Jackson County News

Cameron Pass will be closed for two days beginning 5 a.m. Wednesday while crews replace a pipe beneath Colorado Highway 14 just east of the pass.

The Colorado Transportation Commission has approved nine extra construction projects around the state with stimulus funds, in part using funds that have been saved from lower-than-expected bids on previous projects.

Look out Bethel. The Woodstock generation plans to migrate back in droves to small towns and rural areas as it ages.

Gov. Bill Ritter has appointed a new judge to take the seat of retiring Judge James Hiatt.

Three Fort Collins lawyers, including a magistrate who runs the county juvenile drug court, have been nominated to the judgeship being vacated by the retiring Chief Judge James Hiatt.

Larimer County Judge C. Edward Stirman announced his retirement, spurring an application process to replace the 10-year veteran.

'Thumbs up to Turning Point staff for generously donating 24 hours toward the planting of the Garden of Eatin' at the Gardens on Spring Creek.' Connie Meyer, Fort Collins 'Disabled Resource Services was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Anschutz Family Foundation.

Local government officials and forestry experts told the House Natural Resources Committee at a hearing Tuesday that small towns, ski resorts, water supplies and electricity transmission lines surrounded by dead or dying forests are at risk for wildfires.

During his 15 years as a magistrate and judge in the 8th Judicial District, Stephen Schapanski has been on the bench serving Larimer and Jackson counties long enough to get a true lay of the land.

A judge with less than two years experience on the bench in District Court has been chosen as chief judge for the Eighth Judicial District serving Larimer and Jackson counties.