A Mother’s Day trip to Seattle sparked one mom’s reflections on family, motherhood and time
Despite spring snow, the Peak to Peak community looks ahead to a busy season
Your opinions are welcome and necessary to healthy debate
Being a single parent means making a lot of decisions on your own, and some of them carry more weight than you expect.
How and where to cast your ballot in Nederland's April 7 election.
Sometimes, moving at the “Speed of Barb” is exhausting. This is one of those weeks.
The warnings came the day before the storm started. There was no definitive “The power will be shut off.”
This week I was honored to bring the 2026 Candidates Forum to Nederland once again. The forums are events we organize to help engage the community in the election process.
What’s your favorite part of The Mountain-Ear? Favorite part of Caribou Current? Visitor’s Guide? Body Mind Spirit? Studio Tour?
I had another Peak Perspectives topic in mind and then Monday morning came along. I got in the car and drove down the driveway, and something sounded off.
As soon as Valentine’s Day was over, pictures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln would appear in the classroom.
I’ve called myself tenacious a lot lately. Well, I’ve called myself a lot of things, because I am generally not nice to myself, but tenacious is the nicest I can come up with for a community-oriented column.
Most weeks I feel like we do a phenomenal job of covering the local news.
Whew, what a week it’s been. I know you’ll find a lot of amazing coverage of local news here. From features to fires, schools to government, obituaries, columns, letters to recipes, it’s all here.
Last week, the Board of Gilpin County Commissioners voted unanimously to reappoint The Mountain-Ear as newspaper of record. This is a privilege we take very seriously.
My week runs a little different than most weeks. Mine wraps up on Wednesday. Then on Thursday we begin again, working on what will be in next week's paper.
Welcome to 2026. It’s going to be an incredible year.
Meet the staff of the growing Mountain-Ear
My favorite memories of Christmas started around age three. Pattie and I always had matching outfits. We’d get up in our Christmas jammies and race down the stairs to see what Santa had brought.
Caribou Current will cover music, arts and culture from the Peak to Peak and across Boulder County, starting in 2026.