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Along with composting chips from dead lodgepole at the landfill, turning them into pellets for fuel in Kremmling and lathing logs, another Summit County resident has found a way to use some of the beetle-killed ...

PHOTOS FOR THE CHIEFTAIN/STEPHEN M. VOYNICK A view of the South Platte River and snow-covered peaks greets visitors to Fairplay's Hand Hotel.

Breckenridge police believe thieves are targeting high-end road bikes after a dozen thefts since June.

A Summit County district court judge issued an emergency restraining order late Monday afternoon to prevent the Colorado Department of Revenue from auctioning the contents of Breckenridge's Le Petit Paris ...

Burros or donkeys were the ideal pack animals for 19th-century miners and prospectors in the rugged Colorado high country.

Age: Soon to be 80 Lives in: Westbank Occupation: Retired Describe this valley, in a word.

Here's an update on the opposition to proposed in-situ uranium leeching operations in Park County, from The Fairplay Flume From the article: Uranium is a hot issue, but it's not a partisan issue.

Between 1978 and the mid-eighties I lived in the area known as South Park, Colorado.

Jeffrey Scott Hawn, a 44-year-old Austin, Texas, businessman who owns a ranch in Park County, was charged with 32 counts of animal cruelty earlier this week, one count of criminal mischief and theft to the tune ...

Between 1978 and the mid-eighties I lived in the area known as South Park, Colorado.

Here's an update on Sterling's plans to deal with their water system and its problems, from The Sterling Journal Advocate .

LOVELAND - At least five families connected to Wednesday's immigration raid that led to 18 arrests at a Loveland concrete form company have contacted a 'help line' set up by an immigrants advocate group.

Breckenridge employee Vicki Coughlin is searching for a "Hoosier hopper" since the town-sponsored experiment with a van pool to Fairplay ended on Thursday.

Immigration enforcement officers arrested 18 men at a Loveland concrete business Wednesday morning for allegedly being in the United States illegally.

" Eighty-nine-year old Elsie Stengl and her "gang of friends," as she calls them, had one simple question.

From The Fairplay Flume : "The Great Outdoors Colorado Board recently awarded lottery funds totaling $500,000 to Colorado Open Lands in partnership with Park County for the purchase of a conservation easement ...

Here's an article about snowfall up in Park County this last winter and how it compares to the historical averages, from The Fairplay Flume .

Stephen Floyd practices an innocent form of culture jamming. Here's an example of his work in Fairplay, CO.

Happy birthday, Angelyn. Twenty-five again. Wow, you still look beautiful. Love, Traverse, Jordan and Sydney.

Lightning-sparked wildfire spreads, evacuations ordered By John C. Ensslin , Rocky Mountain News Originally published 08:51 p.m., June 26, 2008 Updated 08:51 p.m., June 26, 2008 A lightning-sparked fire ...