Colorado agency steps up to buy Stanley hotel after sale falls through

A deal for the state of Colorado to purchase the famous Stanley Hotel in Estes Park that inspired Stephen King’s “The Shining” is officially on the table. The Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority stepped up with a plan to buy the haunted hotel after a deal to sell the Stanley to an Arizona nonprofit … Read more

Colorado’s Amache historic site now America’s newest national park

Amache National Historic Site in southeastern Colorado is officially America’s newest national park, the National Park Service announced Thursday. Amache, located one mile outside of Granada, was one of 10 incarceration sites used to detain thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II. The town of Granada acquired and donated the land needed to establish the … Read more

Two lanes of westbound I-70 near Morrison closed for emergency roadwork

The right two lanes on westbound Interstate 70 are closed for emergency road work, officials announced Friday afternoon. The interstate lanes are closed between Colorado 470 and Morrison Road as crews work to repair a deep pothole, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation on X. Motorists should expect delays in the area, and there is … Read more