Tag: Fort Collins
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4th of July in Colorado: From Arvada to Grand Lake, a look at celebrations across the state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nothing says summer like oohing and aahing as sparkling, human-made constellations explode in the night skies to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Here’s a roundup of Fourth of July fireworks and celebrations across the state. • Arvada: 5:30…
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Safeway workers in Colorado Springs vote to authorize a strike
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Safeway workers are poised to join statewide strikes. Local members, representing 12 stores in the Colorado Springs area, voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The vote did not mean picket lines would be going up at local Safeway stores Tuesday night, but rather…
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Colorado’s new economic and cultural hot spot? Believe it or not, it’s Greeley
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GREELEY — John Hall couldn’t be certain, but he had a hunch, an intuition, so to speak, as to how things might play out in front of the Greeley City Council on April 15. Sitting behind his desk on a late spring Friday morning, the then…
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Taste of Fort Collins marks the unofficial kickoff of summer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS • Joseph McQuain was ready to throw in the towel. Four years into operating his Fort Collins-based barbecue food truck, BIGS Meat Wagon, McQuain’s confidence and energy had wavered in 2016. “The first four…
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How ‘the world’s most perfect food’ came to Colorado | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS • There’s an old song, “Waltzing Matilda.” It’s an old Australian song. “It’s about a wandering hobo,” Steve Phillips says. He would not describe himself as a hobo back in 2004, but a ski bum, yes. He was a wandering soul indeed, an…
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Federal judge allows human trafficking lawsuit to proceed against Fort Collins motel operator
A federal judge agreed earlier this month that a lawsuit could proceed against the operator of a Fort Collins motel for allegedly violating a 20-year-old human trafficking law. The plaintiff, a transgender woman identified as P.C., alleged she was the victim of sex trafficking at the Motel 6 located at 3900 E. Mulberry Street. She claimed…
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10 spots for comfort food across Colorado’s Front Range
Just as winter is about skiing in the mountains in Colorado, it’s about finding comfort back home. It’s about finding a taste of home — that heavy chow that brings us warmth and brings us back. Consider these feasts across the Front Range: Gray’s Coors Tavern, Pueblo: We can’t talk about comfort food in Colorado…
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New trail to connect shores of popular reservoir in northern Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An anticipated trail touring a popular reservoir in northern Colorado is close to complete. Larimer County is calling it the Bay to Bay Trail — a 1.8-mile path connecting two go-to areas at Horsetooth Reservoir, Inlet Bay and South Bay. A news release announcing recent construction…
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Xcel details energy plan amid Colorado heatwave
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With potentially record-breaking heat pushing through the metro Denver area this weekend, many homes will be relying on air conditioning to get through — all stemming from electricity. Xcel Energy — which serves over 3.7 million customers throughout eight states, including Colorado — is planning ahead on keeping energy…
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Northern Colorado natural area expanding as part of 3,500-acre vision
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An area for conservation and recreation is growing in northern Colorado, helping to realize a long-term goal of local land managers. The 140-acre addition to Prairie Ridge Natural Area “represents the final piece in a 25-year effort creating a 3,500-acre separator between Loveland and Fort…