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Summit High junior Rita Foth with the ball after a scrum against #4 ranked Catholic Memorial, in the first round of nationals in Racine, Wisc. After scoring first, the#5 Tigers were unable to hold on and lost 12-5.

Rugby girls return from nationals with pride

While they may not have won it all, the Summit High School girls’ rugby team came back from nationals in Racine, Wisc., with memories that will last them a lifetime. “We’ll never forget it,” said team captain Katy Peoples. “The experience was more i …

Summer-starter sandwich

Fire up the barbecue, pack the picnic basket, it’s a holiday weekend. Many people refer to Memorial Day as the “unofficial” start to summer; I feel that summer starts when palates of plump, blood-red strawberries hit the stores. They are a healthy, c …

An oversized snow plow on the front of a powerful loader eats into the snowpack on Highway 82 about 2 miles from the summit of Independence Pass last week. Crews were able to clear the snow and the scheduled opening on Thursday will be met./ Scott Condon The Aspen Times

Independence Pass to open Thursday

Highway 82 over Independence Pass will open as scheduled at 2 p.m. Thursday, the Colorado Department of Transportation announced Monday. A maintenance crew started removing snow east of the winter closure gate during the last week of April. The crew …

Special to the Daily/Mark Lance
Christopher Lambrecht, far right, supervises as students of his Stream Ecology class at Summit High School start the release of rainbow trout into the Blue River. The students were the first high school in Colorado to release trout into a Class A watershed.

Summit High students the first class in Colorado to release trout into a Class A watershed

More than 50 members of Christopher Lambrecht’s Stream Ecology class have moved on. No, they’re not graduating. In fact, they’re not even students — they’re rainbow trout. The trout, which hatched from eggs donated to the classroom by the nonprofit o …

Breckenridge residents say bye-bye to 'the Bergie' on Peak 8

In 1961, the now-thriving four-mountain Breckenridge Ski Resort was just a smattering of cut runs, a few chairlifts and three modest buildings. The Bergenhof was one of them. For nearly 50 years, the restaurant affectionately known to locals as the …

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Jeff Bell works at cleaning snow off the patio, table and chairs from Prost on Main Street Frisco Tuesday morning. Snow fell throughout the day Tuesday with more possible today.

Summit County businesses stuck in mud season but holding steady

With Memorial Day Weekend right around the corner, Summit County is approaching the last few weeks of mud season and gearing up for summer. As always, the off-season is a time when many businesses close down and people head out of town, seeking other …

Liddick: Turning a blind eye to Obama’s blunders

I believe in bipartisanship, I really do. I think that things work better in a government operated by two opposing political parties who share solutions to real problems. I just wish that the Obama administration hadn’t combined Jimmy Carter’s hand- …

Interstate 70’s next big traffic buster

With one major highway project already under way on Interstate 70, Colorado Department of Transportation officials are now working on their next move to maximize the capacity of one of the state’s more congested highway corridors. The new peak-perio …

Pets available for adoption in Summit County

Contact the Summit County animal shelter at (970) 668-3230 Cats CATALONIA, 1 year 6 months, domestic shorthair mix, white and black, spayed female CONNIE, 4 years, domestic mediumhair mix, tortie, spayed female CHESTER, 5 years, domestic shor …