The good times keep rolling for the Woodland Park’s boys’ basketball team. Is this team flawless? Not really. Are they winning? Well, don’t bet against the Panthers, at least for the 2016/2017 season. The Panther boys’ hoopsters this week tried to continue the momentum they had established from a recent game in which they put…
In a rare incident that has generated much speculation and concern in southern Teller, a veteran member of the Cripple Creek donkey herd was killed during a recent mountain lion attack inside their winter home turf. The donkey, Scout, was discovered by Clinton Cline, vice-president of the Two Mile High Club, which oversees the donkey…
The Woodland Park City Council bickered over a new downsized draft of the city’s 2017 budget at a three hour work session on December 8, resulting in only a few areas of agreement. It was recently determined that the city’s original 2017 proposed budget would leave them with an undersized emergency reserve. The latest proposed…
The Woodland Park basketball teams have gotten off to a bullish start, forcing critics to eat their words. Both of these teams were coming off awful seasons, only winning a total of three games. The early prognosis for this 2016/2017 wasn’t too positive. However, the forthcoming season appears to be headed in a different direction,…
The Woodland Park Downtown Development Authority (DDA) last week debated a study conducted by students from the University of Colorado to make Woodland Park a more pedestrian friendly community. The plan suggests turning the area behind several downtown businesses into a plaza type space and connecting it with a walking path or trail across highway…
Unlike Woodland Park, elected leaders for the governments of Teller County and Cripple Creek approved their annual budgets for 2017 in a business as usual fashion. Nope, the discussions were devoid of the finger pointing and fierce debates that have marked the exchanges in Woodland. In fact, they were quite uneventful, providing real snoozers for…
Tuesday, December 13 Green Mountain Falls Planning Commission will meet on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the GMF Town Hall . Business After Hours. The Woodland Park Chamber of Commerce will feature its monthly Business After Hours on Tuesday, Dec 13 at Tweeds Fine Furnishings, located at 240 E Hwy. 24. This is one…