Tigers XC runners crush the massive Liberty Bell invite
Another day, another record for Summit High senior Ella Hagen. The local cross-country superstar (and soon-to-be CU Buff) was fastest girl on course Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Liberty Bell Invite in Littleton, beating 660 of Colorado’s best runners with a 16:54.00 in the Sweepstakes division. It’s her third-consecutive sub-17-minute finish at Liberty Bell – […]
Movies On Air: It’s more of the same with Alien: Romulus, and that’s not a bad thing
Movie franchises are exhausting in the best kind of way, like hiking a 14er, or sitting in I-70 ski traffic. You know what to expect but you do it anyway. This bogs you down until that rapturous moment when you finally get where you’re going. And then it’s gone, and you’re thinking about the return […]
It’s fall leaf season on Colorado’s scenic and historic byways
Leaf peepers rejoice! Fall has arrived in Colorado’s High Country. CDOT recommends starting your tour on one 26 scenic and historic byways, found in every corner of the state. Not only do you get beautiful fall colors – you get a taste of Colorado history. Some of these routes are more than a century old. […]
Trail of the Week: Tenderfoot trail system in Dillon
The Tenderfoot trail system begins at the Tenderfoot Mountain trailhead in Dillon and there are lots of options to combine different sections of trail. You can find stunning views of Lake Dillon, as well as some fun turns for mountain bikers The short loop beginning on Tenderfoot Trail will take you up 593 feet to […]
Suspected car thieves sped 100+ MPH on tire rims in tri-county chase
A pair of alleged car thieves are in custody after leading police on a high-speed chase across three counties, from Routt into Summit. It all went down late Tuesday. The two eluded cops east of Steamboat, sped from deputies in Kremmling, and then kept driving into Summit, even after their tires were popped. At one […]
Breck’s $3M turf upgrade at Kingdom Park (almost) finished
Town of Breckenridge is just about done laying nearly $3 million of artificial turf on the Kingdom Park ballfields. The north field has been finished since late August. The south field is getting its new turf this Friday. A week’s worth of Summit County Softball games on the south field were canceled for the delay. Otherwise, town […]
Xcel’s wildfire powerline settings are working, but leaving Colorado in the dark
Xcel Energy admits it has some work to do. The utility is spending nearly $3 billion this decade on equipment to prevent wildfires, but all this new tech leaves customers in the dark. “We need to do a better job educating the public on what these definitions mean and how they need to react to […]
Uptown 240 gets a new name. The new developer gets death threats.
Demolition begins soon on what’s left of Dillon’s disastrous Uptown 240 project. The blighted hole in the ground has a new name, Waterview Residences, and a new owner, Detroit developer Jake Porritt. His company, Porritt Group, bought the bankrupt property for nearly $13 million from disgraced developer Danilo Ottoborgo. Uptown 240 has been sitting dormant […]
Breck co-founder Sigurd Rockne, 91, shines at HoF induction
In a class including Lindsey Vonn and the fastest American on skis, Breckenridge co-founder Sigurd Rockne stole the show. Rockne (finally) joined the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame this weekend at the lush induction ceremony in Vail. He arrived with generations of family and other Summit celebs, like fellow co-founder Trygve Berge, also in his […]
Sheriff: Summit County schools not targets on threatening social media list
Authorities in the Colorado high country and nationwide are responding to social media threats made in the wake of last week’s deadly school shooting in Georgia. Several anonymous posts have named dozens of schools paired with threatening images, including firearms. Summit County schools are not on any of these lists, confirms Summit County sheriff Jaime […]