Tag: Leadville
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Colorado ski area closing early amid heat wave, ending a dry season
Friday afternoon at Ski Cooper near Leadville, Tim Kerrigan was watching guests glide down the slopes in shorts and T-shirts ー a fairly common sight come spring in the Rockies. Uncommon: the amount of dirt Kerrigan was seeing between the snow that was quickly vanishing amid a record-breaking heat wave that met Colorado ahead of…
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“Avoid the area”: Male reportedly assaulting women on popular mountain town trail
Mountain town authorities are searching for a suspect accused of harassing and assaulting females on a local trail. According to a ‘community safety alert’ from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, they’ve received multiple reports of a white male who’s approximately 30 to 35 years old committing the acts along the Mineral Belt Trail in the…
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Colorado justices, 4-3, order new murder trial due to wrongfully excluded evidence
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a trial judge incorrectly faulted a defendant for refusing to cooperate in a mental health examination, even though the state’s hospital was the entity that botched its responsibility to evaluate her during the windows where she was competent. However, by 4-3, the justices concluded that the judge…
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Skijoring is having its moment, are the Olympics next?
Thousands of spectators lined Leadville’s main street, Harrison Avenue, to catch a streaking glimpse of skijor racers over the weekend. The sport, originally from Scandinavia, features skiers towed behind galloping horses, competing for the fastest time while grabbing rings and going over jumps. While the skijoring event in Leadville, billed as the ‘Grand Daddy of…
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11 bars to visit that opened during the ‘Wild West’ days of the 1800s in Colorado
In an era when horseback riders roamed Colorado’s streets and gunslingers made their mark on various mountain towns, locals were no stranger to liquid libations. The 1800s marked a time of major development of Colorado and with that came plenty of bars – a few of which have stuck around into the 21st century. Here’s…
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Variable speed limit signs now active in Dowd Canyon west of Vail
New electronic variable-speed limit signs went live in mid-January along a high-risk stretch of Interstate 70 in Dowd Canyon west of Vail, automatically adjusting posted speeds to match real-time traffic congestion, weather and road conditions. It’s an effort by the Colorado Department of Transportation to try and reduce crashes on one of Colorado’s busiest mountain…
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Fire at Leadville cannabis and CBD dispensary prompts air quality alert, cancels outdoor recess for kids
On the morning of December 18, a structure fire broke out at Floyd’s, which the Leadville Herald Democrat describes as a “CBD And cannabis dispensary located on Poplar Street.” The first report from the sheriff’s office on the incident was published at 9:01 a.m., noting that various stores in the immediate area had been closed…
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Reflecting on the past and present of Colorado wellness
Hardship would greet Colorado’s early visitors — the likes of John Frémont, a famed explorer whose party was often outmatched by the harsh elements and treacherous terrain. In the early 1840s, tired and hungry in the stormy mountains west of modern-day Colorado Springs, it seemed the next morning was not promised. And yet the morning was…
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Leadville man arrested after fatal road-rage shooting
A road rage incident turned fatal on U.S. Highway 24 in Lake County, after a Leadville man allegedly shot and killed another driver late Tuesday night. Robert Price Chase, 31, was arrested and faces charges of second-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing another driver around 10 p.m. in the 13200 block of U.S. 24.,…
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Colorado Springs ER doctor keeps 100-mile record in perspective
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One Monday last month, hardly recovered from running 100 miles in the mountains around Leadville, Anne Flower was back to work as an emergency room doctor at Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs. “I was…