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Crumbling church, ruined mansion: See these 5 endangered places in Colorado before they disappear

A crumbling 90-year-old church that retains timeless beauty despite its state of disrepair. The ruins of a remote mansion built by a 19th century Colorado governor. A market that predates the birth of Denver and is the oldest continuously operated business in the state. These are just some of the sites that were added to […]

Cañon City named as a finalist to be in Hulu TV show

Carie Canterbury, Canon City Daily RecordA look at Canon City Main Street in July. Cañon City received exciting news on Tuesday morning that it was one of six finalists to be featured in streaming service Hulu’s show “Small Business Revolution,” according to the show’s creators. If selected, the town outside of Colorado Springs will host […]

These Colorado businesses are offering Black Friday deals, and there’s not a TV or video game console in the bunch

Around Colorado, millions of companies will be offering deals and special promotions beginning this Friday within their Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend that serves as the unofficial kickoff of the holiday buying season. Maybe not all of them hail from the standard corners of this retail sector. Hotels, spas, recreational marijuana stores, are getting in on […]

With outdoor recreation tourism booming, towns pick up the tab for squeezed US Forest Service

VAIL, Colo. — The most popular trekking route in one of Colorado’s most-visited vacation cities snakes up a narrow valley throughout quivering aspen and fragrant pine trees. The views are picture-perfect in the wilderness area here — however on a summer months, this can be tough to bring a photo that plants out the audiences. […]

The 10-year story of how Grandoozy landed in Denver, and why it’s not in City Park

This weekend, a type of music lovers will embark to a golf course in southwest Denver for Grandoozy, a festival including Stevie Wonder and musicians of diminished celebrity. In an alternate reality, Stevie and buddies would be partying at Denver’s historic City Park. This was the idea that first landed on city planners’ desks about. […]

Colorado’s fall colors are beginning to explode. Here’s where to start aspen peeping.

Care, Front Range leaf-lovers: As drought conditions in Colorado interrupt the time of the annual fall-colors burst, the aspens in Clear Creek County are ready to inspire awe. “They’re beautiful,” stated Cassandra Carroll, who operates at the U.S. Forest Service Visitors Center in Idaho Springs. “They’re at their peak, however there are patches on Guanella […]

Rafters, anglers worry as Colorado’s famed white water becomes low water

KREMMLING, Colo. – In the state known as the “mother of rivers,” the third-warmest and driest period in more than a century is wreaking havoc on waterways that provide the economic lifeline for rural communities and high-alpine habitat for Colorado’s signature fish, the greenback cutthroat trout. The extremes of temperature and precipitation – too much […]