Tag: state
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Condé Nast Traveler names one Colorado ski area ‘No. 23 Ski Resort in US’ for 2025
Condé Nast Traveler announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards and one southwestern Colorado ski resort made the list as the #23-ranked ski resort in the USA. Purgatory Mountain Resort north of Durango can now add this accolade to its wall. According to Condé Nast Traveler, it received more than 757,000 survey responses from readers across…
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Colorado State Land Board approves carbon lease to restore San Luis Valley rangeland
480-acre project will rehabilitate trust land near Alamosa, sequester carbon and increase school revenues The Colorado State Land Board approved a new partnership that aims to restore degraded rangeland while opening a new revenue stream for public schools. The board authorized a 15-year grassland carbon lease on 480 acres northwest of Alamosa to Land and…
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Six facts about the Mighty Argo Cable Car gondola being built in Idaho Springs
Construction on Colorado’s newest mountain-town tourist attraction hits milestones The Mighty Argo Cable Car gondola, just north of Clear Creek in Idaho Springs, is one step closer to completion with the lower terminal nearly fully built and visible from Interstate 70. At the top of the gondola at Miners Point, the multi-level Argo Outpost also…
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Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and…
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Boys’ swimming and diving Peak Performer: Coronado’s Hudson Newsom built for this moment
No need to ask who placed first in the 4A 100-yard breaststroke at the state swimming and diving meet this season. Hudson Newsom is happy to share the results. Newsom entered the race at Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center in May as the top seed and that’s how the Coronado senior left the event. Newsom scorched…
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Ashton Jeanty at NFL combine
Former Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty speaks at the NFL combine on Friday.
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Gazette Preps Lookahead: Previewing the upcoming week in sports
State and regional competitions will begin soon as area athletes prep for the road to a championship. Here are the notable contests and happenings in the Pikes Peak region this week. The below information is official as of Wednesday afternoon. Compelling contests Boys basketball Lewis-Palmer at Discovery Canyon, 6 p.m. Thursday After Lewis-Palmer’s 74-59 victory…
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Colorado state legislature election spending sees Democrats on defensive to hold recent gains
Election spending shows Colorado’s state democrats spending to hold onto recent gains rather than going on the offensive, Colorado Politic’s Marianne Goodland says.
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State cross country: TCA girls repeat as 3A champs; Manitou Springs girls take second’ Banning Lewis boys earn third
Cross country dominance for The Classical Academy is nothing new. But that never means it’s easy. The Titans’ girls put together a remarkable race as they once again captured the 3A team state championship. It’s their third consecutive championship as all five of their scoring runners finished in the top 15. Vivian Jack and Ellie…