Clear Creek County News

Go to the mobile version of this Web site. The U.S. Forest Service has shut down the Mount Evans scenic byway for the season.

Career service coordinator Kevin Ashcraft, left, helps U.S. Navy veteran Rick Martinez build his resume using a computer program at Jefferson County Workforce Center in September, 2007.

Sep 5, 2008 7:27 am US/Mountain Reporting Andrea Lopez GEORGETOWN, Colo. Most construction projects on Interstate 70 in the Colorado mountains should be wrapped up before the snow starts to fall later this ...

Private forest landowners may have just another month to clear their property of beetle-infested pine that is now being accepted by Peak to Peak Wood, a nationally unique program created by two state agencies ...

In this largely Democratic district that includes Boulder and mountainous points west, Joan Fitz-Gerald, Jared Polis and Will Shafroth are duking it out to replace Rep.

Cities and counties across Colorado are teaming up with state transportation officials on a study to determine whether a high-speed commuter railway is feasible in the state.

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