This year I watched “The Roses” at Breckenridge’s Eclipse Theater. It was an entertaining story about a couple that goes from bliss to anger and violence largely due to the wife becoming more successful than her husband. The movie was marketed as a comedy, but in real life there is nothing amusing about domestic violence. 

When we think about crime in Summit County, theft of skis or DUIs might first come to mind, but criminal incidents involving domestic violence are common and deserve more public awareness. In 2024 there were 194 calls to the Summit County 911 Center for suspected domestic violence. There were 76 arrests involving domestic violence made by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in both 2023 and 2024. Breckenridge police made 35 arrests involving domestic violence in 2024. 

Domestic violence is not treated as an independent crime in Colorado but rather as a sentencing enhancer to a misdemeanor or felony such as assault or harassment involving an intimate relationship. Colorado is a mandatory arrest state, so police must arrest a person if they have probable cause to believe domestic violence has occurred. In addition, the accused cannot bond out of jail before seeing a judge, so they will likely spend at least one night in the county jail. 

A few decades ago it was common for police in various jurisdictions to not treat domestic violence as a crime but as just “a little domestic dispute.” Lt. Mike Schilling of the Summit County Sheriff’s Office emphasized that their officers take domestic violence extremely seriously. Their domestic violence training and policy reflects their commitment to protecting victims and holding offenders accountable. 

We are fortunate to have ARISE in Summit County to provide a 24-hour crisis line, advice and support for domestic violence survivors and a safe house. The ARISE crisis line received 642 calls in 2024 and provided services to 363 new clients. ARISE offers a pathway to hope and self-sufficiency by providing the tools to start a new life, including shelter, financial assistance, and relocation support. 

The National Domestic Hotline reports that “survivors of abuse return to their abusive partners an average of seven times before they leave for good.” We may wonder why someone would stay with an abusive partner, but we have to remember that abuse is about power and control.  

There can be strong barriers to leaving such as fear of increased violence, the welfare of children, financial dependence, emotional manipulation, isolation, shame, and lack of support from friends and relatives.  

Torey Ivanic, Outreach and Education Coordinator for ARISE, teaches the elective course “Healthy Choices” to seventh graders at Summit County Public Schools. It was troubling to hear from Torey that only about 20% of students (or their parents) opt into this class. The majority of seventh graders are passing up this perfect opportunity to have valuable discussions about sexuality, consent, and healthy relationships.  

Torey said “Healthy Choices” teaches how good relationships include mutual respect, open and honest communication, trust, support, shared decision making, and feeling safe and valued. Teens need to be able to spot red flags such as controlling behavior, jealousy or possessiveness, isolation from friends and family, constant criticism, and guilt-tripping or threats. Teens should be encouraged to set boundaries and say “no” without feeling guilty and speaking up when something doesn’t feel right. Teens armed with this knowledge will be able to have better relationships in school and be less apt to enter into relationships in later life that become abusive. For an insightful take on consent watch “Can I borrow your snowboard?” on the ARISE website AriseSummitCo.org/post/shatter-the-silence-consent.

The women’s advocacy organization Our Watch warns that “violence is more common in relationships where men make all the decisions, feel they “own” their partners or hold rigid ideas about how women should behave.” In recent years there has been an ignorant longing for “the good old days” when society was far more male dominated and the perfect wife aspired only to changing diapers and baking casseroles. The combination of this nostalgia for the 1950s and the misogyny and sexism promoted by social media and many politicians reinforces a sense of entitlement in some men that can result in more domestic violence. 

The National Domestic Violence Hotline reports that over 12 million people in the U.S. are victims of intimate partner violence each year. If you are being subjected to domestic violence call ARISE (1-970-668-3906) or The National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) for advice and support. Victims are not the cause of anger and abuse; the abuser is responsible for their own behavior. No one deserves to be abused or live in fear. 

Editor’s Note: Each Thursday throughout the winter, the Summit Daily News will provide a terrain update that will inform skiers and riders on what trails are open at what mountains before they head out to the slopes. 

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, ski areas across Summit County are busily working to prepare the slopes for increased visitation and activity. 

Despite the 2025-26 ski season in Summit County getting off to a warm start with well below average snowfall, ski areas have continued to operate their snowguns whenever conditions have allowed.

