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The official snow total in Denver from the most recent storm to hit Colorado was 5.7 inches. The season total is now 73.3 inches which is almost two feet above normal and we're not done!

On Christmas Eve 2020, Etthan Mañon, an eighteen-year-old from the Dominican Republic, died after a skiing accident at Echo Mountain. It took rescuers more than an hour to extricate Mañon from the trees where hed crashed, and that passage of time may well have spelled the difference between survival and losing his life. Although everything about the incident was tragic, Mañons death appears to have gone unreported for months, until a March 23 Colorado Sun article previewed a new bill abou...

Listen • 0:57 The Echo Mountain Complex Fire destroyed hundreds of homes near Lincoln City. A bill under consideration in Salem would waive construction taxes on the cost of rebuilding. Wildfire victims would not have to pay taxes on the cost of rebuilding their homes under a bill approved Friday in the Oregon House. More than five dozen school districts in Oregon impose taxes on the construction of new houses. This can add thousands to the cost of building a home. Suppor...

1 Share Echo Mountain Resort ski patrolman Paul Amundson adjusts a boundary rope in 2017. A bill in the Colorado Senate, sponsored by two Jefferson County Democrats, would require more transparency from ski areas regarding their safety plans and accident data. (Andy Cross, Denver Post file) A bill sponsored by two state senators that would require Colorado ski resorts to collect and publish safety plans and accident data is scheduled to be heard in a committee of the legislature next week...

24 Shares The deck at Arapahoe Basin’s mid-mountain Black Mountain Lodge is a great place to chill on a day of spring skiing. (Ian Zinner, provided by Arapahoe Basin). A-Basin’s projected tentative closing date is June 6. As of this week, 10 Colorado ski areas have closed for the season and five more will close this weekend, leaving 13 remaining open into mid-April or beyond. Four are expected to be open in May: Loveland, Winter Park, Arapahoe Basin and Breckenridge. Above-normal temp...

Lights and sirens! Bells and whistles! Today, Los Angeles fills your ears and eyes with noise and light, the rush and whoosh of cars and buses and trains, the pinging and ringing of millions of phones, the music that’s not to your liking leaking from other people’s earbuds, and the perpetual glimmer and glare from headlamps and streetlamps and storefronts. And oh, are you ever wistful for the years of yore, for a Los Angeles that surely cherished civilized silences and decent darkness. Boy,...

Flogging Molly albums ranked from worst to best by Dave King In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Flogging Molly frontman Dave King ranks the Irish-American folk-punks’ back catalogue from worst to best… Words: Sam Law St. Patrick’s Day is always a special time of year for Los Angeles-based Celtic punks Flogging Molly. Having emigrated from Dublin to California in his 20s, frontman Dave King initially set up the seven-piece collective as a way of reconnecting with home from 5,000 ...

Print Echo Mountain, amid the 700,000 acres of national forest that is L.A.’s backyard, was once a playground for the well-to-do. More than a century ago, the barren mountaintop above Altadena was transformed into a resort where the wealthy came to party in a civilized manner, breathe fresh air and immerse themselves in nature — all without setting foot on a trail. Some ruins remain, giving modern-day hikers a glimpse of what passed for luxury back in the day. An incline car approaches Ech...

This week on New Tunes at Two well explore four new releases. Monday: David Gray – Skellig A rather sparse, lush, warm mood from Wales’ Gray, inspired by the sparse, rugged, cold landscape of the rocky islands off of Ireland. Tuesday: Andrew Marlin – Fable & Fire, and Witching Hour Mandolin Orange’s mandolinist has released two all instrumental, all acoustic albums this month. Fable & Fire was recorded at Asheville’s Echo Mountain Studios. Wednesday: Lake Street Dive – Obviously Pr...

Corvallis Housing First Receives Aid to Repurpose Motel March 1, 2021 The Oregon Community Foundation announced that Project Turnkey is providing grants for properties in Corvallis, Eugene, and Lincoln City.  Corvallis Housing First was selected and received $2.475 million in funds from Project Turnkey to buy and renovate a 24-room hotel in south Corvallis. Unhoused community members, including disabled people, veterans, people of color, and seniors, will be prioritized.  “We are so excited...