1 year ago: Dillon traffic plan proposes 5 roundabouts on U.S. Highway 6

The Dillon Town Council last week reviewed a draft plan for the future of U.S. Highway 6 that envisions five roundabouts along the corridor through town. The traffic plan aims to improve pedestrian movements across the highway and improve the safety of left turn movements on and off the state highway, according to a memo written by Dillon Town Engineer Dan Burroughs. The plan envisions five roundabouts on Highway 6: one at the highway’s intersection with Lake Dillon Drive and Evergreen Road, another that would create a new intersection with County Road 51, a third at the intersection of Elkhorn and Tenderfoot streets, a fourth at the entrance to Corinthian Hill and a fifth at the intersection with Cemetery Road and the Dillon Nature Preserve parking lot entrance.

— From the Feb. 14, 2024, edition of the Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Breckenridge Brewery & Pub signs 11 year lease after dispute with landlord

A deal has been struck to keep Breckenridge Brewery & Pub in its current location. The announcement comes after months of fighting over a lease between Anheuser-Busch, which owns the brewery, and its landlord Richard Squire, who originally founded the brewery 30 years ago. Richard Squire sold the brewery to Anheuser-Busch in 2015 but remained the owner of the building at 600 Main St. in Breckenridge. A conflict emerged in May 2019 when the two parties clashed about whether there was an agreement to renew the building lease. 

— From the Feb. 12, 2020, edition of the Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Summit County’s first recorded murder-suicide occurs in Wildernest

Law enforcement officers found one adult male and one adult female dead in a Wildernest residence Feb. 10. 2015, in what was later determined to be the county’s first known murder-suicide. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the man and woman were found dead when deputies entered the home after the office received a welfare call. Evidence at the scene suggested a murder-suicide, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. After analyzing evidence in the home, investigators determined a man shot his wife several times before shooting himself. A release from the sheriff’s office called the incident “a domestic tragedy,” noting the couple had recently filed for divorce after 52 years of marriage.

— From the Feb. 12, and Feb. 15, 2015, editions of the Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Lowe’s gets preliminary approval from Silverthorne Town Council

Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse was given preliminarily approval by Silverthorne Town Council Feb. 10, 2010. The proposed store and attached garden center would be located on the corner of Wildernest Road and Buffalo Mountain Drive and and would total 138,000 square feet. It will sit on 11.2 acres at the site of a former auto dealership. More than 40 people turned up at the town meeting to see the Lowe’s presentation, and 18 locals addressed the Council about their views. Only one man was supportive of Lowe’s coming to Silverthorne. A corporate representative from Lowe’s said he hoped the location would be open within a year.

— From the Feb. 12, 2010, edition of the Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Cyprus Amax announces plan to reopen Climax molybdenum mine

Cyprus Amax Minerals co. announced plans Feb. 9, 1995, to reopen the Climax molybdenum mine near Leadville. The decision came as the result of a drastic increase in the molybdenum demand over the past year. Prices rose from about $2 per pound at the beginning of 1994 to nearly $17 per pound in early 1995. Operations at Climax are expected to begin in April 1995, and Cyprus Climax will directly employ between 90 and 100 personnel in addition to those employed by contractors. Contracted employees should bring the overall number of Climax mine workers to between 150 and 200.

— From the Feb. 10, 1995, edition of the Summit Daily News

125 years ago: Weather woes cause train troubles for South Park railway

The second full week of February 1900 has been a trying week for the South Park railway. A heavy storm took the area by surprise on the evening of Feb. 12 and raged with all the fury of a blizzard until Feb. 16, causing perils and delays in Summit County and the surrounding area. The westbound train reached Leadville late on Feb. 13 and has been tied up there ever since. The Feb. 14 train to Leadville was held up all night in Kokomo. That train started back for Denver Feb. 15, but was caught in a snow slide in Ten Mile Canyon near Curtin, which knocked one end of a coach from the track. As of Feb. 16, that train is still hemmed in, and will remain until the line plowed out, which was expected to happen Feb. 17. The Feb. 15 train to Leadville stopped in Dillon before returning to Denver.

— From the Feb. 17, 1900, edition of the Summit County Journal