The Herald Democrat

The Herald Democrat, which caters to Leadville and Lake County in Colorado, has its roots in some of the area's oldest newspapers, such as the Reveille, the Chronicle, the Herald, and the Democrat. The Daily Herald released its first issue on October 21, 1879, and the Democrat began publishing in January 1880. In 1886, C. C. Davis brought together the Chronicle, Herald, and Democrat under a single ownership.

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Lake County Community Fund supports local projects

4 days ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

The Lake County Community Fund awarded $52,094 to 16 Lake County nonprofit organizations as part of its Lake County Community Grants program and $25,256 to four nonprofits under the Copper Mountain Resort grant program. The Lake County Community Grant program supports local projects that fall under the categories of Arts and Culture, Community and Economic Development, Education and Training, Environmental Initiatives or Health and Wellness.
Lake County Library offers free virtual legal clinics

1 week ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

The Lake County Public Library is partnering with the Colorado Access to Justice Commission to offer a free virtual legal clinic on the second Monday of every month. Volunteer attorneys will be available to answer questions, help fill out forms, and explain the process and procedure for legal issues. The volunteer attorneys do not represent the participants and the clinic is for information only.
Girls’ soccer finishes season with improved recordPLEASE

1 week ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

The Lake County High School girls soccer team finished their season with a record of 3-7-3 overall and 3-5-2 in the 3A/2A Frontier League. They were ranked eighth in the 3A/2A Frontier League. In their final four games of the season, the Panthers lost 8-0 to Middle Park High School of Granby, defeated Bennett High School 3-1, lost 1-0 to Alameda High School of Lakewood and ended with a 1-1 tie against Jefferson High School of Edgewater.
LCPROS and GOL! to merge

1 week ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

Lake County Government recently announced that they will begin reorganizing the Parks, Recreation and Open Space and Get Outdoors Leadville! departments. The county asked for the community’s input on the process.
Lake County's Housing @ 10,200 project seeks grant, aims for 2026 completion

1 week ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

Lake County government officials recently applied for Proposition 123 Grant Funding to go towards the Housing @ 10,200 affordable housing project. If awarded, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs grant would total $950,000. Housing @ 10,200 is a project by Lake County government that intends to build 24 units of deed-restricted for-sale housing for county residents and employees. The homes will be located at two sites, one on West Sixth Street and one on West Third Street.
Tourism panel to support Lake County Early Education and Childcare fund

1 week ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

The Lake County Tourism Panel and Lake County Build A Generation (LCBAG) have agreed on a memorandum of understanding that states that 5% of the tourism panel’s annual revenue will be directed to the Lake County Early Care and Education Fund, starting in 2026. The agreement also states that if the panel’s revenue is over $350,000, the designation will become 10%. The Lake County Tourism Panel receives revenue from the City of Leadville’s 2A Accommodations tax of 4.92%.
Lake County launches program to support local food businesses

1 week ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

Lake County Build A Generation’s (LCBAG) food access coalition recently announced intentions to start a program which will support local small food businesses. LCBAG received a grant from Johns Hopkins University for $25,000 to support the program. LCBAG hopes to begin implementing their program within the next year as the grant runs out on April 30, 2026.
City approves community funding requests

1 week ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

The Leadville City Council approved several funding requests from local organizations totalling $10,000 during their meeting on April 15, including requests from Leadville Ski Joring, the Lake County High School Spring Musical, the Leadville HIstoric Preservation Committee and St. George’s Episcopal Mission. The $10,000 comes from the city’s remaining ARPA funds. In the past, funding for similar requests have come out of the city’s operating contingency line item and were all approved at once.
C4 brings solar garden back online

2 weeks ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

After five-years of inactivity, the solar garden south of Leadville on County Road 10 came back online on April 15. Cloud City Conservation Center (C4) purchased the facility on April 30, 2024 with the goal of repairing its equipment and bringing solar energy back to its subscribers. The solar garden is fenced-facility that sits across CR 10 from Fire Station II.
Sanitation District Board of Directors candidates profiled

2 weeks ago | leadvilleherald.com | Finn McNally

By Finn McNallyHerald ReporterThe Leadville Sanitation District will hold an election for two spots on their Board of Directors on Tuesday, May 6. There are four candidates running for the two spots. The candidates include Kenneth Berger, Angelina Gurule, Aaron Hilhorst and Ryan Sanford. Adam Ducharme is listed on the ballot but announced that he wishes to withdraw his candidacy.