Idaho Springs, CO

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. Colorado’s roads are packed and gas prices are up this Labor Day weekend, with the statewide average hitting $4.26 per gallon. Laura Whitson, who traveled to Idaho Springs from Iowa with friends for the holiday weekend, said the roads have been anything but quiet. “Especially in the city, and even coming out […] The post Colorado gas prices, I-70 traffic expected to be high this Labor Day weekend first appeared on Krystal 93.

James Richard Wooden, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2026, just shy of his 82nd birthday. Born on July 30, 1944, in Idaho Springs, Colorado; James was one of four cherished sons of Gerald Lyle Wooden and Ruby Illa Key. James was a proud graduate of Idaho Springs High School, class of 1963, where he took part in annuals,...

When a friend asked to do a hike with snow in July, I laughed. Especially this year when we’ve had so little snow. Then I remembered: St. Mary’s Glacier, near Idaho Springs. St. Mary’s Glacier has snow year-round, but the snow field is getting smaller and smaller. Clear Creek County’s website says St. Mary’s was […] The post Unique Colorado hikes: St. Mary’s Glacier first appeared on Krystal 93.