After less than four months on the job, Estes Valley Fire Protection District Chief Rick Lasky stepped down last week. He handed his resignation letter to two members of the fire district board last Wednesday afternoon and the public announcement was made in a press release at 2:25 p.m. Thursday. The resignation was effective Friday […]
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The benefits of EV on environment takes center stage in Estes
Route Zero, a clean energy advocacy organization, held a news conference on the south shore of Lake Estes Tuesday at noon to mark the finalization of the federal clean car standards by the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this spring. The multi-pollutant emissions standards set increased protective guidelines to reduce air pollutant emissions from light-duty and […]
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Boulder named one of the six finalists in wooing the Sundance Film Festival
Boulder, Colorado was one of the six cities named yesterday by the Sundance Institute as finalists to potentially be named as the host location for the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027. In an exchange of emails with the Estes Valley Voice yesterday afternoon, Tammy Rosen, the Chief Communications Officer at Sundance Institute, said “We […]
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EP Housing Authority moves forward to purchase Fall River Village for $35M
The acquisition would provide the community with 90 new workforce housing units
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Making new friends
“OK kids, it’s time to go.” And so, after an obligatory scuffle about who would co-pilot, my siblings and I piled into the car and settled in for the 60-mile trip to see the pediatrician for our annual back-to-school physicals and immunizations. I was a seventh grader the last time I saw that doctor in […]
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First construction relief grants to be issued soon
The tabulations have been completed and once the special checks are in hand in the next week, Estes Chamber of Commerce President Colleen DePasquale has her pen primed and is ready to fill in the blanks. According to DePasquale, 63 businesses will share $200,000 provided for Direct Impact Grants that the Town of Estes Park […]
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Library hosts bubble bath at Stanley Park
Children in Estes Park were treated to some good clean fun, courtesy of the Estes Valley Library which hosted a foam party at Stanley Park Tuesday morning. A foam party is something like a pool party, without the pool. Foam on the Range, operated by Ann Lincoln Entertainment of Denver, provided mounds of soft, white […]
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A new stadium is being built at Estes Park High
When the Estes Park Bobcats play their first home game next month, fans will root the team on to victory from a new stadium. The location will remain the same, but the current stadium will be demolished and replaced at a cost of $1.4 million. The Bobcats are set to play Granby’s Middle Park High […]
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Platte River Power to surpass state’s goal of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
UPDATED July 17, 2024, 3:00 p.m. July 17 The following clarifying information was received after the story about tonight’s final public meeting on the Integrated Resource Plan was published. This plan is yet to be adopted by the PRPA board and details the proposed portfolio of resources that will be used to generate electricity for […]
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This year’s rodeo parade took new route with new emcee
The 2024 Rooftop Rodeo Parade charted a new course this year due to construction in the downtown corridor, but according to parade organizers, the venerable rodeo parade may not return to its traditional route along Elkhorn Avenue. The parade kicked off Monday morning at 10 a.m. at the Estes Park Fairgrounds and went south along […]