Now, with a decent stretch of consistently cold temperatures and a few inches of natural snowfall earlier this week — and a few more on the way — ski areas expect to expand terrain heading into the weekend before the first major holiday of the ski season.

Keystone Resort drops ropes to several new trails

Keystone Resort will give skiers and riders access to several new trails this weekend. On Thursday, Nov. 20, Keystone opened up Dercum’s Dash for the first time this season. The trail gives skiers and riders another option to get back to the River Run Base Area.

This weekend, Keystone will shift its hike-to terrain park from Scout to Deacon’s Seat above the top terminal of the Peru Express. In its old place, Scout will open with access via the Ranger lift for newer skies and riders as well as the resort’s ski and ride school groups. 

Paymaster is also expected to come online in the coming days.

Keystone’s Mountaintop Snow Tubing will open for the season right before Thanksgiving on Monday, Nov. 24. Work should then begin on the World’s Largest Mountaintop Snow Fort shortly after. 

In an effort to expand access over to North Peak, Keystone’s snowmaking teams will focus their efforts on the Mozart and Prospector trails over the next week. 

When not on the mountain, skiers and riders can visit the Ski Tip Lodge starting on Friday, Nov. 21, for dinner service and horse-drawn wagon rides. 

Loveland Ski Area opens Loveland Valley

Loveland Ski Area will head into the week of Thanksgiving by opening Loveland Valley on Friday, Nov. 21.

Known for its beginner terrain and learning area, Loveland Valley will open for the first time this season on Friday morning and will give guests access to beginner terrain serviced by the new Lift 7 and the Rainbow Carpet. 

In celebration of the newly upgraded lift, the ski area will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:45 a.m. on Friday morning. The lift was replaced over the summer and now features wider, three-person carriers. 

Loveland Ski Area has also opened up Spillway ahead of the weekend. An intermediate-level trail off of Chet’s Dream, Spillway will give skiers and riders additional access at the upper mountain. 

According to Loveland, snowmaking progress has been excellent on Lift 2 and its supporting terrain. The ski area anticipates opening that lift soon. 

Copper gives access to top-to-bottom skiing 

Copper plans to open up the Excelerator chairlift with access to Ptarmigan chairlift on Saturday, Nov. 22. With the terrain opening, Copper will be open for top-to-bottom skiing and riding. 

The week of Thanksgiving will be a busy week for Copper with the Stifel Copper Cup. The event will take place from Thursday, Nov. 27, through Sunday, Nov. 30, and will feature some of the best Alpine skiers in the world ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics. 

All of the professional Alpine ski races will take place in East Village. The men’s competition will take place on Thursday and Friday with the women’s following on Saturday and Sunday.

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area working to open up more terrain

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area did not respond with its terrain updates before the Summit Daily News went to press. 

According to its website, the ski area continues to spin the Black Mountain Express lift with access to High Noon. Snowmakers are working to open up the upper mountain. 

Breckenridge Ski Resort expands beginner offerings

Since opening for the season on Friday, Nov. 7, the mountain operation teams at Breckenridge Ski Resort have been working hard to both maintain and expand its terrain package on Peak 8.

Due to the team’s efforts, Breckenridge will be in a position to open up two more magic carpets on Peak 8 along with the ski resort’s ski and snowboard school. Guests can book lessons directly through Breckenridge.com.

Looking ahead, the ski resort is making progress on lower Four O’Clock and giving guests access to the Snowflake chairlift. 

The resort hasn’t announced any opening date for Peak 9 yet this season, though the ski area opened the base area last year on Nov. 15. 

Two departments looking for funding from the same source presented Tuesday, Nov. 18, to the Summit Board of County Commissioners. 

The county’s housing and road and bridge department budget presentations both asked the commissioners to allocate them lodging tax fund revenue. Housing and child care have received funding from that source since the tax began in 2023. Summit County voters approved Ballot Measure 1A, which allows the commissioners to use lodging tax revenue for road and bridge projects, by a 90% to 10% margin earlier this month.

Finance director David Reynolds said the county has allocated 45% of the lodging tax revenue to housing and 45% to child care each year, leaving 10% for the state-required allocation for tourism education. With Ballot Measure 1A passing, the board can reallocate the 90% not used for tourism education however it wants.

