1 year ago: Snowplow damage causes Xfinity internet, cable outage across Grand County

Grand County residents and businesses who rely on Xfinity as their internet provider experienced an outage that started on the morning of Feb. 3, 2024, and lasted nearly 24 hours. The outage also affected Xfinity cable services. Xfinity confirmed that customers experienced internet interruptions in Granby, Winter Park, Fraser, Kremmling, Tabernash, Grand Lake and Hot Sulphur Springs. The outage’s cause was network damage. According to Leslie Oliver, a representative from Xfinity, a section of fiber network was damaged by snowplows performing snow and ice removal.

— From the Feb. 7, 2024, edition of the Sky-Hi News

5 years ago: Kremmling police chief charged with multiple counts of misconduct, false reporting

After an investigation into the actions of Kremmling Police Chief Jamie Lucas, the 14th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has decided to press charges. According to a Jan. 31, 2020, news release from the DA’s office, Lucas is facing 15 charges, including four counts each of first-degree official misconduct, second-degree official misconduct and official oppression, and three counts of false reporting to authorities. Lucas was placed under investigation in December 2019 after allegations that he mishandled an animal abuse case, in which three juveniles are alleged to have killed a cat on a property outside Kremmling town limits in October. (Lucas pleaded guilty to one count of official misconduct in March 2021 and was sentenced to probation and community service).

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— From the Feb. 5, 2020, edition of the Sky-Hi News

10 years ago: Grand County sheriff’s deputy dies in off-duty traffic accident

Alycia Riggs, a Grand County Sheriff’s Deputy, died while off-duty in a traffic accident on U.S. Highway 34 on Feb. 3, 2015. Riggs was driving a 2008 Nissan Titan pickup southbound about 6 miles north of Granby when she lost control on a curve on the road and began traveling broadside into the northbound lanes. A Meadow Gold Dairy truck hit the pickup’s driver’s side. The deputy was pronounced dead a few hours later. During her memorial service Feb. 7, it was announced that Riggs’ badge number and her call sign, Grand 18, would be retired in perpetuity to honor her memory.

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— From the Feb. 4 and 6, 2015, editions of the Sky-Hi News

90 years ago: Ski Carnival brings a wide regional field of competitors

Two gala days were celebrated in Hot Sulphur Springs as the annual Ski Carnival was held Feb. 2-3, 1935. The committees involved spared no means of time and expense to make the event a success. One of the outstanding features was the public address system, which announced each event and the positions placed in them. Competitors from as far as 100 miles away, including 40 from Steamboat Springs, arrived to compete in ski jumping, sled racing, skate racing, snowshoe racing, the Olympic combined and cross-country skiing. Additionally, there was a hockey match between the local team and Denver’s Colorado Ice Falcons (the Falcons won, 4-2) and a big dance to cap things off at the Legion Hall.

— From the Feb. 7, 1935, edition of Middle Park Times

110 years ago: Representative from U.S. Geological survey arrives to check stream flow at the river

Mr. F. E. Fletcher, of the U.S. Geological Survey, arrived in town Jan. 30, 1915, to make a measurement of the flow of water in the Grand River (now the Colorado River) at the gage on the bridge toward the depot in Hot Sulphur Springs. The USGS maintains numerous stream measurement stations on the various streams of the country and collects data on the amount of water available for irrigation and power purposes. The data can be obtained from them at their offices in Denver.

— From the Feb. 5, 1915, edition of Middle Park Times

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