- In 1974, a young trail runner from Ouray stood at the corner of Main Street and Third Avenue, where he liked to start his long runs, and decided to do something no one ever had: run all the way to Telluride over a rough mountain road.
- Whitman Park has been a regular congregation spot for Mesa County’s unhoused for years.
- In the 1970s, Peter Hackett was a volunteer doctor in Nepal. Then he fell in love with yaks — and through yaks found love.
- The cornsilk earworm is threatening the long-term viability of the delicacy — and the livelihoods of the farmers who grow it.
- Anna Stout will join Democrat Adam Frisch in the race for the 3rd Congressional District.
- The county has had a consistently higher suicide rate than state and national averages.
- Bendu was found running loose in Palisade. Then he found his humans and a taste of the good life before cancer took his life.
- Steamboat Resort is adding more than 600 acres of new terrain next season, including slopes more prone to avalanches. In anticipation of the change, Steamboat is adding an avalanche dog program that began this year with a black lab named Daisy and a Belgian Malinois/Shepard mix named Mudd.
- On Sundays in the winter, a special ski area is free in Steamboat Springs. And you have just one chance left this season to go.
- Avalanche transceivers, often called beacons, can mean the difference between life and death. It’s not just important to wear them, however. It’s vital to know how to use them.
- “It’s always been one of my biggest nightmares ... and I can tell you, it's much scarier living through that than you can ever imagine.”
- Crested Butte, Buena Vista, Steamboat Springs and others have all seen service disrupted, including not receiving social security checks and other vital mail.
- Avalanches kill more people in Colorado than in any other state — an average of six a year. Scott Benge from Telluride nearly became a part of that statistic. The experienced backcountry skier was buried by an avalanche and likely only survived because of the quick actions of others around him.
- “Yes, if you were to ask us if we were out of practice, we are,” Len Willey said. “But we think the audience might be out of practice, as well.”
- Steamboat Ski Resort has been one of the standouts, already receiving more snow this season than in all of last season.
- Permits will be required for overnight trips into heavily visited spots, including Conundrum Hot Springs, the “Four Pass Loop,” Geneva Lake and Capitol Lake.