Housing

A memo prepared by interim housing co-director Lina Lesmes for the meeting stated her department’s 2026 draft budget includes a $1.1 million allocation from the lodging tax fund. The department would need to “reduce programs, development projects, or reserves” if the board does not allocate that much lodging tax revenue to housing, the memo stated.

Lesmes gave an overview of the housing budget, highlighting expenses for the Housing Helps program, hotel master leases, long-term rental incentives and the accessory dwelling unit assistance program.

The Housing Helps program provides funds to real estate buyers in exchange for them placing a light deed restriction on the home they are purchasing, helping preserve the homes for local workers in the future. The housing department budgeted $3 million for Housing Helps in 2026, although Lesmes’ memo stated it has not spent that much on the program since 2022.

“As we’ve entered into partnerships with the towns of Breckenridge, Silverthorne and Dillon, we’ve managed to convert more and more of these homes and (spend) less funding,” Lesmes said. 

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In 2025, the program spent about $1.7 million to convert 34 units, Lesmes said. The program spent more to convert fewer units in 2023 and 2024, according to her memo. She said the housing department budgeted $3 million in 2026 because it would like to expand the program. 

Lesmes proposed two ways of expanding Housing Helps, either through offering more money in exchange for buyers applying full deed restrictions on their property or by having the county purchase market-rate units and resell them at a lower price with deed restrictions.

The housing department budget includes about $960,000 for hotel master leases; $610,000 for long-term rental incentives, which would include an extension of funds going to the Blue River Apartments; and $500,000 for the accessory dwelling unit assistance program.

With a projected beginning balance of around $5.5 million and projected revenues of around $8.2 million, the budget also calls for $5.5 million to be allocated to capital projects, leaving an ending fund balance of $1.2 million.

The housing budget looks to allocate $1.7 million for the delayed housing project on land near Dillon the county is leasing from the U.S. Forest Service. It also earmarks $1.3 million for the project in 2027.

“$1.7 million is what we’re earmarking for, primarily, design, feasibility and working with a potential developer for that project,” Lesmes said.

The other $2.5 million in capital expenses come from the Habitat for Humanity’s Soda Creek project, for which the department budgeted $1 million, and $1.5 million for partnerships with towns on housing projects “currently in negotiation,” according to Lesmes’ memo.

Road and bridge

Public works director Aaron Byrne presented the draft road and bridge budget, which outlines a seven-year capital plan that Byrne said front loads projects in its first two years to “catch up with” critical projects and infrastructure.

The 2026 and 2027 capital budgets total around $8.9 million and $7 million, respectively, while the 2028-2032 capital budgets average $6.3 million, Byrne said. 

Expenses in 2026 include almost $6 million for the completion of Swan Mountain Road, $1.8 million for work on Baldy Road and about $1.1 million for three roads in Copper Mountain. The 2027 budget includes $4.3 million for rockfall mitigation on Dillon Dam Road, almost $1 million for Straight Creek Drive and about $1.8 million for roads in Copper Mountain.

The 2026 budget, Byrne said, would spend all of the fund’s projected starting balance, which is just under $1.8 million, as well as its projected revenue of $16 million. The department projects a deficit of $360,000, which it asked the commissioners to counteract with lodging tax funds.

Byrne said the department recommends putting 75% of the lodging tax revenue, or about $1.9 million, toward the road and bridge budget. While the number is more than the projected $360,000 deficit, the funding would allow the county to use fewer sales tax dollars from the general fund on road and bridge. That sales fund revenue could stay in the general fund and help pay down its 2026 deficit, which sat at $5.2 million last month.

The recommended plan would only use 81% of the county’s sales tax revenue, as opposed to the currently budgeted 100%. The 19% that would go back to the general fund equates to about $1.4 million.

For 2027, Byrne said the department recommends putting 90% of sales tax revenue, or about $6.5 million, towards road and bridge, as well as 45% of lodging tax revenue, or about $1.1 million.

Reynolds said the lodging tax’s total revenue is projected to be under $2.5 million in 2025 and 2026 after coming in at $3.6 million in 2024. He noted that lodging taxes in Keystone contributed to the fund for about half of 2024 before the town’s incorporation.

Mamula asked if the lodging tax revenue comes in evenly throughout the year, and Reynolds said about half of the revenue comes in the first quarter.

County manager Dave Rossi said the commissioners can adjust the allotments of lodging tax revenue throughout the year if needed.

