Tag: Huerfano County
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Southern Colorado ski area set to revive after long-awaited deal is finalized
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After years of contentious talks, a plan is in place for the next life of a southern Colorado ski area. Huerfano County commissioners recently approved a 40-year operating agreement with a nonprofit to run county-owned Cuchara Mountain Park, home to the old ski area that…
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Long abandoned ski area in Colorado opens for season after major funds
Editor’s note: Cuchara Mountain Park’s “ski bus” started running over the weekend (Dec. 14-15) for skiers interested in a ride up the slopes of the formerly abandoned ski area. Nonprofit Panadero Ski Corp. will be selling $40 tickets on Saturdays and Sundays when conditions allow. If the saga of a southern Colorado ski area revival…
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Ownership could change over old ski mountain in southern Colorado
Control of a ski area revival in southern Colorado could shift following a recent decision by Huerfano County commissioners. Two of the three voted to pursue transferring Cuchara Mountain Park back to Cuchara Foundation, which in 2017 purchased the former ski area base that was abandoned at the turn of the century. The foundation then…
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‘Ski bus’ is back at southern Colorado slopes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s not a chairlift, but instead a much different ride that has returned to Colorado’s ski scene. Nonprofit Panadero Ski Corp. calls it a “ski bus” — an open-air, 22-passenger trailer with long skis instead of wheels pulled uphill by a snowcat. The nonprofit overseeing a…
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Colorado’s unemployment drops again, recovers all pandemic job losses
Colorado’s unemployment rate continues its slow but steady decline. June’s household survey found that the state’s unemployment level edged down a tenth of a percentage point to 3.4%, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. It has been 12 consecutive months of flat or dropping unemployment levels, according to the department. Colorado’s unemployment…
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22-year-old Colorado cold case: New images released
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday released new images of a Jane Doe who was found in southern Colorado more than two decades ago. The images were digitally reconstructed and investigators hope they will…
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Justice being denied in a Colorado county because of persistent evidence delays, prosecutor charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Brian Puerta told police he was bedded down at a truck stop in rural Huerfano County, snuggled up in a sleeping bag in the front passenger seat of his blue Buick when a stranger banged on the passenger window in the middle of the day…
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Colorado unemployment rate unchanged in March
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t make much progress in March as the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.4%, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Colorado new jobless claims slide lower for seventh consecutive week The department revised February’s rate…
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Colorado unemployment rate unchanged in February
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unemployment rate in February remained unchanged from January at 6.6%, even as the state eased COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on businesses early in the month. First-time Colorado unemployment claims edge higher While 1,900 more people found jobs than returned to Colorado’s job market, that wasn’t…