Tag: Lyons
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Donation marks momentum for bike path along notorious highway in Colorado
Boulder County is one step closer to realizing a long-envisioned bike path along a popular, notorious roadway. Nonprofit Cyclists 4 Community recently announced a $30,000 donation to the county to help pay for a feasibility study that could pave the way for a bike lane along the North Foothills Highway. That’s the stretch of U.S.…
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Colorado Highway 7 between Lyons, Allenspark officially reopens this weekend
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Transportation, the U.S. Forest Service, the Federal Highway Administration and Kiewit Infrastructure on Thursday announced the completion of the last recovery project for the catastrophic floods that hit the Front Range in 2013 Highway 7 through St. Vrain Canyon, west of…
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Wildfire burning in Larimer County prompts mandatory evacuations
A wildfire ignited Friday afternoon in Larimer County and has led to mandatory evacuation orders being issued, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. Officials with the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said that the 37E fire burning in the Blue Mountain area was 0% contained and had burned an estimated 300 acres Friday night. The sheriff’s…
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Tubing ban enacted for North St. Vrain and St. Vrain Creek through Lyons
Anyone tubing along the North St. Vrain or St. Vrain Creeks in Boulder County could soon be fined as a tubing ban goes into effect Wednesday. The ban was announced in a joint news release from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and Town of Lyons just hours after rescuing a fallen 18-year-old woman who had…
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Focus stimulus on crisis needs, not political messaging | Joey Bunch
Without question, those with the least suffered the most the past year. Folks with lower-income jobs — restaurant and hotel workers, childcare providers, teachers, moms — are still being tossed by the receding floodwaters of this economic storm. The system is also awash with cash called stimulus, and it’s up to our representatives at the Capitol, county…
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Several hundred dead fish found in North St. Vrain Creek after gas spill near Lyons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Colorado Parks and Wildlife continues to assess damages to the North St. Vrain Creek after last week’s gasoline tanker spill, several hundred dead fish have been identified in the past few days. The gasoline…
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Several fish killed after tanker crashes, spills up to 1,000 gallons of gas near Lyons
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Highway 36 will be closed during daylight hours for the next several days as crews work to clean up a major gasoline spill from a rolled tanker near Lyons that resulted in an extensive fish kill. The tanker rolled aboiut noon Tuesday on Highway 36…
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Boulder County restaurant loses business license, liquor license over COVID-19 health order violations
Boulder County’s Lyons Den Restaurant & Tap House had its business license revoked after the restaurant continuously violated the county’s COVID-19 public health orders. Following more than four hours of discussion, the Lyons Town Board of Trustees voted 4-3 to revoke the restaurant’s business license and suspend its liquor license late Monday night. Despite Boulder…