Commissioner Tamara Pogue expressed concern about putting 75% of lodging tax revenue toward the road and bridge budget and taking funding away from housing. 

“However, I might be comfortable using the child care reserve that’s currently in the lodging tax (fund) to achieve the 75% goal for road and bridge,” Pogue said. 

The lodging tax fund is projected to end 2025 with nearly $2.7 million in reserves. Pogue said she would like to hear from Early Childhood Options, which manages early childhood services in Summit County, about if the organization would have objections to the county using those reserves for road and bridge funding.

Pogue said her concerns centered around the lodging tax child care reserves potentially being needed to support universal preschool for 3- to 5-year-olds, and commissioner Nina Waters said she agreed with Pogue’s idea to make sure Early Childhood Options would be comfortable with the reserves being spent elsewhere.

“I think it’s very unlikely they’d need to spend those lodging tax reserves before 2029,” Pogue said about Early Childhood Options. “But we need to include them.”

Commissioner Eric Mamula said he would be comfortable taking money out of housing’s lodging tax fund allocation to provide the road and bridge budget with the requested 75%.

The board directed staff to reach out to Early Childhood Options for its input on the board using lodging tax child care reserves for road and bridge and to report back at the next work session.

“Be like, ‘We would like to do this, but we don’t want to pull the rug underneath you, without you knowing or expecting it,'” Waters said.

As Summit County’s ski areas expand terrain and the holiday season approaches, the winter 2025-26 Explore Summit magazine is hitting newsstands with guides to some of the area’s best activities, restaurants, shops and snowy-season events.

The seasonal magazine puts a spotlight on winter in Summit County with the goal of providing both visitors and residents with an indispensable guide to the exciting adventures, delicious meals and unique experiences the region has to offer.

Animal lovers will find plenty to pore over in the magazine, including features on Summit’s winter wildlife, local sleigh ride and dog sled adventures and vegetarian and vegan food offerings. Those headed to the slopes can learn more about Copper Mountain’s Olympics ties, or prepare in a more practical way with a guide to do-it-yourself ski and snowboard maintenance.

Additional resources in the magazine include a winter event calendar and guides to notable places to eat, drink or spend the day.

Grab a free copy of Explore Summit atop Summit Daily newsstands or at the office at 301 W. Main St., Suite 201, and prepare for winter in the High Country.

The Breckenridge Vipers, a semi-professional hockey team, will host their first home series of the season on Friday, Nov. 21, and Saturday, Nov. 22.

The Vipers will take on the Reno Ice Raiders at the Stephen C. West Ice Arena at 7:30 p.m. on both days. General admission tickets cost $24 each with VIP tickets costing $50.

The Vipers opened the season with two losses to the Santa Rosa Growlers last week. The Growlers secured a 9-4 win in the first game on Friday, Nov. 14, before successfully sweeping its opponent with a 6-4 win on Saturday, Nov. 15.

Following its home series against Reno, the Breckenridge Vipers will have a few weeks off from games before hosting the Mansfield Barracuda on Dec. 19-20.

To purchase tickets, visit BreckVipers.com.

The Colorado River District’s acquisition of the Shoshone water rights cleared a critical hurdle on Wednesday night as it entered into an instream flow agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation Board. 

The agreement — which faced opposition from several Front Range water providers — will ensure that flows tied to the water rights will remain in the Colorado River for environmental benefits. 

Supporters lauded the approval — which followed a 14-hour hearing in September, weeks of mediation and a six-hour hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 19 — as a historic, monumental and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 

“Colorado almost never has an opportunity to secure a durable, permanent solution for the Colorado River, and certainly not with the water right as senior, as foundational, and iconic as the Shoshone,” said House Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon. “What is before you is more than a transaction. It is a chance to protect a defining piece of our river system permanently for the betterment of our entire state.” 

The Colorado River District is seeking to acquire the Shoshone water rights — tied to a hydropower plant on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon — from Xcel Energy for $99 million. The rights — which include a 1905 senior right tied to the Shoshone Power Plant and a secondary, junior right established in 1929 for other water users, including Front Range providers — are among the oldest and largest non-consumptive rights on the Colorado River.  

The inclusion of the instream flow agreement will help ensure the Colorado River District maintains the status quo on the river by allowing some water to remain in the river for environmental purposes, regardless of the power plant operations.  

