1 year ago: Summit ski teams are dominant at state; boys win 3rd straight title

Summit High School was dominant in the 2024 Colorado skiing championships over two weekends, showing strong at the Alpine skiing meet Feb. 15-16 at Loveland Ski Area and the Nordic event Feb. 23 at Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby. Both the boys and girls teams nabbed combined skiing titles — the third-straight title for the boys. Both teams combined to win six of the eight individual state titles across the two weekends. Sophomore Seth Montgomery swept both boys Alpine titles — winning both giant slalom and slalom. Junior James Sowers won the 5K classic race at the Nordic championships. On the girls side, freshman Elodie Olsen won giant slalom and senior Ella Snyder took first in slalom. Junior Ella Hagen claimed the skate title in the Nordic races. 

— From the Feb. 16, 17 and 23, 2024, editions of the Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Legal battle imminent over Fiester Preserve condemnation by Summit County

The Summit County Housing Authority opted to delay discussion about the condemnation of a conservation easement at Fiester Preserve at its meeting Feb. 18, 2020, having already delayed it twice before. County Manager Scott Vargo said the discussion was postponed once again because legal negotiations are ongoing with Colorado Open Lands, the open space nonprofit that owns the conservation easement. Tony Caliguiri, president and CEO of Colorado Open Lands, said his organization’s stance on the easement had not changed and that it is legally obligated to defend the easement. The county, which owns the land itself as part of its County Commons, is trying to remove the easement to develop senior housing.

— From the Feb. 21, 2020, edition of the Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Holiday Inn targets Summit County dispensary in marijuana lawsuit

On Feb. 19, 2015, the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group Safe Streets Alliance named Medical Marijuana of the Rockies as one of 12 defendants in a federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case. Safe Streets sponsored the lawsuit in partnership with co-plaintiff New Vision Hotels, the Colorado Springs company that owns the Frisco Holiday Inn. In February 2015 Frisco had two marijuana dispensaries, both located less than a mile from the Holiday Inn.

— From the Feb. 20, 2015, edition of the Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Colorado Mountain College moves closer to offering 4-year degrees

A bill allowing Colorado Mountain College’s campuses to offer four-year degrees passed out of the Colorado Senate Education Committee Feb. 17, 2010. The college’s board of trustees has already approved the move, but it must first be given permission by the state to do so. The bill passed out of committee with a 7-1 vote, allowing it to go before the full Senate, but does have some opposition — Colorado Department of Higher Education Executive Director Rico Munn spoke against the bill while it was in committee. (The bill was eventually approved, and the college was given preliminary authorization to offer two bachelor’s degrees on March 4, 2011.)

— From the Feb. 18, 2010, edition of the Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Travelers stranded, Valentine’s plans nixed amid late weekend storm

Vicious winds and driven snow closed Interstate 70 and created chaos throughout Summit County Feb. 14, 1995. On Valentine’s night, drivers delivered pizzas to hungry semi drivers, the general manager of a Breckenridge restaurant shuttled people to and from dinner in his four-wheel drive truck and more than 50 stranded travelers slept on the gymnasium floor at Summit High School, while a few others passed the night inside their vehicles. The storm, which began late Feb. 12, dropped about another foot of snow throughout the county — on top of the 3 feet that fell the weekend before. 

— From the Feb. 16, 1995, edition of the Summit Daily News

125 years ago: Two couples split cakewalk prize at Woodmen’s ball

The Woodmen’s ball on Feb. 22, 1900, was a pleasant social affair, largely attended and netted the lodge a neat sum of cash. The cakewalk did not prove to be as attractive as many supposed, being contested by only two couples. Being unable to agree as to which was the more graceful couple, the judges divided the prize — a large and handsome cake — between the two couples: Josephus Lowe and Dorothea Hicks, and Harold Kaiser and Geneveva Fry.

— From the Feb. 24, 1900, edition of the Summit County Journal