Divide News

In case you missed the last issue, after being laid off, I decided to take the opportunity to see the Rockies on my new Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic.

Another Sunday fun-day is here. If you want to get out of the house today, jump outside this morning before the clouds roll in over the mountains this afternoon.

Motorists driving Highway 24 near Falcon can expect short delays Thursday as the highway is repaved.

Cooler air is oozing southward into Colorado, bringing a variety of effects. In northern Colorado, including the Denver metro area, northern Elbert and northern Lincoln counties, there were tornadoes, damaging winds and damaging hail.

Becky Sherstad, Cate Houdek, Leigh Girvin and Valeria Giovanini.Continental Divide Land Trust and Summit County Open Space promoted this program with help from Frisco Elementary School students May 28 and volunteers including the four gals above on Friday, May 29.

Adrian Rodriguez, with the Denver Parks and Rec. Department, connected water sprinklers in Washington Park on June 1, 2009.

The Colorado Department of Transportation begins its second highway project funded with American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds on Tuesday, May 19.

Colorado has begun spending its $400 million transportation stimulus money on new highway projects, starting with a $1.2 million paving project south of Denver.

Randy Steidl with the Innocence Project, wrongfully jailed for murder in Illinois, speaks to the panel Wednesday.

That spring storm will continue to move away from our area, but leaving behind scattered snow and rain showers for most of Eastern Colorado.

The view through most drivers' windshields in the Denver area this morning. West of town, heavy snow was the scene instead.

Few problems have been reported so far in Teller County as the first wave of the latest winter storm moved through overnight.

Ice had begun to coat the Colorado Department of Transportation camera on I-70 at Empire at midday on April 16, 2009.

Depending on whom you ask, Aaron Million's idea is either the solution to Colorado's water problems or a quixotic scheme with no anchor in reality.

A classic spring storm is headed for Teller and El Paso counties tonight and the National Weather Service warns that travel into the mountains or even north beyond Monument will be a dangerous proposition come morning.

A soggy spring snowstorm could bring the heaviest snowfall the metro area has seen all year tomorrow.

A weak weather disturbance will move from west to east across Colorado tonight, bringing areas of rain, then snow.

Cooler air and a weather disturbance from the west will bring good snow to the mountains, but just chilly temperatures and maybe a flurry for the Denver area.

I have a classic Western postcard tacked to the bulletin board above my computer.

A powerful Pacific storm system accompanied by much colder air will move into Colorado on Friday.