Robin Bond

Writer | Producer | Creative Communications


Emmy Award-winning storyteller creating smart, audience-focused content across B2B, consumer, editorial and film/video.

Journalism • TV News Production • News & Feature Writing • Editing • Digital & Print Publications • Interviewing • Research

Writer and reporter for local and national news media outlets, both print and digital.

Filters & Sorting

New CDC guidelines shift COVID vaccine recommendations to individual consultations

Flu and COVID-19 season is here — running from October to May in the Northern Hemisphere — and Estes Park is already feeling the impact. Estes Valley Voice editor Patti Brown tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago after covering a large public event. “I thought at first this was a robust head cold, but after learning that several people who attended the event had COVID, I took a home test. I didn’t need to wait 15 minutes for results — it was obviously positive very quickly,” Brown said. B...

YMCA shapes futures through food

Food is an international language at the YMCA of the Rockies. Inside the bustling dining halls and well-orchestrated kitchen, young interns from around the world are learning far more than how to prepare and serve meals—they’re gaining cultural exchange, leadership, and skills for life. The interns are from 22 countries, where they are studying hospitality-related fields. They represent far-away places from Thailand to South America to Eastern Europe, and they help prepare and serve 9,000 meals...

TikTok Is 'Restored' For Americans After Donald Trump 'Provided Clarity'

The TikTok ban lasted less than 24 hours for Americans, thanks to President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn into office Monday. In a statement shared on X, formerly Twitter, TikTok said Sunday that they were “in the process of restoring service” to app users. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” TikTok said in a post on X. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they...

Why You Should Avoid Foods Containing Banned Red Dye No. 3

It could take two years for foods to remove Red Dye No. 3 under the new FDA ban. Here’s what you need to know in the meantime to stay safe. On January 15, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the red food dye known as Red No. 3, and that has consumers scrambling to understand which products to toss or remove from their grocery lists altogether. The substance was banned from use in food, drinks, and oral drugs based on studies from 2022 showing it caused cancer in lab rats when ingest...

Pickleball is a hit at YMCA of the Rockies new Vice Family Recreation and Sports Park

The rhythmic pop-pop-pop of pickleball rackets is a new sound echoing against the backdrop of Longs Peak on a late-summer morning at YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park Center. The setting is the new pickleball court, recently made possible by a major gift from donors Susan and Marc Vice, and is one of the features of the newly named Vice Family Recreation and Sports Park. During the project, the basketball and tennis courts were refurbished. On this blue-sky morning, “it’s all local members of the...

Beyond the Busy Season: A Business Resilience Summit - Nov. 18

If you are an Estes Valley business owner, you know the seasonal drill: the exhilarating rush of summer and the fall leaf-peeping season, the sparkle of the “holidaze” season, followed by several quieter months that test your nerves and stretch your reserves. And 2025 has added new layers of complexity to an already challenging season. With federal tariffs reshaping supply chains, a government shutdown creating uncertainty and impacting local federal workers, whispers of recession growing loude...