“This agreement strengthens water security for hundreds of communities within our state and represents a proactive, durable solution for the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River downstream,” said Sen. Marc Catitlin, a Montrose Republican who also serves as president of the Colorado River District board, in a news release. “The Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Project keeps the river as whole as possible, keeping water in its natural basin and safeguarding this lifeline for generations to come.”

Despite squabbling between Colorado’s Western Slope and Front Range over some tenets of the agreement, this one critical element of the instream flow acquisition was uncontested and helped secure the Colorado Water Conservation Board’s ultimate approval. 

“It’s pretty incredible that there’s no objection to the environmental aspects of this flow,” said Taylor Haws, who represents the Colorado River Mainstem on the Colorado Water Conservation Board. 

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Jessica Brody, general counsel for Denver Water, said that even in their contesting of the agreement, the Front Range entities supported the Colorado River District’s “stated objective of preserving the status quo.”

“Our ultimate goal is to get to a negotiated resolution that is a win for the River District and the coalition of stakeholders who have worked so hard to get to this point, and a win for the environment in this critical stretch of the Colorado River, and frankly, a win for all Colorado water users who rely on this essential resource by ensuring predictable river administration that avoids injury to existing water rights,” Brody said. 

Trying to find a consensus, compromise 

Denver Water, Northern Water, Aurora Water and Colorado Springs Utilities — all of which rely on transmountain diversions from the Colorado River basin to supply water to their customers — contested the instream flow agreement, arguing that mishandling of the rights could risk their ability to meet customer water demands. 

After a 14-hour hearing in September, the Colorado Water Conservation Board requested that its staff, the Front Range water providers and Colorado River District enter into mediation and attempt to reach a consensus on the contested elements of the agreement. 

“Despite considerable effort, a final settlement was not reached,” said Robert Viehl, chief of the Colorado Water Conservation Board’s stream and lake protection section, on Wednesday.

Viehl added that the Colorado Water Conservation Board staff worked with the River District to revise the instream flow agreement to address some of the Front Range parties’ concerns and those expressed by the board in September. 

Still, one key issue remained contested between the River District and Front Range entities: who has control over exercising the Shoshone rights. The River District’s proposed instream flow agreement included a “co-management strategy” that would have it collaborate with the Colorado Conservation Board. 

Granting the River District co-management of the Shoshone rights was a non-negotiable for many of the Western Slope stakeholders that have been financially supporting the acquisition. 

“The joint management proposal is a safeguard that ensures Western Slope interests are not pushed aside,” said Bobbie Daniel, a Mesa County commissioner. “The River District has earned its seat through decades of stewardship, deep technical capacity, and a lived understanding of Western slope hydrology that no distant utility can replicate. Joint management — it’s not a luxury — it’s the only arrangement that respects the communities who live with the consequences of these decisions every single day.”

Without this joint management, Daniel said Mesa County would withdraw its support for the acquisition. This sentiment was shared by other individuals — including representatives of Garfield, Eagle, Summit and Grand counties — on Wednesday.

Nina Waters, Summit County commissioner, said that co-management, as proposed in the agreement, was meaningful and provided opportunities for collaboration among all stakeholders. 

“Future stewardship of an instream flow that is critical to all of us who work and play on the Western Slope,” Waters said. “For that reason, co-management of the water rights included in the donation is a fundamental element of our county’s political and financial support…This collaboration represents one of the rare spaces where incredibly diverse communities and leaders across the Western slope come together around a quintessential resource that underpins our economies, our recreation, and our ability to thrive.”

The contesting Front Range providers sought to have sole management authority reside with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, arguing that the proposed shared authority was unprecedented.

“​​We have a principled policy disagreement concerning whether the (Colorado Water Conservation Board or the River District should have ultimate decision-making authority to modify or relax the (Instream flow) call in times of crisis, including those foreseeable crises like extreme drought, forest fire, cyber attack on a treatment plant, as well as the unknown unknowns that we cannot even envision sitting here today,” Brody said. 

“The proposed instream flow use agreement before you today is unprecedented, both because of the statewide magnitude of the water rights at issue and because you are being asked to forever cede this board’s exclusive authority to make future decisions about these most consequential water rights,” Brody added. 

However, this notion was contested by some of the board members and legal representation.

