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Happy New Year and welcome to 2025! We’re excited to share this New Year with you. We continue our support of our Front Range counties while bringing local news from your areas. From our inception over 33 years ago, we have heard how much you appreciate our support of local advertisers, activities, events, celebrations and more.

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Cheers to the New Year! Maybe this is the year to embrace something new. Or, it may be enough to live these next 365 days to the fullest without much change. Perhaps this is the year to stop waiting for just “the right time” whatever that might be. Life’s full of needed waiting time some within our choosing, others not. Occasionally … (read more…)

Christmas or Feast of the Nativity is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world’s nations is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians as well as … (read more…)

The annual ceremony honoring the memory and service of our veterans and first responders is a moving tribute that takes part in the National Wreaths Across America program to “Remember, Honor, Teach.”  Many participating cemeteries in Northern Colorado and the United States have the annual ceremony displaying the $17 wreaths at many participating … (read more…)

Colorado Gives Foundation is a community foundation with a mission to make good things happen by connecting people, ideas, and nonprofits. Statewide, we created ColoradoGives.org, a year-round giving platform that makes it easy for individuals and businesses to support nonprofits, and for nonprofits to raise the funds they need to grow their … (read more…)

Good news for many Medicare enrollees: Average monthly premiums for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans will fall in 2025. The average monthly premium for a stand-alone Part D prescription plan is projected to be $40 next year, a decline of $1.63, or nearly $20 annually, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said in September. … (read more…)

The Thanksgiving holiday’s history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500s. It includes the harvest festival in New England that occurs well before the late-November date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated.

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Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5% in 2025, the Social Security Administration announced today. On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $50 per month starting in January.

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Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period is here! Visit their website at Medicare.gov now through December 7 to compare all your coverage options. You could save money, find better coverage, or both! If you decide to enroll in a different option, your new coverage will start January 1.

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In September, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center’s Multidisciplinary Center on Aging in Aurora hosted the 26th annual Rocky Mountain Geriatrics Conference & Community Research Symposium. The two-day event began with an introduction by Dr. Vineet Chopra, Chair for Anschutz’s Dept of Medicine and Dr. Cari Levy, Chair of … (read more…)

Identity theft is reportedly a growing threat as fraudsters evolve to be savvier and more sophisticated. There have been more than 1,300 data breaches already in 2024, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. It’s no surprise an Experian survey found that many consumers are wising up to the risk, with over half the U.S. adult population … (read more…)

Today, Friday, October 25, Trail Ridge Road (U.S. Highway 34) inside Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) officially closed for the season to through travel. With 11 miles of road located at elevations above 11,500 feet, few guard rails, and no shoulders, Trail Ridge Road is not designed to be an all-season road. Winter conditions of drifting … (read more…)