Clear Creek County News

Winter Park . Measured on the slopes of newly annexed Winter Park Ski Area, where no one lives, save a few ptarmigan.

Idaho Springs and Clear Creek County will kick off the biggest celebration in the area's history in just six months.

Mary Brake's 9-year-old daughter walked up to Lt. Dave Becker and gave him a note thanking him for looking for her mother in raging Beaver Creek.

VIEW SLIDESHOW JEFFERSON COUNTY - Thick, heavy smoke was visible from the metro area after a structure fire raged Friday morning.

Lightning sparked several wildfires along the Front Range of Colorado Thursday afternoon.

A spate of wildfires flared across the state today, as temperatures continued to bake already parched grasslands and high country terrain.

Beaver Creek - Nine-year-old Bayley Brake sent flowers down Beaver Creek, where she had last seen her mother, Mary Brake, before the current swept her away.

The Colorado Transportation Commission approved a measure Thursday that should allow a $31 million improvement of the road from the north side of Guanella Pass to Georgetown to proceed.

Thank you to Ali Hasan, candidate for Colorado House District 56, and his campaign team for bringing Clear Creek County Commissioner and Chairman Harry Dale to Agave in Avon last Wednesday to increase our ...

For those who have been involved with the variety of discussions on I-70, it seems as though they've been going on for a lifetime.

Boulder & County News Republican enters race against Levy By Heath Urie Thursday, June 5, 2008 A Republican businessman from Clear Creek County plans to challenge Democratic state Rep.

This meeting was very eye-opening of how far behind the curve we are for providing this type of transportation for the I-70 corridor.

Supporters of rail service along Interstate 70 between C-470 and Summit County and proponents of highway widening agreed Thursday on a plan intended to ease congestion in the corridor.

“If we fix the pinch points on the highway, that should be enough.”

Everyone who has driven the Interstate 70 mountain corridor during peak travel times has an opinion about what should be done to "fix it." Those opinions tend to fall into the following camps. via Rocky Mountain News

A Mexican national was sentenced to federal prison for more than five years Friday for crashing a van filled with 14 illegal immigrants, four of whom were killed. via Denver Post Economy/Real Estate

CSU is offering a June lunch discussion about the mountain pine beetle epidemic plaguing Colorado's high country. via Fort Collins Coloradoan

Rocky the grizzly bear is seen at the Forever Wild animal sanctuary in Phelan, Calif. via Denver Post

“They don't know how to drive and that's what causes it.”

It may take a few years to be fully complete, but there might be a breakthrough for easing traffic congestion on I-70. The proposal would open up some parts of the interstate to six lanes. via CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

“I don't think I know all the ramifications of what transit might do to our community”

Using mass transit to relieve I-70 congestion will result in a new set of challenges for mountain towns along the interstate, and local jurisdictions are just starting to grapple with those issues. via The Summit County Journal

Senate Bill 213 would charge Interstate 70 drivers a toll through Jefferson and Clear Creek counties and would likely target peak travel periods when traffic jams are the norm. via Rocky Mountain News