Chris Koeberl

Former Carlson Elementary School building in Idaho Springs is set to become affordable housing

Every other Wednesday a brightly colored food truck arrives at the Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District in Idaho Springs, it’s the Kitchen One-For-One crew and it means freshly made tacos are on the way to whomever wants them, for free. A buffet style system is set up inside the rec center where a crew of […]

As Idaho Springs becomes more of a tourist destination, local downtown businesses joined together for a local Block Party July 23, inviting residents and local employees to celebrate summer “Miner St. style”. “It is definitely designed more toward local, with root beer floats for free and free local t-shirts,” Idaho Springs Business Community Promotion Board […]

The annual bluegrass event will be held at the ballfields in east Idaho Springs on Aug, 15 and 16

Colorful leaves of the mountain aspens draw thousands of people from around the world and across the country to Colorado to witness nature in its splendor, and Guanella Pass in Georgetown is its epitome, according to several visitors to the pass in recent years. The Clear Creek Sheriff’s Department is again anticipating an onslaught of […]

As Clear Creek County locals gathered in Minton Park in Empire for “National Night Out” Aug. 5, a formidable and intimidating “Mine Resistant Ambush Protected” vehicle, known as an MRAP, operated by the sheriff’s department, was center stage. According to military specifications the MRAP weighs between 34,000-to-53,000 pounds, depending on armor and payload. Its armor […]

Colorful leaves of the mountain aspens draw thousands of people from around the world and across the country to Colorado to witness nature in its