| | | | | Top three easy hikes around Estes Park By Jeff Hanrahan With the amount of high-difficulty, technical hikes around Estes, it can sometimes be overlooked that a main benefit of hiking is just getting outside and taking in
the beauty of nature. https://www.eptrail.com/2023/07/27/top-three-easy-hikes-around-estes-park/  | | | | Quote of the Day – “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” Today A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Tonight A 50 percent chance of […] | | | | | Night work is now complete in ZONE ONE of the Downtown Estes Loop construction. Xcel Energy will have its contractor, Mears, conducting night work on East Riverside Drive and Elkhorn Avenue (ZONE THREE). This is expected to occur nightly, Monday through Friday, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. starting Wednesday, July 26 and continuing until […] | | | | | The admonition to “take nothing but memories; leave nothing but footprints,” attributed to Chief Seattle (after whom the city was named) some two centuries ago, is often cited as a core principle of responsible travel into the backcountry. | | | | | Body camera video showing a Larimer County Sheriff’s deputy tasing a man on Interstate 25 seconds before he was hit by a passing SUV was released Wednesday by attorneys for the man’s family and by the sheriff’s office. | | | | | During the town study session on the evening of July 27 the board got information from and fielded questions about the possible development of workforce housing on a town-owned parcel of land off of Dry Gulch Road. The town-owned parcel off Dry Gulch is 4.08 acres in area and located next to the in-progress Wildfire […] | | | | | New Broncos coach Sean Payton does not suffer fools or overpaid field-goal kickers. There hasn’t been a coach with so much power at team headquarters since Mike Shanahan. | | | | | In a continued move to combat inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its overnight lending rate by 0.25% this week, lifting their overnight lending rate to the highest level in 22 years. Even with inflation moving significantly lower over the past year, the central bank has been unwavering in their commitment not allowing inflation to reverse and move higher. […] | | | | | The Estes Valley Sunrise Rotary Club is selling only 350, $100 raffle tickets for a chance to win one of the following prizes: $10,000, $2,500 and five, $500 cash prizes. The Raffle drawing will take place at the Autumn Gold Festival in Bond Park on the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24. Because the club is selling […] | | | | | This year we once again are pleased to sponsor the Estes Park Studio Tour. Our statement about why T.W. Beck Architects supports the tour is “Architecture is Art in Engineering. Both Art and Architecture enhance our lives and community.” The tour is in its seventh year and features 13 studio locations and 18 artists. Estes Park is […] | | | | | Once a home (or business) energy audit has been completed and the appropriate modifications have been done, it is time to consider major changes to the energy resources used. To purchase and install solar, wind energy, or a geothermal heat pump, it is necessary to know how much energy is required. Collecting a year’s electricity bills and calculating […] | | | |
