Estes Valley Voice

Lodging taxes in the local marking district were up by 1.5%Estes Park saw plenty of visitors this year through August. They were just more cautious when they opened their wallets this year than they were in 2023.Since early in the year, monthly sales reports have been showing decreased sales throughout the Town of Estes Park and with the mid-year report now on the books, it’s off

Nick Mollé and The Rocky Mountain Channel will present the documentary film, Wild Ride on October 8th in The Historic Park Theatre. Admission is free and the open house begins at 5:30 in the lobby of the theatre.Come take a Wild Ride with The Rocky Mountain Channel! Hang with Nick, Sean, Lauren and friends for an open house at the Historic Park Theatre on Tuesday, October 8th for

I get a lot of questions from groups and individuals. When I know the answer, I answer in real-time. Some answers might be of broader interest. The items below came from my engagement with the EP Women’s Club, the Rotary Clubs, the QUO Ecology Panel, Mayor’s Coffee, Trustee Talks, Town Board meetings, individual meetings, and many other interactions.Downtown Parades and Events:

In context as mayor, I’m not talking about our basic philosophical or spiritual beliefs that guide our path through life. I’m talking about our ability to hear various opinions, to gather information from many sources, and to have all of that input change how we think about a topic.It’s not a moral compass, it’s a practical compass. Your input, when it affects my opinion, d

“There is no such thing as a dumb question.” Carl SaganAs any reporter schooled in the “journalistic six” – who, what, when, where, why, and how – will tell you there are no dumb questions. Questions are a journalist’s stock-in-trade.Excluding the endless fusillade of questions by a two-year old, the astronomer and planetary scientist Carl Sagan wrote, “There are na

“There’s an old saying that a newspaper is a town talking to itself.” Vince Bzdek, The Denver GazetteThis was a major week for the Estes Valley Voice. Our digital newsroom has been up and running for five weeks. Well, running may not be the right word. Taking baby steps after initially crawling is more like it. And we have so much to learn about what we are doing.On Monday ev

As the Upper Thompson Sanitation District prepares to begin construction on a new $80 million water reclamation facility, the organization will hold an open house Wednesday, August 7 between 4 and 7 p.m.According to Suzanne Jurgens, the Assistant District Manager of the UTSD, the annual event is an opportunity for the public to learn about the collection system, see the equipment u

If Carré wrote the book about Dick Life it could be titled Patriot Family Man Sailor SpyThe novelist John le Carré may have written the fictional Cold War thriller, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” but one of Estes Park’s quiet, but interesting citizens has lived a real-life version as both a sailor and real life spy.Captain Richard “Dick” Life (Ret.) was a U.S. Naval Intel

Estes continues to serve as an evacuation center for people displaced by the Alexander Mountain FireBREAKING/UPDATED: A Wildland fire has been reported in Lyons near Eagle Ridge Road and Louis Lane. The fire is being called the Stone Canyon Fire. As we learn more we will update our reporting about road closures or evacuation notices. Also check our Emergency Information resource pa