Grand County News

Peterson Trail work is ongoing this week. The trail will extend the Fraser To Granby Trail allowing users to bike to the ball fields from Fraser.

The Aurora man who died from a motor home fire at the T Lazy W RV Park near Grand Lake in mid-March was intoxicated at the time, Grand County Coroner Brenda Bock said.

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.

The wife of a skier killed in an avalanche at the Winter Park ski resort is suing Intrawest, the ski area's operator.

Get informed. Get involved. Grand County Trails Night is Thursday, May 31 5:30-730 p.m at Crooked Creek Saloon in Fraser.

Informational presentations with Q & A 6-7 p.m., May 24, Kremmling Library 6-7 p.m., May 29, Grand Lake Fire Station #1 6-7 p.m., May 31, Granby Library Training Academy will be Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24.

It's almost summer, a time to celebrate the reading skills and strategies that students have acquired and practiced all year long.

Granby Enterprise Initiative board members Jynnifer Pierro, Kyle Harris and Marise Cipriani with Annie's Angels owner Annie Griifin and her employees.

Col. Michael D. Wirt's database of injuries and treatment in his corner of the Afghan war could be a model for improving care, but the military has yet to follow his example.

Western Area Power Authority has released its Environmental Impact Statement and is planning to go forward with the proposed 138-KV, 105-foot tall towers with multiple rows of transmission lines running from the Granby Farr Pumping Plant on Lake Granby to Windy Gap.

What: Tree Planting and Care in Grand County When: 1 p.m. Sunday, May 20, Fraser Historic Church How Much: Free Cathleen Brown attended Don McDavid's class, "Tree Planting and Care in Grand County," last year in Winter Park.

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.

A home on County Road 8350, known as Rainbow Lane, in Winter Park Ranch sustained heavy damage from a fire Saturday, May 12.

For more information about how to help, come to the Fraser Cemetery at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, or call Dave Cautrel, 970-531-3718. Dave Cautrel wants to see Glen Wilson's dream of a Memorial Wall in the Fraser Cemetery realized - and it's close, but help is needed.

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 2012 special district elections take place on Tuesday, May 8, and in Grand County that means five special districts will be holding elections out of a total of about 53 special districts in the county.

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.

As always, we remind everyone to please drink responsibly as both the State Patrol, as well, the "local constabulary," is always looking to populate the county jail .