Find Pumpkins & Pilsners, Rocky’s Backyard Ultra, haunted tours, live music, and more in Estes Park October 9-11, 2026.
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Stanley project reaches halfway point as vision for arts, film, and culture takes shape
Construction cranes, earth-moving equipment, and piles of dirt have changed the landscape around The Stanley Hotel — rebranded as The Stanley — over the past 12 months. But in late September, the people behind the project stopped to leave something of themselves behind. Members of the Stanley Partnership for Art, Culture, and Education, or SPACE, […]
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Salud grant will support rural health services in Estes Park
Estes Park will share in an $8.4 million grant awarded to Salud Family Health to support healthcare services in four rural Colorado communities. Salud received $8,417,247 through Colorado’s Rural Health Transformation Program, a five-year federal initiative to stabilize and modernize healthcare in rural and frontier communities. The grants were announced Sept. 28. Salud will use […]
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No parties here
The Town Board trustees and the mayor hold nonpartisan positions. They make decisions based on Estes factors. That doesn’t mean they don’t each have personal opinions about candidates and issues. I’m sure each of them votes for the candidates and ballot issues that resonate with them in Town, county, state, and national elections. Good. Each […]
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La Voz del Valle de Estes 6 de Octubre 2026
Housing, a Filmmaker’s Legacy and Fall Traditions: This Week in the Estes ValleyEscucha aqui / Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2389634/episodes/19926593 The purchase of Tiny Town could open a new chapter for housing in Estes Park. Elsewhere in the valley, residents are preparing to weigh November ballot measures, a local filmmaker’s final documentary is reaching audiences, and the […]
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Estes Valley Voice 2026 General Election Voters’ Guide – Ballot Measures
Estes Valley Voice 2026 General Election Voters’ Guide – Ballot Measures Buckle up, Estes Valley Voters: your ballots were mailed on Friday, Oct. 2, and they’ll hit mailboxes this week. Your ballot includes 16 measures, plus questions about candidates for federal, state, and county offices, plus judicial retention questions. Estes Valley voters can click the […]
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A slice of Iowa is coming to Estes Park
You can take the girl out of Iowa, but you can’t take the Iowa out of the girl. I have degrees from both the University of Iowa and Iowa State, which makes me a Hawkeye and a Cyclone. A CyHawk, if you will. It also means I know pie is a perfectly reasonable reason to […]
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News Briefs – Oct. 5
UCHealth makes community grants Four Estes Park nonprofits — Crossroads Assistance Ministry, The Bridge of Estes, Harmony Foundation, and Estes Dementia Day Center — will share $20,000 in grant funding from UCHealth to support health, wellness, and residents in need across the Estes Valley. The Estes Park organizations are among 76 nonprofits across Colorado receiving […]
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Autumn Gold serves up winners, music, and 1,800 brats and hot dogs
Seven raffle winners walked away with prizes totaling $15,000, while more than 3,000 hungry festivalgoers polished off more than 1,800 brats and hot dogs during the 2026 Autumn Gold Music Festival in Bond Park. Jim Horst of Estes Park claimed the $10,000 grand prize in the annual Autumn Gold Raffle. Sharon McNicol of Geneva, Florida, […]
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Who counts? Proposed changes could reshape the 2030 Census
Every 10 years, the United States undertakes one of its largest civic exercises: counting who lives here. The next census may seem distant. It isn’t. The 2030 Census is only four years away, and decisions being considered now could substantially change who is counted, where people are counted, and what we learn about our communities. […]