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GRANBY —The idea to recreate historic methods of transportation while generating funds for a modern major highway improvement project spawned from a Grand County Commisioner. “On a personal note, I just wanted to ride my horse to a commissioners meeting,” said Grand County Commissioner Merrit Linke, speaking to the generations of his family that have lived and ranched in the Grand Valley. “And then I thought, why not turn it into a benefit ride?” The ride will benefit the Highway 9 project, which serves as a major transportation corridor for Summit, Grand, Jackson, and Route counties. The project aims to …

David Boyes, who served as Fire Chief for the Grand Fire Protection District No. 1 for 21 years, has been relieved of his duties as fire chief and district administrator for the district due to the Board of Director’s decision to change the direction and management of the Granby Fire Department during a special meeting, according to a press release from Schelly Olson, public information officer for the district. Boyes started working for the department in 1981 as a volunteer firefighter and moved up the ranks to attain the position as fire chief. The district did not release specifics surrounding …

The initiative to improve and greatly enhance the safety of Highway 9 north of Kremmling reaches a major decision point next Tuesday, June 25, when the Grand County Commissioners decide what financial commitment they will make to the project. When the commissioners made the decision to submit the pre-application, they met with the Citizens For A Safe Highway 9 committee to talk about a fundraising strategy. For this particular Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) program, local governments are required to provide 20 percent of the funding for the total cost of the project. The committee had secured a $4 million …

The initiative to improve and greatly enhance the safety of Highway 9 north of Kremmling reaches a major decision point next Tuesday, June 25, when the Grand County Commissioners decide what financial commitment they will make to the project. When the commissioners made the decision to submit the pre-application, they met with the Citizens For A Safe Highway 9 committee to talk about a fundraising strategy. For this particular Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) program, local governments are required to provide 20 percent of the funding for the total cost of the project. The committee had secured a $4 million …

It's finally summer and for many kids that means swimming, video games and vacations. But a lot of parents hope their kids will to do some extra reading during the break. Host Michel Martin is joined by three moms in the literary world with summer book suggestions

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The anonymous book sculptor of Edinburgh strikes again; the childhood drawings of E.E. Cummings; Jonathan Franzen on literary sexism.

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When's the last time you read a comic book? Here are five for summer, covering everything from tiny Finnish critters to Viennese punk rockers and musings on Anna Wintour. Writer Myla Goldberg says they represent a golden age in comic art.

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Mary Louise Kelly used to cover national security for NPR, but lately she's turned her attention to fiction. Her new novel, Anonymous Sources, draws on Kelly's own reporting experiences, including things she couldn't say when she was a journalist.

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As the mud dries and outdoor enthusiasts return to Grand County’s trails for hiking, biking and trail running, they’re bound to notice some changes. The U.S. Forest Service Sulphur Ranger District, which manages 450,000 acres of public land in the area, is working to mitigate hazards caused by beetle-killed pines lining trails and roads. As the trees die, they can rot from the bottom up and fall unexpectedly. This creates dangerous obstacles for bikers moving at high speeds, and precarious situations for hikers and campers caught unaware. “Our intent is to benefit the public, both by increasing safety and reducing …

As the mud dries and outdoor enthusiasts return to Grand County’s trails for hiking, biking and trail running, they’re bound to notice some changes. The U.S. Forest Service Sulphur Ranger District, which manages 450,000 acres of public land in the area, is working to mitigate hazards caused by beetle-killed pines lining trails and roads. As the trees die, they can rot from the bottom up and fall unexpectedly. This creates dangerous obstacles for bikers moving at high speeds, and precarious situations for hikers and campers caught unaware. “Our intent is to benefit the public, both by increasing safety and reducing …

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If any story screams out for a multimedia e-book treatment, it's the tale of The Rock Bottom Remainders, a small band of best-selling authors — including Amy Tan, Dave Barry and Stephen King — who yowled out rock standards. Hard Listening is a digital scrapbook about their years as musicians.

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Neil Gaiman's latest, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, is the story of an artist who returns to his childhood home and recalls a magical struggle he was involved in as a young boy. Reviewer Annalee Newitz says the book balances "frenetic action with wistful self-knowledge."

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Journalist Judith Schwartz believes that the key to addressing carbon issues and climate change lies beneath our feet. In her book Cows Save The Planet, she argues that proper management of soil could solve a long list of environmental problems.

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In his new book, journalist Charles Glass explores the little-known history of thousands of American and British soldiers who deserted during World War II. Glass describes how the strain of war can push a soldier to the breaking point — and how the line between courage and cowardice is never simple.

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Colum McCann won the National Book Award for his 2009 novel, Let the Great World Spin, about a high-wire artist. Critic Maureen Corrigan says McCann's new novel, TransAtlantic, also has its head in the clouds.

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Also: Judy Blume gets her own holiday; Michael Chabon considers the superhero costume; the best books coming out this week.

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In softcover fiction, Irvine Welsh gives us a prequel to Trainspotting, and Regina O'Melveny tells the story of a 16th-century Renaissance woman. In nonfiction, Dan Ariely discovers what keeps us dishonest.

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The capital of Northern Ireland is no longer the city of snipers that it was before the Good Friday Agreement, but novelist Stuart Neville still draws inspiration from the decades of violence. In The Ghosts of Belfast, he examines the shattered life of an IRA killer in the aftermath of The Troubles.

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Loyal fans of young adult novelist Judy Blume have riffed on Bloomsday — a celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses — and created Blumesday to honor the author of Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Blubber.

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