- The hand-painted curtains and sets had been moldering in the attic under layers of coal and bat guano dust for more than a century. Then a theater historian found the motherlode.
- When heavy smoke settles over vines, as it did recently during the Pine Gulch Fire, it can cause something called “smoke taint” that can impact the taste of wine. Miranda Ulmer is a Colorado State University Extension viticulture specialist. She is hoping for the best as she surveys vineyards around the Grand Valley for possible smoke damage.
- Highs and lows on a first day of school remade by the pandemic.
- The Western Slope town of Ridgway is one of 28 places worldwide to earn designation as an International Dark Sky Community
- The state’s largest geothermal pool — the Glenwood Hot Springs — opened Monday, June 8, as did the Iron Mountain Hot Springs in Glenwood Springs.
- When it comes to coronavirus in Colorado, Mesa County earns high marks for low numbers. The county with the largest population center on the Western Slope appears to be doing better than many Colorado places at keeping the virus at bay.
- Nurse Practitioner Lisa Merck noticed coronavirus symptoms in mid-February. She spent two months in home quarantine but says she's ready to get back to a more normal life after recent tests showed she's virus-free.
- An estimated half of the North Fork valley’s peach crop froze in mid-April and in the Grand Valley orchards around Palisade, the fruit tree buds were further along and suffered even worse damage. Many growers there lost the majority of their peach crop.
