For the second summer in a row, crews have been hard at work at nearly 11,000 feet, trying to clear a caved-in tunnel that conveys water from Colorado’s Western Slope to Front Range cities.
In a sure sign of spring having sprung the roads are filled with runners. Now that the seasons have changed and we progress from skiing to our summer sports, people have laced up their Nikes, their Brooks, there Sauconys, their Asics, and most of all this year, their Hokas (they are everywhere!) and taken to the streets. And trails.
The Roaring Fork Valley community appreciates our precious and rare river resources, and it always shows during the annual Fryingpan and Beyond River Cleanup hosted by the Roaring Fork Conservancy. This year’s cleanup will follow...
Staff reports
Flash flood warnings were issued Tuesday afternoon for wildfire burn scars in the Roaring Fork Valley and Glenwood Canyon but passed without much concern.
A flash flood warning was been issued for the Basalt Mountain and Lake Christine Fire burn area and expired at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Basalt Police Chief Greg Knott said that as of 4:35 p.m. there were no flooding or mudslide issues in the Basalt area. Only light rain fell on the Lake Christine burn scar in the El Jebel-Willits area, he said. There was heavier rain in the burn scar above downtown Basalt but no debris flow as of that time, he said. Rainwater was coming down some Hill District streets but nothing out of the ordinary.
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