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Summit Daily News

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‘Missing’ man found squatting in empty home, roommates fight after unwanted advance and more in Summit County sheriff’s log

Last week, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office gave courtesy rides to a woman who got out of a car after arguing with a friend and a man who was walking along Interstate 70 to get to Denver, helped people who got stuck in snow while off-roading and responded to a reportedly wall-shaking roommate fight.

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Summit Daily News

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Colorado State Patrol releases details on I-70 crash that injured 9, shut down eastbound traffic for over 6 hours

The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 shut down from about noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, as crews cleaned up and investigated a crash that occurred near Georgetown at mile point 228. The closure stretched from Georgetown to exit 205 in Silverthorne, leading officials to also close U.S. Highway...

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Summit Daily News

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New Verizon cell tower in Heeney remains in limbo as Summit County commissioners continue hearing

After hearing presentations on an appeal from Verizon Wireless regarding a planned cell tower in Heeney at its Nov. 10 meeting, the Summit Board of County Commissioners decided to continue the hearing to Dec. 8. The Lower Blue Planning Commission rejected Verizon’s plans for the cell tower at an Aug....

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Vail Daily

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Sheriff’s Office reports death from single person car crash in Gypsum

The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single-vehicle crash in Gypsum on the evening of Nov. 12 around 8 p.m., according to a social media post from the ECSO. The crash took place on the intersection of GIlder Way and Cooley Mesa Rd. When the deputies arrived at the scene, they found the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle to be deceased. The statement revealed the driver was an adult man, but no other identification has been revealed.

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Vail Daily

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Opinion | Rosmarino and Underwood: Dowd Junction shows how Colorado can build housing for its workforce

In Eagle County, like so many mountain communities across Colorado, the people who teach our children, care for patients, maintain roads and keep businesses running increasingly struggle to find attainable housing near their jobs. The county estimates it will need 6,375 additional affordable workforce housing units over the coming decade, nearly half of them in the Avon-Vail corridor. If the people who make our communities work cannot afford to stay, those communities lose more than workers. They lose the vibrancy, character and the foundational stability that dedicated community members provide.

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Glenwood Springs Post Independent

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Federal investigation details how ‘unfathomable’ wildfire behavior and region-wide ‘chaos’ contributed to fatal burnover incident in western Colorado

That’s the amount of time that wildland firefighters battling the Knowles Fire in western Colorado this summer had to transition between realizing a helicopter wouldn’t be able to land and deploying shelters, according to a report from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Four of the five wildland...

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KOAA News 5 Southern Colorado

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Frisco Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center rescues 47 orphaned black bear cubs in 2026

The Frisco Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center cared for a record number of orphaned black bear cubs this year, Colorado Parks & Wildlife said on Friday.

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Vail Daily

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Vail pickleball players pick up gold medals at Oceanview Pickleball National Championships

Vail pickleball players Juli Young and Mike Leigh came home from San Diego with gold medals after qualifying for and competing in the Oceanview Pickleball National Championships two weeks ago. Young and Leigh teamed up to win the 4.0 mixed doubles title on Oct. 31 in the 75-and-over division and...

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Vail Daily

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Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t racing the World Cup slalom opener in Levi, but a pair of Vail athletes are

Mikaela Shiffrin is not on the start list for Saturday’s World Cup slalom opener in Levi, Finland. But there will be Ski & Snowboard Club Vail representation. Former club skiers and Vail Mountain School student athletes Liv and Kjersti Moritz will join the nine-person American squad, which also includes current overall leader Paula Moltzan. The 32-year-old is fresh off claiming her first-career World Cup win in the season opener last month in Sölden, Austria.

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Vail Daily

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Celebration of life planned for beloved Eagle Valley High School coach

The Eagle Valley athletic community lost one of its most admired coaches earlier this fall. A celebration of life for Genaro “Jerry” Phillips will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Eagle Valley High School cafeteria. The beloved track coach died suddenly on Sept. 15 at the age of 69, leaving behind his wife of 44 years, Lesa, and his four daughters, Mary, Samantha, Kayla and Angela.

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