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Affordable Frisco housing designed for CDOT workers and locals
The Granite Park Workforce Housing project is the love child of two Colorado organizations trying to find more places for people to live in Summit County who are not millionaires.Frisco needs more places for local workers, and the Colorado Department of Transportation needs more places closer to the mountain corridor of I-70, so it can keep plow drivers and other employees around at all times in the event of a big winter storm. The project, comprising 22 units, resulted from an equal partnership between CDOT and the town of Frisco. The two entities equally divided the units, as well as...
Summit School District board approves new preschool class at Frisco Elementary
The Summit School District’s board of education approved a plan to create a new preschool classroom at Frisco Elementary School while raising tuition rates to help pay for the project. Board members approved the plans during an April 11 meeting following a discussion with district officials on the need...
Letter to the editor: Burn, baby, burn — it’s time to retire massive bonfires
How extremely ironic! April is Earth month. On the same page of the Summit Daily touting Silverthorne’s new sustainability plan was an advertisement for Silverthorne’s First Friday bonfire! Way to go, team, to “fire us up” to help protect the environment. Yes, clean air, less pollution and less carbon — but wasn’t that big fire tons of fun! It plays to our caveman instincts. Unfortunately, it was too big to roast marshmallows or dance around it.
Top 5 most-read stories last week: New restaurant opens, bears spotted, and a report on local ski resorts
1. New restaurant opens its doors in one of Breckenridge’s oldest buildings. Walking into the Prospector is like walking through a time capsule. Owner Chad Washenfelder decorated its walls with photographs of Breckenridge from nearly a century ago, several of which feature the longstanding Whitehead building. Little pieces of...
Summit County photographer to be featured on upcoming Netflix show
Summit County resident Joseph Large’s love for photography began when he would make off with his father’s Polaroid camera as a kid, set up his G.I. Joe toy soldiers in the tall grass and click off picturesque jungle photos. Since taking his first backyard photographs, Large has steadily...
Biff America: What the hell happened?
“No one goes there anymore; It’s too crowded” — That quote is generally attributed to Yogi Berra. Of course, what makes the saying notable is the contradiction of “too crowded” and “no one goes there anymore.” If no one went there anymore, it would not be crowded at all.
Local snowboarder podiums at USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain
Granby snowboarder Keller Hydle is going places. The 15-year-old podiumed at the USASA Nationals in Copper Mountain on April 2. Keller earned third place in halfpipe, for the Rocky Mountain Series. During the event he soared through the pipe while competing against 14 other snowboarders in his age category. “Keller...
Concern after mom allegedly avoided hospital for 10-year-old girl with severe ski injury
The Summit County Sheriff's Office attempted to conduct a welfare check on a 10-year-old girl who was involved in a skiing accident after her mother allegedly dodged a necessary hospital trip. Following the accident at an undisclosed Summit County resort, the young girl was taken to the ski resort medical center with a significant head injury. Staff decided that the girl needed further care at the Summit Medical Center, but the mother of the girl insisted on self-transportation opposed to the use of an ambulance. ...
Man found stumbling down Colorado mountain highway with "clothes frozen to body"
The Summit County Sheriff's Office responded to a scary situation last week, when a man was found stumbling down a local highway with his clothes frozen to his body. During a traffic stop, one of the Summit County Sheriff's Office deputies spotted the man struggling to walk down the median of Colorado State Highway 9. For reference, this route travels through Summit County over Hoosier Pass, through Breckenridge and Frisco to I-70, then north through Silverthorne toward Kremmling. ...
12" of snow for Colorado ski areas on Tuesday: Whiteout daily snow report, April 12
Spring snow conditions will persist Friday and through the weekend ahead of a multi-day/multiple-storm snow event starting Monday. Skiers and riders should expect freeze/thaw cycles each day from mid-mountain to summits at the remaining open Colorado resorts through the weekend, with the potential for base areas to stay above freezing each night. Snow for Tuesday, Thursday and Monday, April 22 of the following week. ...
Homicide and bombing suspect found dead at lakeside campground in Colorado
During the first week of April, law enforcement located a homicide and bombing suspect deceased at a Lake County campground in Colorado. According to the Summit County Sheriff's Office, their department was called to assist the Lake County Sheriff's Office when a homicide and bombing suspect out of Mesa County was believed to be at a local campground. The specific role that the Summit County Sheriff's Office played in the situation was providing aerial support in the form of a drone. ...
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