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Coloradans, expect to pay higher property taxes next year

5 days ago | skyhinews.com | Andrea Teres-Martinez

Most Colorado homeowners will have to pay higher property taxes in 2026, regardless of whether they saw any changes in their property value, according to a 2024 report from the Common Sense Institute of Colorado. Several special legislative sessions and ballot measures have been created since 2021 to address spiking tax values after the pandemic, especially since the repeal of the Gallagher Amendment in 2020.
Wage theft crackdown bill is now law, but debate over how it may affect smaller employers is ongoing

5 days ago | skyhinews.com | Andrea Teres-Martinez

One of the bills to emerge from Colorado’s eventful legislative session was House Bill 25-1001, which strengthened worker protections against wage theft and enforced overtime laws. While several groups support the bill’s goal, others are concerned about the impact of stricter penalties on small businesses. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 25-1001 into law in mid-May after vetoing a different wage theft bill in 2024 that focused specifically on the construction sector.
Pride in the Valley brings community, drag queens to Fraser valley

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Emily Gutierrez

Pride is coming to the Fraser Valley this weekend with Pride in the Valley events taking place starting on Friday, June 20 and ending on Sunday, June 22. Pride Month is celebrated in June each year in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan during the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. During the month of June, pride events are held across the country in celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer achievements, rights and social inclusion.
Kremmling Days 2025 has free fun for all ages

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Emily Gutierrez

This year’s Kremmling Days kicks off on Friday, June 20 and goes until Saturday, June 21. Kremmling Days is an annual celebration that brings the community together with live music, food trucks, vendors, a beer garden, a kid’s play zone and other fun events. Friday’s celebration begins at 4 p.m. and goes until 10 p.m., before starting up again at 10 a.m. on Saturday with the Kremmling Days parade. The parade will start at West Grand High School and head west on U.S. Highway 40.
Rocky Mountain National Park to host special fly-fishing event

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Emily Gutierrez

Interested in fly-fishing, but have never been? Are you unsure where to start? Rocky Mountain National Park is hosting a fly-fishing event where attendees will learn the basics. In conjunction with the National Sports Center for the Disabled, Rocky Mountain National Park is hosting an event titled “Fly-fishing in the Rockies” on Saturday, June 21.
Colorado’s Joe Neguse reintroduces wildfire package in Congress, as Trump cuts loom large

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Robert Tann

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse is bringing back a legislative package aimed at updating the country’s wildfire mitigation strategies, with a focus on bridging gaps at the federal, state, and local levels. The package consists of bills that Neguse, a Democrat representing Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, initially introduced last fall but never advanced out of the House.
Master wilderness safety instructor to host class at Fraser Valley Library

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Emily Gutierrez

On Saturday, June 21, the Fraser Valley Library will be hosting a hiking safety presentation from 1-3:30 p.m. in the Urban Community Meeting room. The class will be taught by Art Hogling, a master wilderness safety instructor with the Colorado Mountain Club. Hogling is the author of the Colorado Mountain Club Press Hiking Safety Handbook and will be covering essential backcountry safety skills that attendees can share with hiking partners and family members.
Fraser Valley Community Media launches 2025 membership drive with $50,000 fundraising goal

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Emily Gutierrez

Fraser Valley Community Media has officially launched their 2025 Membership Drive, a two-week campaign to raise $50,000 for local, independent and nonprofit radio stations. KFFR 88.3 FM and KWTR 89.1 FM are both operated by Fraser Valley Community Media. The drive not only serves as a fundraiser for the organization, but it is also a celebration of the organization’s growing reach and local impact with events, giveaways and special programming.
Colorado will soon force insurance companies to recognize homeowners’ wildfire mitigation efforts. Will it be enough to drive down premiums?

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Robert Tann

Lisa Lewis was curious to see what $500,000 worth of wildfire mitigation work in her mountain community might do for her homeowners insurance premium. Her Summit County neighborhood, situated mere feet from U.S. Forest Service-owned land at the base of the Gore Range, was among the first in the country to implement a fuels reduction project in a protected wilderness area in 2022.
Are wolves good for the local economy?

1 week ago | skyhinews.com | Patrick Brower

It’s happened right here near Granby. A fishing-person friend of mine was angling along the Fraser River when he noticed what he thought was a dog sitting on the opposite bank staring at him. He was by himself. As he looked more closely at this “dog,” he noticed that it had a radio collar and somehow looked different than a dog. It was a wolf. ‘We had a brief little staring match there by the river and then he went along on his own business,” my friend said.