June 23, 2018

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The Old West comes alive in the 39th annual Bailey Day

<p>Cowboys and cowgirls opened Bailey Day with a multi-gun salute. The photo was taken by drone pilot and photographer, Jim Carson.</p><p>(Photo courtesy Jim Carson)</p>

Cowboys and cowgirls opened Bailey Day with a multi-gun salute. The photo was taken by drone pilot and photographer, Jim Carson.

(Photo courtesy Jim Carson)

The biggest event of the year that the PCACC hosts is Bailey Day. The celebration began 39 years ago as Pioneer Day and has evolved every year since. This year the chamber is adding a third stage at McGraw Memorial Park to go along with the main stage and a music stage at Mad Jack’s Mountain Brewery. Music will begin at 10 a.m. and run until 10 p.m. with nine acts appearing on the various stages throughout the day.

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Schmidt named interim Superintendent for Platte Canyon Sc...

Updated: 2 days ago

In a special school board meeting held June 18 the Platte Canyon School Board announced their choice for the interim superintendent position in the district. The board named Mike Schmidt, the current principal of Platte Canyon High School, was named to the one-year position, pending contract negotiations.

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Platte Canyon School District RE-1 has open forum to intr...

Updated: 1 week ago

The Platte Canyon School District RE-1 had a forum to introduce the three finalists for the interim Superintendent position the board is trying to fill. The three finalists are: Mike Schmidt, current Platte Canyon High School principal; John Marchino, Jr., currently the principal at Hotchkiss K-8 in Delta County; and Karen Quanbeck Kusser currently the chief of elementary schools for Jefferson County.

The three finalist for superintendent address the crowd

Juvenile dead in stabbing incident at Echo Valley Ranch

Updated: 2 weeks ago

A foiled carjacking at Echo Valley Ranch, off of County Road 70 southeast of Bailey, turned deadly as a juvenile subject from Jefferson County died from a gunshot wound. According to a press release from the Park County Sheriff’s Office, none of the Sheriff’s deputies called to the scene discharged a firearm.

Echo Valley Ranch

Park County Senior Center gets help with new addition to ...

Updated: 3 weeks ago

Over the past several years, the Park County Senior Center has been experiencing a shortage of space and an abundance of donations to its thrift store.

New addition to Park County Senior Center

Sheriff’s Office reveals some new information on Maggie L...

Updated: 4 weeks ago

According to recent statements made by Detective Sergeant Greg Jones, of the Park County Sheriff’s Office, he indicated that the home of murdered Platte Canyon High School student Maggie Long, may have been targeted. Jones did not offer any explanation of his statement.

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Park County Faces - California Dreamin' in Fairplay

California couple Laura and Mark Espinosa, seen here, visit the Town of Fairplay Visitor Center and dream of moving to the Colorado mountains. Fairplay is one of the locations they are considering. Volunteer Duane Thompson helped give the couple information about Fairplay with the help of volunteer Chuck Hubbard. The couple said they will initially rent for a year in Broomfield, before moving to a beautiful place like Fairplay. The Espinosas both expressed interest in attending Burro Days, and Mark was especially interested once he heard there would be not one, but two distilleries in Fairplay.

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