Estes Park News

The Friends of the Estes Valley Library are busy sorting donations and making preparations for this year's Used Book Sale happening Aug. 8 through 10, offering book lovers a treasure trove of bargains, while raising vital funds to support the library throughout the year.

The library storytime party will be held at Stanley Park. A highlight of the special party will be Vern's Mini Train.

Temperatures in the 80s are expected Monday across the Estes Valley as the area warms up and dries out.

Visit Estes Park, the mountain community's marketing organization, has received a $149,877 grant to promote tourism as a way to recover from last September's flood.

Writer Stephen King stayed at the 140-room neo-Georgian Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO; which inspired him to write The Shining .

From left: Bruce Wallace, program director for Larimer County Food Bank; Cecilia Everson, dietitian; and, Kids Cafe Volunteers Mary Ann Martin and Kathy Littlejohn provide free breakfast and lunch for children who need it during the summer months at the Estes Park Elementary School cafeteria.

Moose and tourists share Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. The moose have been frequent visitors to the lake this year, much to the delight of tourists and locals alike.

Unknown time. At East 16th Street and Pinyon Street, a 21-year-old Benton, Ark., man on suspicion of damaging private property and selling without a license.

From left, Brian Trampler , Christy Florence and Rich Mitchell , with the "charmed" 1910 Gramophone.

High in the Comanche Peaks Wilderness, the Flowers Trail cuts a stunning path through still-thawing meadows painted with colorful blooms.

The Estes Valley Planning Commission is recommending that the Estes Park Town Board and the Larimer County Board of Commissioners approve a revised package of changes to the Estes Valley Development Code that will allow microbreweries, microdistilleries, and microwineries.

A panorama of the slide area above Aspen Lodge that was washed out in the September 2013 flood.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation officials are studying a letter from the Estes Park Town Board of Trustees requesting the bureau remove silt and other materials that were deposited in Lake Estes by last September's flood.

The Estes Park Honor Flight Committee celebrated raising $13,423.25 by posing with their Honor Flight banner.

Jeff Cheley, fourth generation director, and Don Cheley, third generation director, will share history and stories about Cheley Colorado Camps with Rotarians on Thursday, July 17. Cheley Camps is celebrating its 94th summer; they have been introducing young people to the Rockies since 1921.

The Estes Park Jazz Big Band will provide music for the July 17 Thursday Night Live at Performance Park.

Rescuers move up the Ute Pass Trail Friday to reach a group of hikers who were struck by lightning.

Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Wednesday that $500,000 in grants are being awarded to promote, advertise and support tourism in areas in or near the ravages of last September's floods.

Jamie Wollrab works in Los Angeles as a director, actor and acting coach, but he grew up in Boulder and loves Colorado.

Clouds gather over the mountains of the Continental Divide west of Estes Park Wednesday morning, bringing with them the threat of additional rain.