Who should be allowed at Dillon Amphitheater?
Dillon Amphitheater is having an identity crisis. Earlier this year, event staff asked council for a policy for who and what should be allowed to host events there. Staff told council they regularly get asked to host private events, weddings, and even political rallies. Earlier this month, council butted heads with the town attorney, when […]
In The Classroom: A diploma with no age limit at CMC
Today we are IN THE CLASSROOM with an award-winning Colorado Mountain College teacher who just can’t stop. “I retired about seven years ago,” Laura Pless tells Krystal 93 news director Phil Lindeman. “But I love what I do and I begged for my classes back.” Pless has been teaching on and off with CMC since […]
Rocky Mountains spared by recent record heat
May was the hottest in modern history across the globe. But not here in the Rocky Mountains. National Weather Service claims average global temperature this May was roughly 60 degrees Fahrenheit, 2 degrees warmer than the 20th century average. But western North America, including Summit County and most of the Rockies, was one of the […]
Q&A with Adrian Connor of AC/DC tribute Hell’s Belles
For close to a quarter of a century, Adrian Connor has toured with the all-women AC/DC tribute act Hell’s Belles. And for most of that time she’s been crushing the part of legendary lead guitarist Angus Young. She’s got the sneer for it. The talent for it. The moves and the schoolboy outfit for it, […]
Movies On Air: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is better than it should be, if you can get over the whole talking apes thing. I know. “Apes” is right there in the name – that clunky, awkward name – and hairy hominids are loping all over this far distant future, where humankind is reduced to ancient […]
Breck manslaughter convict Miles Tovar given 14 years for ‘vicious, drunken rage’
Summit County court was eerily empty today at the sentencing for Miles Tovar, 40, found guilty of killing 29-year-old Brendan Rye in a drunken rage more than four years ago. Judge Karen Romeo sentenced Tovar to 14 years in jail: 12 years for manslaughter and two years for criminal trespassing. Before the sentencing a district […]
Legend of the A-Basin hot tub
For a few rowdy years in the ‘80s, Arapahoe Basin had a hot tub. You read that right: Starting in 1986 you could find a slopeside hot tub on The Beach at least one day a year, every year, until the early ‘90s. The tub wasn’t exactly sanctioned, but it wasn’t illegal. On a sunny […]
Why wildfire season reminds one USFS fire captain of ski season
What do fire season and ski season have in common? You never know what you’re going to get. “I tell people, you never know until it’s done,” says Dusty Calfee, a U.S. Forest Service engine captain on the White River National Forest. “You can have some of your biggest ski days late in the spring, […]
Former Dillon mayor leads petition to halt lakeview condos
A former Dillon mayor, Louis Skowyra, is co-sponsor of the petition trying to halt a sprawling downtown condo project where Ptarmigan Lodge and Arapahoe Café currently sit. “This is not anti-development or anti-progress,” Skowyra tells Krystal 93. “This is simply, let’s reconsider what we’re doing here and involve the voters in this big decision.” The […]
In The Classroom: Meet the CMC psych prof in a camper
Today we are IN THE CLASSROOM with a Colorado Mountain College psych professor teaching from a camper. “My wife and I, we take our camper out a lot with our kiddo, and I’ve taught from some interesting spots,” Drew Mikita tells Krystal 93 news director Phil Lindeman. “From Moab in the middle of the desert, […]