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Estes Valley Voice Podcast

Daily releases of the latest Estes Park news, commentary, interesting interviews, and stories for Estes Valley Voice readers and listeners.Produced by Brett Wilson for the Estes Valley Voice

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3:59

Monday morning rally planned to protest firing of...

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/02/17

Story by Patti Brown A rally to protest the Valentine’s Day firing of U.S. Forest Service and federal workers is set to take place at 10 a.m. Monday morning by the iconic Rocky Mountain National Park welcome sign near the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Estes Park. According to a press release issued on Feb. 14 by Gov. Jared Polis, “the Trump administration fired at least 90 people in Colorado and 3,400 Forest Service employees as part of much broader cuts to programs that protect health and...

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3:21

An Eye on the Golden Dome: Dispatches from the State...

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/02/16

by Hank Lacey and Lincoln Roch Update: Feb. 15, 2025, 9:46 pm Attorney general Phil Weiser and attorneys general from 17 other states and the District of Columbia obtained on Feb. 5 a preliminary injunction that blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order that purports to strip children of immigrant who are born in the U.S. of American citizenship. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington invoked a late 19th cen...

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17:25

Mullin takes the reins as director of philanthropy at...

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2025/02/14

Story by Patti Brown Nationally recognized grief institute gains former Estes Park Health Foundation president evin Mullin has a new home at Judi’s House. The former president of the Estes Park Health Foundation, Mullin joined the researched-based grief institute in Aurora, as the director of philanthropy at the end of 2024. Founded in 2002 by former Denver Bronco quarterback and Super Bowl XXXIII winner Brian Griese and his wife, Brook Griese, a clinical psychologist, Judi’s House provides c...

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7:02

Two bills in state Senate address wildfire risks

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/02/13

Story by Lincoln Roch Following a summer that saw destructive wildfires sweep through Larimer and Boulder Counties, Sen. Janice Marchman, D-Loveland, who represents the Estes Valley, is sponsoring a pair of bills that would address fire mitigation and emergency information. One would make it easier to carry out prescribed burns on private land. The other would consolidate emergency information and county wildfire updates into an existing state website. Both bills result from Marchman’s work o...

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5:08

News Briefs – Feb. 13, 2025

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2025/02/13

Opportunities to step up and lean in on elected and appointed boards, and to get involved in the community Special District elections — Self-nomination applications due by Feb. 28 While the saying “you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem” has been attributed to many people–Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick of the famous Riverside Church in New York City, Rep. Edna Fuller of Florida, and political activist Eldridge Cleaver–the saying is an invitation to become involved and se...

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7:48

Mayor's Message - Common support: Part 2

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/02/13

By Mayor Gary Hall I’ll continue my recent focus on local entities and partner institutions – my “local focal point.” National policy is in a state of great change and some of those may affect the Town and our critical partners. I’m working to stay attuned to those real or potential impacts; some will take time to settle, filter down, and understand. Others might be more immediate. All in all, the Town Board and Town staff must continue to work to maintain our local services as best we can du...

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7:57

Edie DeWeese of Allenspark is its local historian

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/02/11

Story by Elisabeth Sherwin The early history of Allenspark, Colo., has been preserved largely thanks to one woman: Edie DeWeese. She was born into a pioneer Allenspark family who came to the area in 1904. DeWeese, 74, says you could accuse her of embracing “impostor syndrome” since she is not a technically trained historian. “But if you stay somewhere long enough you are the only one who remembers anything,” she says. “And I love the people.” Her story begins with her great-grandparents. “My ...

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6:03

News briefs — Feb. 9

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2025/02/10

Author talk, Habitat for Humanity presentation, snowshoeing and ice fishing, and social-memory café “Conscious Living, Conscious Aging,” author talk at Good Sam’s Tuesday Aging is not for sissies, and it is also more than being busy with bridge and golf. Retirement and aging are times of both challenges and opportunities. As our bodies age and as our roles in life change, we face significant bridges to cross. How do we leave a legacy and make what are often called the “golden years” meaningfu...

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9:12

Services for naturalist and author Kent Dannen set

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/02/06

Story by Patti Brown After a family member made a report for a wellness check to local authorities on Jan. 21, the body of naturalist, author, and award-winning photographer Kent Dannen was found half a mile from his home on Big Owl Road in Allenspark by a search and rescue team on Jan. 23. He was the author of more than a dozen hiking and outdoor books including several FalconGuides about hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. Dannen’s sister, Debbie Lanham says the exact cause of her broth...

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7:22

Frank Lancaster: Town Trustee

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/30

Story by Barb Boyer BuckThis is the second in a series the Estes Valley Voice is publishing on the individuals who serve as Estes Park Town Trustees. The first featured Trustee Mark Igel.“When you’re all done and you’re sitting on the back porch having a beer with friends, and they are talking about what I did during my term in office, what do I want them to say?” said Town of Estes Park Trustee Frank Lancaster in an interview on January 23.He brings a wealth of professional experience to his...

