Fremont County Facilities Director Gary Doughty (second from left) receives a resolution commending his work with Fremont County upon his retirement last week. He is flanked by County Commissioners Tim Payne, Debbie Bell, and Ed Norden (Photo courtesy: CC Daily Record)
A total of six gondola cars will be traveling the new tramway at one time at the Royal Gorge Park. Each car will carry up to 8 passengers and are handicap accessible. (photo courtesy: Royal Gorge Bridge)
Following a two hour presentation and public hearing on a proposal to turn the Apple Shed building along Highway 115 in Penrose into a medical marijuana cultivation and medically infused products (MIPS) manufacturing facility, the Fremont County Commissioners voted last Tuesday to table a decision until April 2nd.
Fremont County Airport Manager Dick Baker (far left) is pictured with officials from Rocky Mountain Materials and Asphalt at the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association Annual Banquet in Denver last week. Company officials pictured include (left to right) Vice Presidents Rob Mangone & Eric Bogren, and Asphalt Supt. Jason Dody
The Fremont County Planning Commission will consider a Special Review Use (SRU) for a commercial ATV tour operation in the Texas Creek area at their monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon. The Commission will hear a request from Jackie Tripp who wants to operate Play Dirty ATV Tours from a five acre site along US Highway 50 about 1 ¾ miles west of the junction of US 50 and Colorado Highway 69. Tripp’s proposal would have her operate her business on a Bureau of Land Management lease so she could attract ATV tour customers off of Highway 50 and then transport them to
Fremont County Tourism Council Vice President Beth Katchmar shared copies of the 2015 Royal Gorge Region Visitors Guide with the Board of Commissioners Tuesday.
Offering no comment on a reconsideration request, the Fremont County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously at their February 10th meeting not to hear a reconsideration of a January 5th decision to turn down a medical marijuana cultivation license in western Fremont County. Dan Corsentino of D.C. Security Consultants of Pueblo appealed the Commissioners decision to deny a license to The Organic Seed LLC for an outdoor medical marijuana cultivation at 1785 Kit Carson Trail in the Copper Gulch area.
Vital Records staff members Virginia Stacy, Christina Bass, and Linda Leggitt are pictured with Public Health Director Rick Miklich displaying their Five Star Performance Award from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
New pavement through Coal Creek was one of the few asphalt paving projects completed by the Fremont County Department of Transportation Department in 2014. It was Phase 1 of a cooperative project between Fremont County, Coal Creek, Rockvale, Williamsburg, and Florence utilizing a $608,000 State Energy Grant. Phase 2 work will take place this summer.
