Jamestown News

Fire crews on the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests will be burning slash piles in the Boulder and Clear Creek Ranger Districts starting this fall and continuing through the spring of 2010.

Salmon-pink Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca, pale green Lecanora novomexicana and an orange xanthoria create a work of art on the tundra.

Shane Niemeyer works to fix a bike tire during his ride in Lefthand Canyon on Monday afternoon.

In 1909, when residents of the city of Jamestown wished to dispose of fallen leaves it might be of interest to know that though an ordinance of the city prohibited the burning of any material in the public street, it was amended in 1908 to permit the burning of leaves on unpaved streets, provided the fire was watched by some person of suitable age ...

A Jamestown Hospital spokesman says about 30 young people attending a church conference were treated after taking ill from carbon monoxide fumes.

A scary situation for dozens of kids Friday as they fall victim to carbon monoxide poisoning.

A Jamestown Hospital spokesman says about 30 young people attending a church conference were treated after taking ill from carbon monoxide fumes.

In the recent decision regarding paving 1.5 miles in Sunshine, the commissioners' rhapsodic speeches around rural character and mountain roads do not make sense.

What: The Humane Society of Boulder Valley holds day camps for students ages 6 to 10 during teacher in-service days.

In his 20 years of recreational bicycle riding, Andrew Couch says he has been hit by a car, had beer cans thrown at his head, had car doors opened to "wing" him and faced drivers who got out of their cars to goad him to fight.

In his 20 years of recreational bicycle riding, Andrew Couch says he has been hit by a car, had beer cans thrown at his head, had car doors opened to "wing" him and faced drivers who got out of their cars to goad him to fight.

Kevin Knapp, left, and Ryan Lowe climb Lee Hill Drive on their bikes Friday afternoon.

After my 0'dark thirty conference call this morning I went out for a spin on my bike.

The $6.6 million that Boulder County is lending homeowners for energy-efficiency and renewable-energy improvements includes projects in the following communities and areas of the county: Boulder: $2,886,715 in loans for 168 projects Eldorado Springs: $15,000 loan for one project Erie: $250,211 in loans for 12 projects Jamestown: $23,609 in loans ...

The drill, which had been postponed twice because of snowstorms, was a good chance for various agencies to prepare together for a large-scale emergency.

The details of the exercise, which begins at 8 a.m. with a briefing for staff members and those playing the victims in the mock disaster, are secret so as to best re-create the conditions of an actual emergency.

More than 100 slash piles were created and burned as a result of forest-thinning projects.

Boulder Valley's mountain schools -- Nederland Middle/Senior High School and Gold Hill, Jamestown and Nederland elementary schools -- will start two hours late today because of high snow accumulations from the recent storm, Boulder Valley officials said Sunday.

Several Jamestown residents called 911 late Monday night to report flooding and a mudslide across Main Street, officials said.

This week's forecast warm-up is expected to increase the risk of mud and rock slides in Colorado's high country.