Estes Park News

The chance of afternoon showers across the Estes Valley will strengthen Thursday and on into Thursday night.

According to information compiled and released earlier in the week by the town's finance department, Estes Park sales tax collections for the first five months are up 8 percent over the same five-month period a year ago.

Marlene Borneman of Estes Park and Joan Sutherland from New Zealand have been pen pals for over 50 years.

Copper Penny competition was based on speed, strength and the ability to clear the jump as cleanly as possible.

Estes Park residents, Ambree Zuba and Peter Irish will bring the fire to Thursday Night Live.

Members of the Estes Park Noon Rotary Club recently gathered to thank outgoing officers and board members, present awards and install new leadership.

If you were one of the 200 plus people in attendance Monday night for the first Estes Park Music Festival concert of the 2014 summer series, you will without a doubt, understand why Beethoven reigns supreme among composers.

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a four-part series highlighting the local entities that will benefit from this year's Estes Park United Campaign.

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.