By Beth Dodd An unusual structure at the eastern edge of Divide may have caught your eye recently, the new dome building at Above Treeline Construction. The dome is an example of just one of several new products and services that they now have available. Steve and Monica Copp and Dennis and Kayla…
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A Tale of Two Florissants
By Beth Dodd: Like so many other early Colorado pioneers, the Castello family came to Colorado Territory in search of gold. Charles Castello left his home in Florissant, Missouri and travelled by ox team to the gold diggings in Gregory Gulch near Central City in 1859. His father, James Castello followed in 1860.…
A Lifetime Under The Mountains, A Farewell to Ed Hunter
By Beth Dodd: Mining engineer, historian, and author Ed Hunter passed away earlier this summer on July 7th. The long-time Victor resident was in his chair looking out the bay window of his home when his heart gave out. He was 87 years old, and was well-thought of by his friends, family,…
Heard Around Victor
By Beth Dodd It been a good summer in Victor with the improvements to South 4th Street completed at last and the old thoroughfare looking as good as new with fresh pavement, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and painted crosswalks and parking spaces. Ironically, Victor residents have had to change their parking…
$35 Million Recovery Effort Planned in Manitou Springs
By Beth Dodd: The skies have been kinder to Manitou Springs residents this past week since flash flooding hit the town hard on Friday, August 9th. In the worst flooding to date post-Waldo Canyon Fire, Manitou Springs saw six homes destroyed, eleven homes seriously damaged, twenty-three other buildings damaged, forty cars…
Remembering John Collins
Friends of John Collins, the man who drowned on U.S. Highway 24 during Friday night’s flash flood, say they are devastated by his untimely death. Collins, a resident of Divide, died near mile marker 297. His body was found buried near his battered car. It was unclear whether he decided to leave the vehicle of…
Manitou Begins Recovery After Major Flooding
by Beth Dodd (related cover story) A severe flash flood caused devastation in Manitou Springs after 1.3 inches of rain fell on the southern end of the Waldo Canyon burn scar in about 30 minutes between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening August 9th. Blackened water flooded both Fountain Creek and Williams…
What We Pay Them
By Beth Dodd: In these hard times, everyone is stretching their dollars a little further, but some of us have fewer dollars to stretch. How does your job stack up? The figures below reveal what we are earning based upon where we live. Then we compare it with what local government employees are…