1 year ago: Post office burglaries interrupt mail delivery to neighborhoods in Summit County

 Customers in neighborhoods throughout Summit County have been experiencing interruptions to mail delivery as the U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigates burglaries at the Dillon and Silverthorne post offices. The Dillon Police Department arrested an individual on Aug. 27, 2024, who law enforcement suspect to be involved with a string of robberies throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains. A U.S. Postal Service spokesperson said in a statement that mail delivery to cluster box units in Summit County neighborhoods had been temporarily suspended, “out of an abundance of caution.” (Delivery resumed on Aug. 30.)

— From the Aug. 27, 2024, Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Unprecedented school year kicks off in Summit County with virtual learning

For the first time since schools shut down in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic in mid-March, middle and high schoolers logged into virtual classrooms Aug. 26, 2020. The first day comes nearly a month after the district announced its decision to start school in a hybrid at-home and in-person model. For middle and high school students, that means two days a week in person with three days online. Elementary students, who start Aug. 27, will be in person four days a week and online on Wednesdays. 

— From the Aug. 27, 2020, Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Town of Breckenridge, Vail Resorts reach agreement on lift-ticket tax

On Aug. 25, 2015, hours before a council vote that would finalize a lift-ticket tax proposal for the November ballot, the town and the resort company hammered out an agreement that earned unanimous support from every council member and applause from a packed council chamber. Vail Resorts brought the agreement to town officials on Aug. 21, and the two parties went back and forth over terms four or five times before finalizing the wording. The company agreed not to oppose, or campaign against, the proposed 4.5% tax as long as it excludes season passes, multi-resort lift tickets and summer activities. Vail Resorts also won’t sue the town if the tax passes. The agreement also included a $3.5 million annual payment guarantee from Vail Resorts, which would increase each year based on inflation. (The ballot measure later passed by a landslide, with more than 83% of voters in favor of the tax.)

— From the Aug. 27, 2015, Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Construction project at aims to keep high-school students off the highway

The first day of school had Summit High School students and staff working their way through caution signs, barricades and workers, on Aug. 23, 2010, but work will soon be completed on a roundabout and other improvements that will allow bus-riding students to get to school without having to cross Colorado Highway 9. Four students had been injured while crossing the road over the previous four years, including one in March. Rainy weather delayed construction on the project, which will provide buses with an efficient entrance and exit closer to the school.

— From the Aug. 25, 2010, Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Non-credit courses attract attention at Colorado Mountain College

Vampires. Tarot cards. Ancient spiritual relationships. It sounds like the stuff of horror movies, but these are, in fact, among the non-credit classes listed in Colorado Mountain College’s fall catalog. While the college does offer such traditional fare as accounting, business, humanities and mathematics classes, it’s the non-credit classes that are the most eye-catching. Sprinkled under this catch-all heading are cooking classes, a course in floral design, classes for the expectant parent, and additional courses under categories labeled “Personal Growth/Spiritual” and “Special Interest.” 

— From the Aug. 26, 1995, Summit Daily News

125 years ago: Pumping begins as part of effort to raise sunken gold dredge outside of Breckenridge

Placer work for the season has been practically suspended for the double elevator plant of the North American Gold Dredging Co. Efforts are now being made to raise the company’s sunken dredge. A steam-powered pump was placed to lower the water in the pit so the boat can be reached, but the boiler wasn’t large enough to fully power the pump. Another boiler is being moved in to supply more steam. At present, the pump can only lower the water about 9 inches per day.

— From the Sept. 1, 1900, Summit County Journal