Summit Schools’ $195M bond gets thumbs up from commissioner Mamula
Summit County Commissioner Eric Mamula is sold on a school district bond worth nearly $195.4 million. “For me, the biggest piece is this pathways piece,” Mamula tells Krystal 93. “They are not trying to pigeonhole everybody into either you go to college, or you go find a job.” Mamula knows that some locals are leery […]
USFS: Skiers just might be scaring off the lynx in Jones Gulch
Canadian lynx and their prey, snowshoe hare, are roaming Jones Gulch between Keystone and Montezuma Road. Now the U.S. Forest Service wants to shut it down for winter. “The undeveloped habitat in Jones Gulch is surrounded by developed areas and remains one of the only safe, forested travel corridors for lynx in southeast Summit County,” […]
How do you fix affordable housing lotteries? Model them after Summit’s childcare waitlist
A recent leasing snafu at Breck’s newest affordable apartments shows the pitfalls and the promise of a workforce housing boom. At least four people were told they could move into Vista Verde Two, and then told they make too much to live there. At least one person showed up with all his things. “We were […]
CPW: Salt Lick moose kills were legal, but one was accidental
It is confirmed: A mother moose and her yearling were legally harvested by a hunter just a few hundred yards from one of Summit’s most populated neighborhoods. Colorado Parks and Wildlife tells Krystal 93 the hunter shot both animals Sunday, Oct. 7 near the Salt Lick trail system, which is directly south of Wildernest. A […]
No rain in weeks? No trouble for snowmaking at A-Basin, Copper Mountain
There was the tiniest sliver of white this morning on the slopes at Arapahoe Basin and Copper Mountain. Snowmakers turned on the guns overnight when temperatures dipped below the sweet spot of 26 degrees Fahrenheit, known as the “wet bulb temperature.” There was just enough moisture in the air to make it worthwhile. A-Basin says […]
Lawsuit claims years of assault and intimidation at Breck affordable apartments
The family of a local disabled woman is suing the town of Breckenridge in a personal injury lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 20 in Summit County court, claims the town and its affordable housing manager at Pinewood Village II failed the woman for more than three years. It comes from the woman’s father, Mike McManus. […]
Is it illegal to hunt moose within sight of Silverthorne homes?
A Wildernest local is shocked and saddened to learn a hunter likely harvested a female moose near the Salt Lick trail system. On Facebook the woman says it happened within sight of the Forest Service road there, which is easily accessed from nearby homes. Hunting at Salt Lick is unusual, but it is not illegal […]
Keystone is growing. Now it needs a new million-gallon water tank.
The fast-growing Keystone area needs more water. This means building and burying a million-gallon water tank on about two acres of public land across from Keystone Resort above the Tenderfoot housing complex. Snake River Water District and the U.S. Forest Service say this is the best place for it. “The tank would be approximately 20 […]
COO Summit: Parking, homecoming and ‘not sexy, but necessary’
You want to know when it’s going to snow? Al Henceroth at Arapahoe Basin knows. “I just got a direct newsflash from Joel Gratz at Open Snow,” HJenceroth told a packed house at the annual Ski Area COO Summit at Copper this morning. “Oct. 13, three inches new at the Basin, 21 degrees.” His counterpart […]
Summit’s own Speaker McCluskie on affordability and post office woes
State lawmakers tell Krystal 93 they are just as frustrated as you are with the U.S. Postal Service. “They are not maintaining services at the levels they should,” Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie says. “We have reached out again to Representative Neguse’s office. He has now forwarded an inquiry on to the Colorado-Wyoming district […]