Special to the Daily
Week of Jan. 21, 2016
Eagle Mayor Yuri Kostick, who had been the subject of a complaint filed with the state ethics commission, announced he would not seek reelection.
Members of the Eagle Town Board remained committed to an expedited process to hire a new town manager. The sitting board planned to have a new manager hired prior to the April municipal election.
The Colorado Department of Transportation reported record-setting traffic through the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels during the New Year’s weekend. Nearly 54,00 vehicles traveled though the westbound tunnel on the highest volume day ever recorded.
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Week of Jan. 20, 2011
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Editor’s note: Ready for 2020 to be over? Yeah, so are we but not before highlighting some of the bright spots in a year unlike any other. Instead of doing a typical look back at the news of 2020, we’re focusing on the stories that showcased the indomitable spirit of our mountain community during a difficult time.
It wasn’t until Dec. 18 that the U.S. Forest Service officially declared the Grizzly Creek Fire 100% contained.
The human-caused fire was ignited in the Interstate 70 median back on Aug. 10 and eventually burned 32,631 acres. Two Type 1 incident management teams Great Basin and Alaska were called in to battle the blaze along with numerous state and local firefighters. For more than a week, I-70 through Glenwood Canyon was closed to traffic which led motorists to make ill-advised decisions to attempt to navigate through the area via Cottonwood Pass or Crooked Creek Road.