Community weighs in on Breckenridge’s pedestrian-only Main Street
BRECKENRIDGE — When Breckenridge Town Council passed a resolution approving the closure of Main Street to motor vehicle traffic and opening it to pedestrians and outdoor shopping and dining, Town Manager Rick Holman noted that...
Man remains missing after tubing Colorado River on Sunday
Efforts to find a man who went missing while floating the Upper Colorado River on Sunday have not been successful. The man in his 30s was floating the river in an inner tube with a...
Crowd gathers in Breckenridge to peacefully protest racial injustice
BRECKENRIDGE — Summit County residents and others dressed in black and carried signs while marching through Breckenridge on Monday morning to shine a light on ongoing racial injustices and police brutality throughout the country. The...
Summit County prepares for anticipated 2nd peak of coronavirus cases statewide in August
KEYSTONE — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released new modeling data Monday, suggesting the state will see another peak of novel coronavirus cases in late summer that could be more intense than...
Frisco, Summit County officials get look at proposed Exit 203 and I-70 upgrades
FRISCO — Officials are hoping to make improvements to the Exit 203 interchange in Frisco to help alleviate some of the current traffic congestion in the area and to help prepare the town for increased...
As state signs new health order, Summit County officials discuss potential changes
BRECKENRIDGE — Colorado is entering a new phase of COVID-19 response efforts, which means a new public health order from Summit County is on its way. Summit County officials have used the time in between...
Blue River in Silverthorne closed due to high water
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office and town of Silverthorne have temporarily closed the Blue River from the base of the Dillon Dam to the Sixth Street Bridge in Silverthorne, according to a press release. The...
Road closures planned in Breckenridge and Silverthorne
Due to construction, the intersection of French and Main streets in Breckenridge will be closed through Wednesday, June 3. The intersection will reopen between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. daily. According to a public notice...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offering bounty for northern pike in Green Mountain Reservoir
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado River District are providing cash incentives for anglers who target northern pike in Green Mountain and Wolford Mountain reservoirs. The $20 reward is paid to anglers for each...
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area retires Pallavicini Lift, opens interest list to purchase a chair
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area posted on Twitter earlier this week that Sunday was the Pallavicini Lift’s last day on the mountain after 42 years. The chairlift reopened along with the ski area on May 27,...
What to know ahead of the June 30 primary election
DILLON — Ballots for the primary election June 30 are set to be mailed next week to any voters who are affiliated as a Democrat, Republican or Libertarian, according to a news release from Summit...
Polis signs new safer-at-home order, which permits short-term rentals
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order Monday, June 1, transitioning safer-at-home messaging to “Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors.” In a news release, Polis said that while Coloradans are still...
Emergency workers rescue man on Dillon Valley trail after medical incident
DILLON — Emergency personnel from around the county assisted in rescuing a man who suffered a medical incident on a trail north of Dillon Tuesday evening. At about 5:20 p.m., representatives of the Summit County...
3 new cases of coronavirus reported Tuesday
Summit County reported three new cases of the novel coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases since March 5 to 241, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage. Since Monday, 39 people have been tested...
11 new coronavirus cases reported over the weekend
Summit County’s case data was updated Monday, June 1, with 11 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported over the weekend, bringing the county’s total case count to 238. During the same two-day period, 52...
Summit County fitness and recreation centers ready reopening plans while waiting for go-ahead from the state
DILLON — A week after the Breckenridge Recreation Center announced it hopes to reopen with a reservation system in mid-June, the Silverthorne Recreation Center and other smaller, private Summit County fitness centers on Tuesday elaborated...
Blue River Watershed Group moves forward with long-term plan to assess water issues in the Blue River
DILLON — In 2019, the Blue River Watershed Group started working on an integrated water management plan in partnership with Trout Unlimited to understand why there is a decline of fish between the Dillon and...
2 new cases of coronavirus reported Wednesday
Summit County reported two more positive cases of the novel coronavirus Wednesday. The total number of cases since the first confirmed case March 5 is now at 243, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage. The...
Man injured in 2016 police shooting sentenced to 8 years in prison
BRECKENRIDGE — Nathaniel Steven Leisz, 36, was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday, June 1, more than three years after threatening police with a knife in December 2016, an incident that nearly resulted in...
Nearly a quarter of the people Colorado said died from coronavirus don’t have COVID-19 on their death certificate — at least not yet
Nearly a quarter of the people reported as coronavirus deaths in state statistics don’t have the virus listed on their death certificates — at least not yet — the state Health Department said Friday, adding...