By: Dawn Wilson

Peyton Wilkerson was selected to represent Team USA in the Pan American Continental Championship Mountain Bike Race in Puerto Rico on March 26.

A few days ago, a newcomer, who had moved to Estes Park last fall, requested to talk with me about our community. After the requisite introductions and chit chat, she shared with me that she’s been staying home—not because of the pandemic—for fear of the unknown.

A new telephone hotline and online form are available to report compliance concerns with Vacation Home and Bed & Breakfast Registrations located within Estes Park town limits. To report a compliance concern by phone, please call 970-577-4787, or submit an online form at estes.org/reporta…

The 2020 wildfire season was incredibly devastating to the Colorado landscape, homes, infrastructure, and the economy. Whether your home or business was undamaged, partially damaged, or destroyed by fire, spring rains and snow runoff on a wildfire burn scar can produce flash flooding both do…

The Town of Estes Park is seeking members for the Estes Park Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee to help guide preparation of the Town’s new Comprehensive Plan. Individuals will be appointed by the Town Board to terms of approximately one year and seven months and the committee will dissol…

By: Dawn Wilson

Present Exhibit

By: Steve Irish

Throughout April, the Estes Park Archives will focus on early Estes Park businesses operated solely or primarily by women, concentrating on a separate category each Saturday, broken down into Laundries, Lodging, Tea Rooms, and Teaching.

After a long, dark and difficult year I believe better days are ahead for Estes Park.

The Town of Estes Park is asking citizens, especially those with school-aged children, to participate in a community survey which will help guide the design of the Graves Avenue Safe Routes to School project. Please visit Graves-Ave-SRTS.com before April 5 and click on the “Community Survey”…

By: Dawn Wilson

The solid ties between local nonprofits and small businesses energized during a year of pandemic. Partnerships and collaboration among small business and local nonprofits ensured our community had what we needed. But, this isn’t happening only during times of intense challenge.

In collaboration with the Estes Valley Community Center's “Elevated Connections” program, EPH healthcare providers will be resuming some of the wellness talks that were interrupted by COVID a year ago. Note that there are social-distancing and masking restrictions in place, but the capacity …

Estes Park has a long-tradition of its townspeople voluntarily sharing of their expertise and skillsets for the benefit of the common good. They step up during good, as well as trying times. That they do so, and do so in large numbers is a tribute to the character of the people who chose to …

By: Dawn Wilson

By: Karen McPherson,

Keeping nature’s events in proper perspective can, at times be problematic. The spring snowstorm of the past week was one of the problematic times. While the media hype surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and wildfires of the past year, matched the actualities of each event, the hype for the s…

The Gravitas Peak Prescribed Fire Module and The Ember Alliance, with support from the Big Thompson Conservation District, are intending to conduct a slash pile burn on Meadowdale Lane near the town of Estes Park. Burning may start as soon as Monday morning, March 15, 2021 or may occur other…

By: Dawn Wilson

Bank of Estes Park is pleased to announce a very valuable addition to our management team—Robert Armstrong, Loan Officer. With over three decades as a banking professional, he has done it all—primarily working for small, community banks, including helping launch a de novo bank, but also work…

It’s springtime in the Rockies. The time we get our biggest snowfalls and the bull elk begin to lose their antlers.

Estes Park Health now has two general surgeons employed through Estes Park Health to provide the community with 24/7 surgical care: Jennifer McLellan, MD, and Scott Woodard, MD. This replaces the contracted Rural Physicians Group “surgicalist” program that has provided general surgery for th…

The 100 Years: A Celebration of Women, Their Stories project has come to an end. These stories ran weekly in the Estes Park News over the course of the last year.

By: Wendy Koenig, Estes Park Mayor

By: Dawn Wilson

The Estes Valley Community Center is happy to announce the re-opening of the lower level on Monday, March 15. Lauren Pavlish, our Adult Recreation Coordinator commented,

Grant applications for 2021 from the Village Thrift Shop (VTS) are now available for charitable organizations providing services to the Estes Valley community. Non-profits determined by the Internal Revenue Service to operate as a 501(c) (3) and registered in good standing with the Colorado …

The Stanley Home Museum & Education Center’s goal is to inspire and educate guests by telling stories about F.O. and Flora Stanley’s leadership and contributions to the early development of Estes Park while experiencing the beautiful 116 year-old Stanley home.

By: Dawn Wilson

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By: Jill Flegal

The fullness of the town board’s meeting agendas never ceases to amaze me. The stream of issues we must consider seems to continue uninterrupted.

“Make no little plans; they have no magic... Make big plans; aim high in scope and work. ”

Free COVID-19 testing will be provided for Estes area residents on March 1. This testing is for symptomatic individuals and those who have been identified as close contacts of positive COVID cases.Testing will be held at the Pavilion (1115 Rooftop Way at the Fairgrounds) from 10 a.m. - 12 p.…

By: Dawn Wilson

It’s established science that physical activity is good for us. It’s also winter in Estes Park. Sometimes, its difficult to get outside for that physical activity. (It’s not the snow and cold…it’s the WIND) Here at the Estes Valley Community Center, we are beginning to increase our occupancy…

By: Karen McPherson,