Hot Sulphur Springs News

The Sylvan Fire that was burning in the national forest south of Hot Sulphur Springs was fully contained as of Tuesday morning, May 29.

The Sylvan Fire burning in the national forest south of Hot Sulphur Springs was still contained to one acre as of late Wednesday and received 4 to 5 inches of snowfall during the night into Thursday morning.

A half dozen Grand County-based U.S. Forest Service firefighters and a helicopter are battling a 1-acre wildfire about eight miles south of Hot Sulphur Springs.

Denver Water CEO/Manager Jim Lochhead and other leaders from Denver Water, the Western Slope and Governor John Hickenlooper spoke at a news conference in this file photo about the proposed Colorado River Cooperative Agreement last year.

Colorado's largest water utility and two western counties are ratifying a deal aimed at balancing the Denver-area's demand for water with the needs of mountain communities.

Grand County Commissioners Gary Bumgarner, Nancy Stuart and James Newberry, and County Manager Lurline Underbrink Curran receive the 2012 Trout Conservation Award from Trout Unlimited local chapter president Kirk Klancke and Trout Unlimited executive director David Nickum on Tuesday in Hot Sulphur Springs.

The Riflesight Notch trestle on the Moffat Road is among the historic structures on the route designated as "en dangered" because of demolition, neglect, natural forces, land-value fluctuation, and unsympathetic owners, according to Colorado Preservation Inc.

Various sentences were handed down in Grand County Court and the District Court at Hot Sulphur Springs during the past two weeks.

Survivors include two sons, Randy and Robert, both of Hot Sulphur Springs,; one daughter, Kathy Deines of Maxwell, N.M.; three brothers, Dale Nickerson of Grand Junction, Ted Nickerson of Burbank, Calif., and Delbert Nickerson of Atlanta; three sisters, Shirley Lynch of Colorado, Beverly Bogardus of Aurora and Donna Vantrease of Washington; six ... (more)