“There’s nothing in statute that would prohibit us from having another entity help us with an acquired water right, allowing another entity to — especially when that entity owns the water right — decide when to call or not to call that water right,” said Jen Mealy, assistant attorney general and counsel for the Colorado Water Conservation Board staff.

Director John McClow, who represents the Gunnison-Uncompahgre River on the Colorado Water Conservation Board, said the agreement contemplated not a ceding of authority to the River District but a partnership. 

“My belief is we are receiving a donation of a water right with certain conditions and that’s just like any other release of a water right or any other exercise of an end stream flow, the donor can put conditions,” McClow said. 

To address some of the Front Range providers’ concerns, the version presented and approved in November mirrored and gave nods to existing water agreements as well as provided more details on how mandatory, voluntary and discretionary calls would be made as part of the co-management. 

Andy Mueller, general manager of the River District, said the co-management provision was “designed to create a process that is responsive to anyone’s needs on the river.”

“It could be Front Range. It could be a West Slope water user. It could be a large city. It could be a small city. It could be an irrigation district that’s running into trouble,” Mueller said. 

What’s next for the Shoshone acquisition? 

With the instream flow agreement secured, the River District and the Colorado Water Conservation Board will begin the water court process to add instream flow use to the Shoshone water rights. The Colorado Water Court has the final say over the acquisition and will determine which historic flow regime is tied to the Shoshone water right — a decision that has been heavily debated between the River District and Front Range water providers. 

To close the transaction, the River District will also seek approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and secure the full acquisition funding. Thirty-two Western Slope entities — including utilities and municipalities — have pledged over $37 million toward the district’s acquisition. Another $20 million was pledged by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, $20 million from the River District’s board, and $40 million from the federal government, which was granted in the waning days of the Biden administration and frozen in the first days of the second Trump administration. 

Planning to raise a glass this Thanksgiving? The Colorado State Patrol wants to make sure a sober ride is also on the menu.

From Nov. 20 to Dec. 3, State Troopers will team up with 68 local law enforcement agencies across the state to enforce driving under the influence laws, according to a news release. Drivers should expect to see saturation patrols, sobriety checkpoints and additional law enforcement officers on duty to crack down on impaired driving.

“As the holiday season begins, we know that impaired drivers will be a threat on Colorado roads,” Colorado State Patrol Chief Col. Matthew Packard said in a statement.

In Colorado, one in three traffic deaths involves an impaired driver, according to the State Patrol. Last year, from November through December, 23 people died on the state’s roads because of impaired drivers.

Even when impairment doesn’t result in tragedy, it can cost thousands of dollars and could result in penalties, including jail time and a license suspension. During last year’s Thanksgiving enforcement operation, State Troopers arrested 423 drivers for driving under the influence on Colorado’s roads. 

Even if a person’s blood alcohol content is less than 0.05%, they can still be arrested for driving under the influence if an officer observes signs of impairment, according to the State Patrol. The only absolute way to ensure you’re safe to drive is to have a blood alcohol content of zero. Drivers should also know that, under state law, refusing to provide a breath or blood test after being arrested for driving under the influence could result in increased consequences.

The Colorado Department of Transportation recommends that those planning to consume alcohol, cannabis or any other intoxicating substance over the holiday plan a sober ride, like a designated driver, public transit or a ride-share service, before heading out.

“Sadly, major holidays can be an especially dangerous time on our roadways. This Thanksgiving, let’s protect each other by driving safely and avoiding impaired and distracted driving,” CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew said in a statement. “If holiday festivities compromise your safety when getting behind the wheel, don’t do it. Don’t let an unsafe choice turn a joyous day into a tragedy.”

So far this year, 184 people have died on Colorado roads due to impaired drivers, according to the State Patrol.

“That’s simply unacceptable,” Packard said. “Protect your loved ones this holiday season and hold them accountable — never let a friend or family member drive drunk.”

After operating in Frisco for almost four years, Log Cabin Breakfast Burritos recently relocated to 124 Main St. in Dillon.

Before opening Log Cabin Breakfast Burritos, owner Brooke Barry worked as a breakfast server for years at the Log Cabin Cafe before it closed. When it closed, she decided to purchase their salsa recipe and start a food truck.

“I started with just burritos, and over the years I’ve added my own signature menu items and built a loyal local following,” she said in an email to the Summit Daily News.

More information can be found at Bit.ly/Lcbreakfastburritos