This is a weekend and a holiday we look forward to with mixed emotions every year. It's a long holiday weekend celebrating the start of summer, but more importantly, it's a time to mourn and honor those lost in the call of duty.

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A special election is set for Aug. 14 to allow voters to decide whether they want to revise the town's charter to limit powers of eminent domain.
On April 30, petitioners submitted 346 signatures in favor of holding the special elec

DENVER - A program that automatically checks the immigration status of all jail inmates in Colorado quietly went into effect this week following years of opposition and fears it could lead to deportation for otherwise minor offe

DENVER - Police have arrested 35 people on prostitution-related charges and seized 23 vehicles in the last week in north and west Denver.
The Denver Police Department announced Thursday the arrests of 29 people for soliciting f

The Lowry section is closed today and Friday to all uses.
"The contractor is making every effort to minimize the duration of the closure while maintaining a safe work environment," county open space and trails specialist

A lease allowing developer Brynn Grey X, LLC to bring a Whole Foods Market to the town-owned Interstate Parcel was approved on second and final reading at Tuesday's Frisco Town Council meeting.
The lease gives David O'Neil's develop

Recent news from Denver Water that the agency is OK with human contact with water in Dillon reservoir has everyone wondering whether we'll soon see people doing the backstroke in Heaton Bay.

Not so fast, we say. Even in mid-

What we do with our waste may be the least-sexy thing we must talk about as a society, but in Summit County, the issue is coming to a head. There are many complexities involved with the landfill out near Keystone, but the problem boil

Opening for its second season of operation, South Park BMX in Fairplay has modified its track to benefit all riders, not just the experts.
The facility is set to host its first race of the season Sunday. There will be subsequent rac

Summit Therapy Animals semiannual meeting tonight
Interested in doing volunteer pet therapy work or supporting our local therapy animal organization? Join the board and members of Summit Therapy Animals for our semiannual meeting toni

A big thank you goes out to all who supported National Children's Book Week at Stork & Bear Co. The children had fun listening to a story read by Lake Dillon firefighters Mike Waesche and Aaron Ferdig, who visited with their sup

Summit Community Care Clinic would like to thank Lake Dillon Theatre Company for their generous donation. They donated all their proceeds from tickets sales to the clinic. We are so honored to have been chosen as the benefactors of th

BRECKENRIDGE - Summit County government finalized a set of policies regulating the sale, cultivation and production of medical marijuana and marijuana-infused products Tuesday ahead of the final state deadline in July.
The new

Frisco Town Council members nearly delayed a revised ordinance outlining the operating procedures for mobile food and goods vendors on Frisco's Main Street, but decided to pass it on first reading with the caveat that it would b

On June 2, 1,800 seedlings will be planted throughout Summit County, all in honor of residents' loved ones.
The Bristlecone Foundation Legacy Forest Campaign started in 2010 to help support the home care and hospice patients

In an ever-changing global community, educators constantly try to stay ahead of the curve while preparing students to be productive citizens of society. A high school diploma is now necessary to apply for the most basic of jobs, an

Terese Keil became a foster parent in the mid-'90s, when she heard there weren't enough in Summit County.
"I thought it was a good thing to do to give back to the community," she said.
Now, 17 years later,

Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that's all about bringing people together and whirled peas and all that. Yep, we've got some high falutin' mediation shops around here in the

Dear Eartha: I heard through the grapevine that you recently did a cleanse diet. How did it go? - Brian, Breckenridge

Since the weather was so beautiful during April (unless your idea of beautiful was a powder day), the Ste

Re: "Our changing planet" by John Bertotto, letters, May 19

The sun has been cooling slightly for the past 35 years and is not the cause of global warming. Visit SkepticalScience.com, "Most Used Climate My