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Breckenridge candidate forum to be held Tuesday
The Breckenridge chapter of the Summit Chamber is hosting a candidate forum from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at The Lodge at Breckenridge, 112 Overlook Drive. Breckenridge mayoral and Breckenridge Town Council candidates are expected...
Julie Sutor announces run for Summit County commissioner
FRISCO — On Sunday, Feb. 9, Frisco resident Julie Sutor became the second candidate to announce her campaign to run for Summit County commissioner. Sutor — who is the Summit County director of communications and...
Josh Blanchard announces run for Summit County commissioner
SILVERTHORNE — Silverthorne resident Josh Blanchard has become the first candidate to announce his intention of running for Summit County commissioner, District 3, which primarily encompasses Silverthorne and northern Summit County. All three commissioner seats...
Blue River and Montezuma to hold municipal elections in April
BLUE RIVER — The town of Blue River is hosting municipal elections for the mayor’s office and three trustee positions. While four incorporated towns in Summit County — Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco and Silverthorne — are...
Summit School District Board President Bonnie Ward submits resignation
FRISCO — Bonnie Ward, president of the Summit School District Board of Education and board director for the past four years, has submitted her resignation for board approval during Thursday’s school board meeting. Ward’s sudden...
Municipal election candidates announced
*Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include the correct last name of Frisco town clerk Deborah Wohlmuth. FRISCO — Monday, Jan. 27, was the deadline for municipal election candidates to turn in their...
Summit County towns prepare for municipal elections
FRISCO — The deadline for those who intend to run for town council positions have until 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, to hand in their nomination petitions to the town clerks of Summit County...
Summit commissioner declines to engage in Fiester Preserve discussion at Democrats meeting
FRISCO — At the first meeting of the year for Summit County Democrats, an expected forum discussion on county government action to condemn Fiester Preserve near Bill’s Ranch failed to materialize, with the county declining...
Rep. Julie McCluskie appointed to joint budget committee
Colorado House Speaker KC Becker announced Tuesday that she had appointed Rep. Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon, to the legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee. McCluskie will replace former Rep. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, who resigned from the House...
Summit County looks ready to increase minimum wage by 75 cents per hour each year starting in 2021
FRISCO — After six meetings over three months, Summit County government has wrapped up its minimum wage work group process to gather information and consensus on whether the county and towns should establish a local...
Summit County municipal election petitions can be picked up Jan. 7
DILLON — All four of Summit County’s incorporated towns will hold their regular municipal elections April 7. In Frisco, voters will elect a mayor and three town councilors, all of which will serve four-year terms....
Youth Empowerment Society of Summit wins Community Collaboration award for advocating changes to nicotine laws
FRISCO — When Summit High School seniors Courtney Brown, Breanna Roach and Logan Simson joined the school’s Youth Empowerment Society of Summit in 2018, the trio described the club more as a social group than...
Peak 7 local improvement district officially dissolved; lawsuit likely to be dropped
BRECKENRIDGE — At the Summit Board of County Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Nov. 12, the board officially dissolved the Peak 7 local improvement district, which was intended to fund a proposed paving project in the neighborhood...
Redhorse, Quintero elected to Summit School District board
FRISCO — Summit School District’s board of education has four new directors after Tuesday’s election. The Summit Daily News reported late Tuesday that preliminary results showed Gini Bradley and Chris Alleman winning directorships with the...
Summit County saw record voter turnout for an odd-year election
FRISCO — Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, saw record voter turnout from Summit County residents. Summit County Clerk and Recorder Kathleen Neel reported that 8,792 ballots were submitted by local voters. Neel said 440...
Colorado Prop DD, sports betting measure, pulls ahead by 1 point
Proposition DD, the measure to legalize sports betting in Colorado, pulled slightly ahead in ballot-counting overnight, although the margin is still slight. With more than 1.3 million ballots counted, Prop DD is passing by 13,141...
Measure 1C: Peak 7 neighborhood shoots down proposed $6.66 million paving project
FRISCO — Measure 1C, the project meant to pave 21 roads in the Peak 7 neighborhood, was shot down by 112 votes. Despite the seemingly even split among neighborhood residents heading into Election Day, the...
Marianne Virgili edges out win for east Garfield County CMC seat
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Marianne Virgili has been elected to represent District 2 on Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees. Virgili earned nearly 53% of the vote whereas her opponent, Mary Nelle Axelson, had garnered just...
Bob Hartzell wins Lake County seat for CMC
Colorado Mountain College’s former Leadville campus dean won the Lake County seat on the CMC board of trustees in Tuesday’s vote As of midnight, Bob Hartzell was leading Christine Whittington 54.10% to 45.90%, with 23,340...
Four new Summit School District board directors elected in close race
FRISCO — Four new directors were elected to the Summit School District Board of Education on Tuesday night as part of the 2019 coordinated election. Gini Bradley, Chris Alleman, Consuelo Redhorse and Gloria Quintero were...