Historical Stories

The Hayden Heritage Center Museum, housed in a historic 1918 railroad station, faces a storage crisis and funding shortfalls despite community support and mill levies.

Craig native and former restaurant owner Mel Newton launches Wingz-n-Thingz, a new food truck specializing in crispy wings and burgers, turning post-retirement boredom into a local culinary venture.

Exploring the decades-long debate over night skiing and infrastructure in Vail, from the 1976 ice arena to the 1996 Eagle's Nest expansion.

Traces the evolution of home heating in Aspen from manual coal shoveling and Stokermatic hoppers to modern propane and oil systems, highlighting the loss of physical labor.

Liam Gebauer, a Steamboat Springs High School sophomore, turns a Milan travel frustration into a startup creating elegant wood-face analog watches to help users disconnect from digital noise.

Explore how Jim Pavelich launched the Vail Daily on June 15, 1981, with a single-sheet strategy to dominate the local newspaper market in Eagle County.

Explore the history and technical challenge of Weller Slab's Ultra Edge route, pioneered by local legend Harvey Carter, where vintage pitons and modern bolts meet on a steep Quartz Monzonite wall.

Bighorn Gravel marks its fifth year in Gypsum with the Ram's Horn Escape, featuring a $10,500 purse and a focus on community and challenging terrain.

Explore how local leaders like Basalt mayor W.W. Frey and Palisade banker George Bowman invested in the Roaring Fork Valley's Midnight Mine, betting their community standing on silver and lead.

Explore how key books by Norris Hundley Jr., Eric Kuhn, and Frank Waters reveal the political and scientific roots of the Colorado River's ongoing water crisis and aridity.

Flat Tops Cafe opens at 70 Moffat Ave. in Yampa, aiming to be the living room of South Routt with comfort food and a focus on community connection.