
Sep 3, 2026
It's Not the Fine Arts Guild's Fault
The real reason the Labor Day art show in Bond Park keeps catching rain, and it isn't who you think.

Aug 20, 2026
Estes Park's second mayor sold eggs, candy and camera film
And made some of the first color photographs of the American West.

Aug 12, 2026
Tonight: the darkest Perseids in years
Best window is midnight to 4 a.m. Here is the plan, plus the dome behind the high school.

Jul 30, 2026
He almost owned your view
He couldn't legally own a single acre.

Sep 3, 2026
A Chamber of Commerce Guy Started This With Four Families and a Picnic
The Chamber of Commerce president who started the Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival in Estes Park in 1976, and its 50th anniversary weekend.

Sep 2, 2026
It's Not the Fine Arts Guild's Fault
Buck Timber explains why the Estes Park Labor Day Arts & Crafts Show catches rain so often, corrects a decades-old mix-up with the Fine Arts Guild, and breaks down Colorado's monsoon pattern.

Aug 20, 2026
Fred Payne Clatworthy: The Man Who Could Not Photograph What He Saw
In 1898 he wrote that Colorado was the most brilliant colored carpet he had ever seen. He spent the next sixteen years figuring out how to photograph it.

Aug 12, 2026
The Dome That Runs on Garage Door Openers
How a quirky, low-tech fix keeps one iconic dome opening—and engineers amazed.
