There has been a delay in the renaming of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names put its vote on hold Thursday after receiving a request from a tribal government for a ...

After more than a year of public debate on the topic, Clear Creek County officials have selected a new name to replace Mount Evans. Officials made the decision after considering five proposed options, ...

On November 17, the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board voted to recommend to change the name of Mount Evans, the 14,265-foot peak that honors John Evans, Colorado’s second territorial governor ...

A Colorado state panel recommended Thursday that Mount Evans, a prominent peak near Denver, be renamed Mount Blue Sky at the request of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. The Colorado Geographic Naming ...

Colorado politicians have turned their attention to the wilderness area surrounding the recently renamed Mt. Blue Sky – the 14er in Clear Creek County that looms over Denver– which still bears the ...

When vacationer William Moore of Elkhart, Ind., hiked Mount Evans this week, he knew to dress in warm clothes. He’d be spending close to 30 minutes driving with lights on along a narrow, winding road ...

One of Colorado's most popular fourteeners may soon have a new name. Last week, officials in Clear Creek County approved a plan to change the name of 14,130-foot Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky, a title ...

Gov. Jared Polis has endorsed the proposal to change the name of Mount Evans in a letter to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. The letter is the last piece of information from Colorado that is being ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Native American leaders convened in Denver on Friday for a ceremony aimed at moving forward the renaming of Mount Evans, an effort that stalled after one ...

Mount Evans was named for the state’s second territorial governor, John Evans, seen as a major instigator of the Sand Creek Massacre, when Army forces killed more than 200 Cheyenne and Arapahoe in ...

Gov. Jared Polis has endorsed a collaborative proposal to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. The historic change could happen this coming week. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names meets ...