Tag: Lookout Mountain
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French bakery at foot of Lookout Mountain fights to survive
For the last 13 months, the smell of fresh croissants at dawn has lured high-country wanderers traveling Lookout Mountain Road to the front doors of Et Voilà! French Bakery. The authentic boulangerie and pastry shop has become a local favorite in an area that had been starved for a decent hangout with excellent food. Et Voilà!…
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Bill Coors’ mid-mod has a Lookout Mountain panorama
Bill Coors steered his family’s beer brand — the one “brewed with pure Rocky Mountain spring water” — into what became a national sensation in the 1970s. Along the way, Coors gets credit for having invented the recyclable aluminum can, and he played an earlier role in the supersecret Manhattan Project. (He had supplied quantities…
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A checklist of 20 great (non-14er) summits on Colorado’s Front Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just because you set your sights lower than 14,000 feet doesn’t mean you’re setting a low bar. No, these aren’t the highest mountains on Colorado’s Front Range. But they could be called just as quintessential — much closer to home and providing a scenic, rewarding…
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Ireland secures extradition of notorious youth coach George Gibney who fled to Colorado in the 1990s
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a story with important ties to Colorado, an infamous youth sports coach who is accused of serial sexual abuse and has lived in the United States for 30 years, was arrested July 1 by…
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Iconic gift shop and café at Buffalo Bill gravesite in Golden closing at end of the year
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Beverly Meek opened her left fist to reveal a sparkly necklace with the tag still on — a bargain at $5.95. “It’s a gold-stone replica,” the 78-year-old said. “They’ve got so many great things here. I may cry.” Meek, an Annie Oakley replica herself in a…
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Work on wildlife underpass on US 40 at Genesee means detours
Drivers in the area of Genesee will encounter closures on U.S. Highway 40 and access to I-70 will require detours between Feb. 5 and 15. But area wildlife will gain a safer way to steer clear of I-70. The Colorado Department of Transportation will be closing US 40 between Genesee and Lookout Mountain for roadway…
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JeffCo proposes gating Lookout Mountain road after dark
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Jefferson County officials are proposing gates at Lookout Mountain Road, closing the road up the mountain to traffic at night after a history of people trashing the mountain after the sun goes down. The area, between Chimney Gulch Trail and Lookout Mountain Park, goes through both Jefferson County Open Space and Denver Mountain Parks. While…
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Teenager sentenced to 48 years in prison for killing Aurora man in 2019
A 17-year-old has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for fatally shooting a man during a drug deal in Aurora in 2019, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said. Xavion Daewayne Johnson pleaded guilty on May 5 to one count of second-degree murder in the death of 24-year-old Gayland Allen Jr.. Other counts against…