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7:11

Saddle up and send it, Estes Park’s Skijor takes off

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/29

Story by Lincoln Roche and Patti BrownMother Nature provided a fresh blanket of fluffy white powder throughout the day Saturday for the inaugural Skijor event on the Estes Park Fairgrounds and Event Center campus. Temps dipped into the single digits as spectators dressed in parkas, winter boots, western hats, fur coats, and tried to keep warm while watching skiers, snowboarders, horses, and riders compete in the extreme sport known as skijoring. According to Running Wild Events organizer...

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7:51

There are a lot of things on the calendar in the...

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/28

Story by Patti BrownWhile the goal is not to be busy for the sake of being busy, there are a lot of things that offer engagement and an opportunity to lean in and contribute to our community.Over the past week, I have attended an Indigenous Fashion Show, an instructional recital and ballet master class put on by AVID — Artistic Adventures in Dance –and the Estes Skijor event. This may be the “shoulder season,” and some businesses are taking a brief break, but the Estes Valley is not in hibern...

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6:18

Town Hall expected to reopen this morning

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/24

Story by Patti BrownEstes Park’s Town Hall is scheduled to reopen Friday morning after being shut down due to power and phone service outages that began Wednesday disrupting the ability of employees to conduct the Town’s business.What began with sporadic disruptions in the morning persisted throughout the day and backup power systems began to fail in the late afternoon, according to Public Information Officer Kate Miller in an email exchange with the Estes Valley Voice.According to press rele...

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3:29

Electric and phone service outage at Town Hall shuts...

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/23

Story by Patti BrownThe Estes Park Town Hall was closed Wednesday afternoon due to a power outage in the building. Additionally, a phone service outage was also reported.Press releases about both situations did not provide a reason for the service disruptions but Public Information Officer Kate Miller responded to an inquiry by the Estes Valley Voice to deny that the utility outages were related to the public restroom remodeling project that is taking place in Town Hall.Wednesday Estes Park H...

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5:15

Jennifer McLellan elected Chief of Staff of Estes...

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/23

Story by Terry RustinEstes Park Health has a new Chief of the Medical Staff, Dr. Jennifer McLellan. McLellan will serve as the voice of the doctors in advocating for quality medical care at the hospital.“I’m really looking forward to working with all of our medical staff here, our physicians and our advanced practice providers,” she said.McLellan, a general surgeon, has been with EPH since 2019. Although qualified to perform several advanced procedures that require sophisticated technology, s...

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12:03

“Conscious Living, Conscious Aging” author Ron Pevny...

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/21

Story by Cathy CreaghHow do we retire, grow older every year, and avoid living the stereotypical life of a senior citizen: decline, disengagement, and disappointment? How do we cope with common fears of old age: isolation, irrelevance, and invisibility? Author, researcher, and practitioner Ron Pevny has done decades of work to answer those questions and more in his book “Conscious Living, Conscious Aging.” What if we could live our lives with purpose and continued growth all the way to t...

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8:01

EXPLORE Act signed into law

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/20

Story by Hank LaceyCongress gave the American people a long-sought gift before the holidays: a new law that dramatically improves access to public lands recreation.The Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act includes numerous provisions aimed at modernizing recreational facilities and infrastructure, reduce paperwork burdens associated with outdoor play on federal lands and waters, and take on inconveniences associated with outdoor diversion that include housing sh...

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5:44

Skijoring comes to Estes Park next week

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/17

Story by Patti BrownWhat do you get when you mix cowboys, horses, skis, snow, and speed? It’s called skijoring, a crazy and wild competitive sport that will debut on the campus of the Estes Park Fairground Jan. 24 to 26.Think waterskiing, only replace the water with snow and then switch out the speedboat with a horse. Add in some images of a rodeo. Now you have the picture – a person on skis being towed by a horse and rider. There are some versions of skijoring done with dogs, similar to dogs...

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6:03

Mark Igel: Town Trustee

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/16

Feature by Barb Boyer BuckThis is a first in a series of profiles the Estes Valley Voice will publish on the individuals who serve as Estes Park Town Trustees.Outspoken and inquisitive, Trustee Mark Igel didn’t run for Town Board to rubber stamp every new idea the Town of Estes Park brings forward.Nor did he join to try to please the other board members. As a 35-year resident, volunteer fire fighter, and downtown business owner, Igel was against the Loop and the paid parking program, thinks E...

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6:45

Estes Park Salud must raise $1M to keep clinic open...

Estes Valley Voice Podcast ·

2025/01/15

Story by Patti BrownThe Estes Park Salud Clinic is facing a looming funding crisis that threatens its future. If a solution is not found for the projected $1 million operating shortfall, the clinic may close May 31, said John Santistevan the president and CEO of Salud Family Health in an interview last week with the Estes Valley Voice.The dire financial situation is due in large part to significant cuts in eligibility for Medicaid beneficiaries as a result of what the government is calling th...

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