Tag: Lyons
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Traffic cameras coming to U.S. 36 with St. Vrain Canyon fiber link
The Colorado Department of Transportation is now able to tap into previously installed fiber-optic network through St. Vrain Canyon to connect traffic cameras that can quickly alert first-responders to disasters like flooding, fire and rock falls. In 1976, flash flooding in Big Thompson Canyon killed 144 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. In 2013, days…
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Man on the run after armed robbery in Lyons on Friday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man is on the run after robbing cash from a convenience store in Lyons on Friday evening. The suspect is described by witnesses as a white man in his early 20s, according to a news release from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. He was…
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PHOTOS: Rocky Mountain Folk Festival brings community back together in Lyons after fire
Several thousand took in a wide bill of bluegrass and other artists at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival in Lyons, Colo. this past weekend. Some bar vendors donated all of their tips to fire relief in the wake of the Stone Canyon Fire that claimed one life and five structures the previous week.
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1 dead, 5 structures impacted by Stone Canyon fire near Lyons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One person died and at least five structures were impacted by the Stone Canyon Fire near Lyons, according to a Wednesday morning update from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. Lyons, which is normally buzzing with visitors and traffic as a gateway town to Rocky Mountain…
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Surviving the deluge: Tales from Colorado’s devastating 2013 floods
The 1,000-year flood killed 8 people, destroyed 1,850 homes and caused more than $4 billion in damages
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Colorado towns plan events in memory of September 2013 flood
Editor’s note: Full coverage of the 10-year anniversary of the flood will appear in Saturday’s Denver Gazette eEdition, and online. Northern Colorado cities, towns and counties are planning events this weekend to memorialize, and remember, the September 2013 flood, when days of torrential rainfall devastated 18 counties a decade ago. Many celebrations mark the spirit…
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Colorado Highway 7 opened after rock slide
Colorado Highway 7 re-opened Saturday morning after a rock slide closed it for almost two weeks. A massive rock slide at mile marker 23 between Lyons and Allenspark early on June 14 blocked road with rocks and boulders — some the size of a fire truck. Clean up was expected to last through June 28,…
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Rockslide closes Highway 7 in Boulder County
Drivers are advised to avoid Highway 7 in Boulder County after a rockslide closed the road Wednesday morning, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The clearing of the highway is expected to take days. CDOT officials said the highway is closed at mile marker 23 between Spruce Drive and Old Saint Vrain Road near CO…
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The Denver Gazette’s holiday gift guide: 20 Colorado-made ideas
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We tend to think the best gifts come from the heart. It’s the thought that counts, indeed. And it’s the thought we find so admirable among our fellow Coloradans. The authenticity. The ingenuity. The craftsmanship. The sort of pioneering spirit that built this state. It’s…
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Since 1929, this Colorado family has perfected the cherry pie | Craving Colorado
LYONS • A sweet smell drifts through the sweetest memories of Anthony Lehnert. He’s transported to an old home in the Wisconsin countryside, a converted school house where there always seemed to be a pie in his grandma’s oven. “You could smell that burnt apple when you woke up,” Lehnert recalls. Now, you can smell…