Tag: Glenwood Springs
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Woman dies after getting hit by semi-truck on I-70 near Glenwood Springs
A female pedestrian died on Wednesday evening after she was hit by a semi-truck on Interstate 70 just west of Glenwood Springs, authorities said. The semi-truck, towing a trailer at the time, was driving westbound on the interstate when the woman entered the right lane while walking south through the highway just after 7 p.m.…
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Pedestrian killed on I-70 in area of Colorado mountain town
A fatal vehicle vs. pedestrian collision that took place on the mountainous stretch of I-70 in Colorado is being investigated by Colorado State Patrol. The crash occurred at about 7:16 p.m. on January 14, about three miles west of Glenwood Springs and in the area of mile marker 113. According to a report on the…
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Tickets on sale for fest that hosts ‘world’s largest naked ski lap’ in Colorado
The date has been set for the 6th annual ‘Boot Tan Fest,’ set to take place at Sunlight Mountain Resort near Glenwood Springs next spring. The popular event is billed as an “empowering, safe, and wildly fun space where women and nonbinary folks come together to celebrate their love for the mountains,” and this ski…
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Missing 14-year-old girl was last seen near Colorado resort 5 days ago
Authorities in Colorado’s Garfield County are asking for the public’s assistance in tracking down missing 14-year-old Alondra Nunez Carreno, last seen near Sunlight Mountain Resort on October 9, 2025. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office on the matter, no one has seen Alondra since Thursday of last week. At the time Alondra…
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DON’T GET A TICKET: ‘Speed enforcement cameras’ coming to mountain town in Colorado
“We hear from residents regularly that speeding is a top traffic concern in town,” reads a press release from the City of Glenwood Springs, with a new initiative to improve local traffic safety involving the addition of speed enforcement cameras on city streets. The initial roll-out of the cameras is taking place in October, with…
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$205 million awarded to family of 6-year-old killed at mountaintop adventure park in Colorado
On September 5 of 2021, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos was tragically killed while riding the Haunted Mine Drop at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs. More than four years later, a verdict has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit related to the horrific accident, awarding the family of Wongel around $205 million. A report…
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Surfing in Colorado? Yes, and it’s booming where you might least expect it
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eric Thomas spent the 1980s and ’90s surfing waves off Florida, California and Hawaii, with other stops around the Bahamas and tropics in what became a professional career on the oceans. Then he looked to a land-locked state. “I wanted something totally different,” Thomas said.…
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Historic bath house now a poolside hotel at Colorado hot springs resort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of Colorado’s most historic hot springs destinations has unveiled a boutique hotel where the present meets the past. From Glenwood Hot Springs Resort’s billing, Hotel 1888 is a picture of modern “European-style elegance” and “also rich in tradition.” The billing continues: “When guests stay…
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Hanging Lake Trail set to reopen after restoration work
One of Colorado’s most iconic trails is set to reopen this summer — and it will look a little different. The hike-by-reservation Hanging Lake Trail was closed last year for construction aimed at fortifying the path damaged by water and debris in the wake of the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire. While construction continues, keeping the trail…
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In Colorado’s vapor caves, owning family hopes for cleansing and awakening
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GLENWOOD SPRINGS • Late into the night of the summer solstice, deep in a subterranean chamber of ancient rock and hot vapor, there could be heard soft songs and prayers. Songs of gratitude. Prayers of hope. Words from an Indigenous language, spoken by tribal women…