Author: Doug Fitzgerald
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A uniquely Gold Camp celebration
Cripple Creek is celebrating its 95th year of celebrating donkeys. The 95th Annual Donkey Derby Days Festival will be held June 26-28. Organizers tout the event as the “best festival this side of Pikes Peak.” It’s hard to argue against that. “The three-day celebration will showcase a vibrant mix of live music, family activities, western-themed…
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How the USA can win the World Cup | From the Editor
The 2026 World Cup – earth’s greatest and most watched sports tournament – began last week. Group play will run through June 27 at locations throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. It’s likely that’s as far as the US National Team will go. But maybe it doesn’t have to be that way. Soccer has…
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How the USA can win the World Cup | From the Editor
The 2026 World Cup – earth’s greatest and most watched sports tournament – began last week. Group play will run through June 27 at locations throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. It’s likely that’s as far as the US National Team will go. But maybe it doesn’t have to be that way. Soccer has…
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Habitat the key to identify tiny flycatchers | Words on Birds
Flycatchers are masters of flycatching behavior. They will perch and wait for a flying insect to drift by, then fly out and catch it in midair with a snap of the beak, often returning to the same perch to repeat the process. A notorious subgroup known as the Empidonax flycatchers aka empids are small birds…
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Habitat the key to identify tiny flycatchers | Words on Birds
Flycatchers are masters of flycatching behavior. They will perch and wait for a flying insect to drift by, then fly out and catch it in midair with a snap of the beak, often returning to the same perch to repeat the process. A notorious subgroup known as the Empidonax flycatchers aka empids are small birds…
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Classy Pearls and bed racers
Sometimes, it takes two women to match Cripple Creek’s famous Pearl DeVere. At the annual Pearl DeVere Day and Bed Races on June 6, Donna Sian and Melissa Trenary shared the title in the “Classy Pearl” contest. The event is a benefit for the Old Homestead House Museum, which also served as Pearl’s house if…
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Tribune news briefs
Property tax portal The El Paso County Treasurer’s Office has updated the name to the portal that allows residential and business property owners to prepay their property taxes in smaller, manageable monthly payments. The program, previously offered by escrowtaxes.com is now offered through Equapay.com. It remains a secure platform that helps taxpayers manage and pay…
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Courier news briefs
K9 injured Gunner, a K-9 with Teller County Search and Rescue, was seriously injured during a training exercise. She got trapped in a cluster of downed tree limbs which sliced a vein in her front right leg. Gunner started bleeding uncontrollably. Andy, Gunner’s K-9 handler, rushed the wounded dog to an emergency clinic where vets…
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Letters to the editor
Hostility and doublespeak On 6/1/2026, before the special session was called to order, Carol Greenstreet and her WPSD Board were caught on camera discussing matters in violation of Colorado’s Open Meetings Act. WPSD hid this illegal activity by deleting that portion of the recording. This district lost one lawsuit for Open Meetings Act violations. Time…
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Main Street board unveils logo
The Woodland Park Main Street Board revealed its new logo at the June 4 meeting of the Woodland Park City Council. The board identified outdoorsy, welcoming, scenic and historic at the imagery they wanted the logo to portray. “We thought Woodland Park is friendly and unpretentious,” Board President Tim Miller said. “We are a destination…