2013
- Boulder Valley schools sustained nearly $5 million in damage because of September's flooding, and now 鈥 nearly three months after water poured through several buildings and inundated athletics fields, playgrounds and parking lots 鈥 district
- Meteorologists estimate that one inch of rain generally equals about a foot of snow, depending on the snow鈥檚 density, of course. That means early December鈥檚 6-inch snowfall, inconvenient as it may have been, was the equivalent of about a half-inch
- The horses are at it again.Restless hooves beat sand and silt into the air. Trots evolve into canters as mustangs and miniatures dance to an impatient rhythm under a Rocky Mountain sky.鈥淲hat is going on out there today?鈥 Sara Martinelli murmurs to
- The state opened U.S. 36 between Lyons and Estes Park, Colo., Monday, Nov. 4. Photographer Robert R. Denton took the drive between the two towns affected by heavy flooding in mid-September. The order of the photos reflect what Denton saw as he drove
- Download the agenda for the Flood Disaster Study CommitteeA Colorado legislative committee organized to address various infrastructure and policy concerns in the aftermath of the September floods will meet for the first time on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in
- Many Lyons residents moved back into their homes this weekend, and along with the Xcel workers who hooked up their utilities, local and national media were there to greet them.The Longmont Times-Call wrote that "hundreds" of families in the town of
- The U.S. government is back in business, and so are many Estes Park area entrepreneurs, especially since Oct. 12, the date Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper diverted state money to open some basic functions of Rocky Mountain National Park.Estes Park
- Though scheduled for a reopening on Dec. 1, the 15-mile stretch of U.S. Route 36 from Lyons to Estes Park could be ready even earlier if a Colorado Department of Transportation and National Guard collaboration is successful.CDOT spokeswoman Ashley
- Volunteers stoke and tend the bonfire near Jeremy Barnes' house between Boulder and Lyons, Colo., Oct. 12, 2013. Barnes' house was nearly destroyed in the September flood that devastated the town. Photo by Emilie Bierschenk.Jeremy Barnes moves from