The Flume

The Flume is a weekly newspaper serving Park County, Colorado.

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Retired forester Bruce Benninghoff hacks a slice of bark off the trunk of a red-needled ponderosa pine on ecological consultant Lucy Bauer’s property in Bailey. Closer inspection of the exposed inner wood reveals tiny white eggs and a small black in… https://t.co/G6M1nbbkdt

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Park County School District RE-2 welcomed four new teachers this school year from the Philippines. Despite the distance from home and anticipation of a cold winter, the educators have been embraced by the warmth of the South Park community and are e… https://t.co/r311UrloBh

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Pikes Peak Historical Society presents Gary Ziegler, broadly defined as an explorer, archaeologist, mountaineer, sailor, cowboy, lawman and sometime philosopher, at their November Chautauqua. Ziegler is a field archaeologist, researcher and experien… https://t.co/31ibvm4o80

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an online program that allows public access to information on contamination levels in the South Platte River. The South Platte Water Quality Assessment Tool (WQAT) is intended to help understand and… https://t.co/u7il2lOFIQ

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Proposition HH on the November ballot has been making headlines throughout the state and in Park County. The Flume has researched and reported the pros and cons of the proposition.   https://t.co/s7Pd8e1Wcv

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The South Platte Ranger District will begin a prescribed burn in the Harris Park area on Friday, Oct. 20. Ignitions will start around 10 a.m. and conclude before sunset. Burning is planned to continue Saturday and potentially through Sunday as well.… https://t.co/UyxRtrSDlC

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On October 10, Wildlife Officer Ian Petkash was summoned to a home in Bailey off Crow Hill where a deer had become tangled in a hammock by his antlers. https://t.co/ToVACEgISi

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At the base of Alma’s mountain peaks in close proximity to Mosquito Creek, the Orphan Boy Mine once produced over 11,000 tons of gold ore during its 51 years of operation starting in 1861. Now shuttered, the remains of the mine have been leaking hea… https://t.co/OE7Mi94goO

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Chaffee County will be responding to Park County dispatch calls from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. starting on Sunday, Oct. 15. The resource sharing comes at a time of critical short-staffing for the Park County Emergency Communications Center, whose dispatcher… https://t.co/9ga1zvDshG

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The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) invites Park County taxing entities and the public to a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. via Zoom or in the BOCC Meeting Room, 856 Castello Avenue, Fairplay. The Town Hall will focus on… https://t.co/xRVrHho3eU

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The county commissioners voted to oppose the state ballot measure Proposition HH Sept. 26. https://t.co/slOccX6u7n

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On Monday, Oct. 9, an alert was sent to area residents about smoke in the area. https://t.co/QZ6XwCpSLN

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The Forest Service will begin a planned prescribed burn in Payne Gulch southwest of downtown Bailey on Sunday, Oct. 8, through Tuesday, Oct. 10. Smokey conditions are expected in the area over the weekend and throughout the following week, particula… https://t.co/MztPncLE0D

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The Fairplay Police Department welcomed a new Chief of Police on Sept. 12. Jeffery Worley is the new chief. #fairplayco #fairplay https://t.co/MLC4fnqowp

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The dam and its spillway between Eleven Mile Canyon and Lake George were constructed in the 1950s by Colorado Springs Utilities as part of their water supply system. After years of discussion between the landowner, Colorado USDA Forest Service, Coal… https://t.co/CVM2QJhpC2

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The South Park High School football team won its homecoming game on Saturday, 26-24, over Gilpin County. It’s the first win of the season for the Burros.  https://t.co/mVkkTUlRDe

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Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery received a call on Sunday, Aug. 27, from the owner of a GMC Canyon requesting assistance with a vehicle near Alma. The driver had gotten stuck on his way up the 14,293-foot peak of Mount Lincoln, the highest point in… https://t.co/1QxQgT72dS

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The Colorado Department of Education released performance frameworks for Colorado schools on August 29, with Park County coming in slightly behind the state average, reporting better scores overall in English than math. As schools faced significant … https://t.co/dmZfhyS60P

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The Park County Sheriff’s Office often receives accidental 911 calls made by mistake or from unintentionally activated SOS features on cell phones. These accidental calls are taking away resources from Park County’s strained dispatch service.  https://t.co/2W67nqikki

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The Hartsel Fire Protection District has begun a wildland fire program that will dispatch firefighting units throughout the United States.  https://t.co/jOw53U7DFD