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 …

DENVER, CO - MAY 19: Runners take off as the Colfax half marathon gets under way in City Park in Denver, CO on May 19th, 2013. The Colfax Marathon, the Half Marathon and the Urban Ten- Miler were held in City Park in Denver, CO on May 19th, 2013. The popular running events, sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, were sold out and thousands of runners took part in all three races. Temperatures were cool with cloudy skies making for record setting times on both the Marathon and the half marathon by the winners. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Abraham Rutto wins Colfax Marathon in Denver with record-setting time

Last year Trevor Barron broke the U.S. record for race walking 20 kilometers and was the lone American to compete in that event at the London Olympics. On Sunday he gave running a try. On a cool morning with near perfect running conditions that produ …

Joe Gandelman: Second-term curse crushes on Obama

You might say that May 10, 2013 was when the “second term curse” officially struck President Barack Obama — and that May 13 was when it flattened him. Obama’s administration has been hit with a triple whammy blast from a massive political stun gun. …