That’s A Wrap for America’s Highest City The Colorado Department of Transportation and prime contractor, United Companies, have just about wrapped up the $5.2 million “US 24 Leadville Overlay & ADA Ramps” project. Clipboard clad inspectors have been seen working […]
A Trooper’s Take From The Side of The Road By Master Trooper Gary Cutler On November 26th, 2016 my friend Trooper Cody Donahue was killed by a truck that failed to move over while he was investigating a crash. This […]
$60.7m for Vail Pass Improvements Yesterday, June 18, 2020 the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced that it has been awarded a $60.7 million grant for significant improvements to Vail Pass on I-70. With the work scheduled to begin as […]
Lake County Unemployment Hits 16.7% Updated 5/28/2020/9 a.m. Today, May 28 the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) announced there were 15,603 initial regular unemployment claims filed the week ending May 23. This is compared to 17,825 the week […]
Leadville Is Online and Off-The-Roads It’s Monday and according to forecasters, the snowy, grey skies will be hanging around for the week. Tonight more snow showers are likely, mainly before 9 p.m., then a chance of snow after midnight. Mostly […]
Sheriff Involved in High-Speed Chase If you were in Leadville on September 26, you likely heard all of the sirens around town as emergency responders were put on high alert during a high-speed chase through Leadville that ended in a […]
Patience For Safety and Success Recently I helped with directing traffic for the Iron Man competition held in Boulder County. It got me thinking about safety issues when dealing with special events and emergency situations while I was trying to […]
Man Dies on The Arkansas River According to the following press release from the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, on June 29, 2019 at 1633 hours the Chaffee County Communications Center received numerous calls of a kayaker floating downriver from the […]
Celebrate the Outdoors in Leadville Today Today, June 9 is National Get Outdoors Day, an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. The prime goals of the day are reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting youth to […]
Trooper Tips: A Call to Action By Trooper Gary Cutler, Colorado State Patrol Over the 2018 holiday season this year, Colorado had a wakeup call. Starting Christmas Eve, and continuing through the next 72 hours, Colorado lost a total of […]
CDOT: Remove Your Political Signs While Election Day was more than a month ago, political campaign signs continue dotting the sides of many roads and highways. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) reminds the public that campaign signs must be […]
From peak to peak across Colorado, bicycles and vehicles have learned to share the road. Find out the latest rules and laws in this month’s column from Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Cutler. It can be found on the Leadville Today website.
