The Hit Farm

Colorado parks officials are adding a new hazard for the upcoming Pro Challenge bike race: bears. Parks officials are worried after a bear damaged two tents in Difficult Campground near Aspen. The race schedule includes Independence Pass near Aspen. This week in Hillsboro, STAGES wrapped up auditions, Jackson Bottom planned a barn owl release and [...]

BY JAMES M. O'NEILL Ford Motor Co. wants to take ownership of about five acres of Ringwood State Park as part of its continuing cleanup of toxic paint sludge and other waste it dumped in the area in the 1960s and early 1970s. There is concern within the tourism and private park industry that the [...]