a surprising sight there off…
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The rebirth of Cow Palace: Renovated hotel brings upscale dining to Colorado’s plains | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAMAR • The big, blocky hotel that was a Best Western and then a Rodeway Inn and then closed — dark, damaged and stained, full of outdated furniture and pigeons — was no place for the upscale restaurant that EJ Carpenter and Ezra Gutierrez had in…
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Xcel Energy moves dirt on phase 2 of Power Pathway Project
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Xcel Energy officials gathered recently at the company’s Fort Saint Vrain power plant near Platteville for a symbolic groundbreaking of its first75-mile segment of the company’s $1.7 billion Power Pathway project. Eventually, the project comprised of 550-miles of high-voltage electric transmission lines in eastern Colorado…
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Arapahoe County Sheriffs’ deputies don uniform cowboy hats as nod to county heritage
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies, many of whom serve rural parts of eastern Colorado, are donning Western cowboy hats as a new part of their uniforms — a nod to the county’s history and an added element of sun protection. The hats, which are black…
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‘Ghosts of the prairie’ the main attraction of unusual event returning to Colorado
An unusual bird-watching festival in Colorado has been set for the weekend starting April 28. If you’re unfamiliar with the event on the state’s eastern plains, you’ll want the time to consider attending and planning. Organizers around Karvel call it the Mountain Plover Festival. But it’s “not the kind (of festival) you are thinking of,”…
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Blizzard rocks eastern Colorado
If you’re planning to travel in the next day or so, be advised: Almost all major roads and highways in northeastern Colorado closed Tuesday, as the season’s first blizzard brings high winds, low visibility and raging snow. The Colorado Department of Transportation has closed: I-70 eastbound from mile post 292 to the Kansas state line…
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Colorado could see 100 mph winds Wednesday
High wind warnings are in place for much of central and eastern Colorado as winds could reach 90 mph on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. The initial blast of strong winds is expected to begin between 7 and 10 a.m. with winds peaking in the afternoon hours, officials said. Gusts are expected to…
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Multiple rabid bats found in Boulder County, prompting warning
Boulder County Public Health officials warned residents and pet owners that three rabid bats were found in the county over the past week. The first bat was discovered in Longmont on Aug. 25 after it entered a home with two residents and two cats. The other bats were found the next day, one in Hygiene…
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Colorado congressional redistricting commission focuses on ‘southern district’ concept
The proposal could help amplify the voice of rural Hispanic Coloradans