Greg Muhonen News Today

The Town of Estes Park held a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the present and future of the 1% sales tax renewal, with multiple town officials outlining the updated components the tax renewal would fund, including more specific funding for wildfire mitigation and infrastructure expansion. The meeting began with Town Administrator Travis Machalek describing the […]

After accidents on both Friday and Saturday at the roundabout at Wonderview and MacGregor Avenues, dozens of area residents took to social media platforms to express concerns about the safety of the roundabout that was constructed in 2020. One car careened into the ditch on Friday night resulting in a major rescue by members of […]

Everyone who has been inconvenienced by construction in town, hold up your hand! (Many hands imagined.) As an Estes Park trustee the past four years and currently a candidate for mayor, I have been encouraged to write about issues of concern. Here, I am focusing on downtown construction. In 2013 the town successfully applied for […]

A public meeting was held Thursday morning in the Town Hall Board Room to explain the town’s plan to ask voters to extend the 1% sales—referred to as the 1A tax—which is set to sunset on June 30, 2024. Currently the sales tax in Estes Park is 8.7%. Of that amount, 2.9% is allocated to the […]

As construction work continues on the US36 and Community Drive Roundabout in Estes Park, concrete jersey barriers have been removed, allowing visibility of the progress made on the project. With the extension of the recreation trail underpass at US36 completed and the trail reopened to public use on July 13, work continues on the curb […]