Frisco celebrates its history with ‘Pistols and Pearls’ event

The Frisco Historic Park will be adorned with vibrant lights, classy overhead tents, whiskey-barrel cocktail tables and sharply dressed characters noshing on local fare and sipping wine on Friday. “It’s the museum’s 30th anniversary year, and we wan …

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Summit County Boy Scout Troop 188 and Cub Scout Pack 186 stand at attention around the flag which is flying at half-staff as the Memorial Day Ceremony takes place at the Dillon Cemetery Monday morning. The annual event at the cemetery included guest speakers, music by the Summit Concert Band, reading of deceased veterans interred in the cemetery by Pennington Wimbush, taps and retirement of the flag by the boys scouts.

Summit honors veterans

Vanessa Agee has been working for the town of Breckenridge for almost 10 years, and for all of that time she has wanted to start a Memorial Day Commemoration. On Monday, she and rest of the community will see the fruits of her labor, as the town hold …

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A rendering shows what an advanced guideway system might look like on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor.. The Colorado Department of Transportation recently asked the private sector for information regarding the financial feasibility of the proposed system. The price tag is expected to rise into the billions.

High-speed rail poses high costs on Interstate 70

It’s a vision for the future of transit that would make the Jetsons proud: a high-speed, clean-powered train capable of making the sometimes-treacherous trek up the 120-mile Interstate 70 corridor from Jefferson County to the Eagle County Regional Ai …

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Melinda and Jerry Mellegaard are spending their second year living and working at Summit County's Heaton Bay campground this season.

Campers to flood Summit over holiday weekend

An American flag flapped in the breeze as Melinda and Jerry Mellegaard made the rounds, rolling from campsite to campsite in their little white cart Friday afternoon. The couple, originally from South Dakota, just started their second season working …

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Stand Up Paddle Colorado photo of paddling in Rancho Del Rio. Frisco Marina officals and SeasonFive Summit Games founder Mike Fischer believe that the changes in paddleboarding regulations on Dillon Reservoir could lead to a boom in the popularity of the sport in Summit County. It could also have a positive effect on the summer tourism economy.

Inaugural SeasonFive Summit Games next week

The inaugural SeasonFive Summit Games will take place next weekend, June 1 and 2, at the Frisco Marina. Think Vail’s Mountain Games meets Dillon Reservoir. “We don’t have a big outdoor [sports] festival here in Summit,” said event founder and title s …

Summit County marinas open for Memorial weekend

The snow has melted, the temperature is rising and a favorite pastime is returning to Summit County. The Frisco Bay and Dillon marinas are open this weekend, and the staff is ready to get outdoors lovers out onto the water. Frisco Bay Marina is rent …

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Marco Rodriguez high fives classmate Sadie Tidwell as they get ready to start their graduation ceremony. Rodriguez and Tidwell are among the 22 graduates of Snowy Peaks High School this year.

A high point for Snowy Peaks

The air at the Frisco Community and Senior Center buzzed Thursday night with the conversation of friends, family and educators who gathered for the Snowy Peaks High School graduation ceremony. Snowy Peaks is an alternative high school, offering a sma …

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Kellie Cochran is the salutatorian of the class of 2013 at Summit High School. Cochran will be attending California Polytechnic State University in the fall to study environmental engineering.

Kellie Cochran named Summit High School’s salutatorian of 2013

The last few months have been busy for high school senior Kellie Cochran. Not only has she been taking exams for all of her high-level classes, but she traveled to Wisconsin with her rugby teammates to compete in nationals. Now, with all that behind …

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Sara Metzger is Summit HIgh School's valedictorian. Metzger will be attending Yale University in the fall, with plans to study Chemical Engineering.

Summit High’s Sara Metzger will graduate as the valedictorian

Sara Metzger has been chasing down the valedictorian track ever since her freshman year at Summit High School. Whenever she had the opportunity to get a look at her class standing, she would see that No. 1, which would spur on her academic efforts. …