Tag: Woodland Park
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Developer seeks to relocate Woodland Park’s memorial cog car; local family opposes the move
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Few things are more unstoppable than a train in motion. The family of the late Duane Carter is hoping that a parked one may prove to be unmovable. The source of the controversy is Memorial Cog Car #15, now named “Myrna” after Carter’s late wife and the mother of the Carter children, Susan (Carter) Ball, Steven…
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8 places to camp with a rocky view in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s nothing quite like crawling out of your tent to Colorado’s cool, crisp mountain air and watching the sunrise color some awe-inspiring view. Most inspiring? Perhaps the sight of some imposing rock that makes you feel small. Here we take a look at some camping…
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Fossil hunter discovers T. Rex skeleton, brings home to Woodland Park dinosaur museum
On the last day of an expedition to fossil fields in the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota this summer, fossil hunter Anthony Maltese discovered the partial remains of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, scattered under soft mud in an area his team had been excavating, on and off, for the last 30 years. The team…
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While aspens steal the show in Colorado, this native tree also delivers fall colors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Come fall in Colorado, aspen gets all the love. But yellow isn’t the only color in the hilly palette. However short lived and uncertain the display, it’s all the more reason to appreciate the underappreciated native that is Gambel oak. For fall colors, Pikes Peak…
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Construction on Charis Bible College student housing starts same day ministry donates $250,000 to city
WOODLAND PARK • Construction on apartments for Charis Bible College students started Thursday on the nearly 500-acre Andrew Wommack Ministries campus in Woodland Park, the same day the organization presented a “goodwill” donation of $250,000 to the city following a heated community dispute over the student-housing project. Each 40-bed complex will cost an estimated $6.5 million…
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In Woodland Park the doughnuts are larger than life, so are the stories | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WOODLAND PARK • Michael Sturdevant always marvels at the world map on the wall. Every corner is covered by pins, a reminder that people from everywhere have made their way to this little blue house in the little town up the mountain pass from Colorado…
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‘Jurassic Park’ in Colorado: Discover dinosaurs at these 8 sites
Near the northern Colorado-Utah border, there’s a river-cut land of colorful rock traversed by the short Fossil Discovery Trail. It is an interpretive trail, with educational signs and remembrances of Earl Douglas. He is the paleontologist credited with the 1915 establishment of Dinosaur National Monument. Along that trail through this sweeping dinosaur graveyard, one panel…
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Vaccine mandates lead to job loss for some in Colorado as deadlines mount
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A city councilor in the small Colorado mountain town of Woodland Park has lost her job over her employer’s edict to either get a COVID-19 vaccinate and/or wear a mask, as deadlines for mandatory vaccines loom and protests mount. Stephanie Alfieri, senior banker at Vectra…
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Evangelical Christians urged to fight ‘ungodliness’ at conference in Woodland Park
WOODLAND PARK — An urgency like never before is at hand for evangelical Christians, who must fight against what they believe is “ungodliness” pervading public policymaking relating to gay marriage, abortion, government-mandated COVID vaccines, transgenderism and critical race theory, speakers at this weekend’s Truth & Liberty Conference told attendees. “I believe we are at a tipping…
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Person wanted for illegally killing bear in Woodland Park, orphaning 2 cubs
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking for the public’s help in finding the person who shot and killed a bear in Woodland Park, orphaning the bear’s two cubs. The bear was found dead on July 26 in the Ranch Estates neighborhood on the south end of Woodland Park, officials said. An investigation revealed the bear…