Summit’s youngest students are soaring, but high schoolers are struggling
Local elementary schools improved by leaps and bounds in the latest round of standardized testing, while Summit High School slipped on the SATs. Results from the 2025 CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success) were just released, showing most of Summit’s youngest students did better in math and English. SAT results show high schoolers sinking below […]
Blue River Festival is back with hundreds of volunteers sprucing up the Blue
Blue River Watershed Group wants to see you in two weeks, Sept. 5-6, for the annual Blue River Festival. “It’s a countywide cleanup festival from Breckenridge down to Green Mountain,” Reyna Shedler with the watershed group tells Krystal 93. The festival has been going strong for a decade, but in recent years it has grown […]
Summit and most of Colorado withering under worsening drought
You’d think the U.S. Drought Monitor was running a fever. In the past few weeks, the Colorado map has gone from yellow and orange with patches of red to mostly red with maroon streaks, especially on the Western Slope, signaling a continued dry spell that ranks among one of the worst in recent history. “Conditions […]
Pedestrian struck, killed by Mustang in late-night crash near Breck
A 59-year-old Colorado Springs man, Timothy Sheffield, was killed last night when he stepped in front of a Ford Mustang on Highway 9 north of Breckenridge. Colorado State Patrol confirms the fatal incident happened on Aug. 19 just before 10 p.m. across from Revett Drive near Tiger Run Resort. The victim was crossing the highway. […]
Dramatic photos from remote Eagle County fire show ‘significant’ growth overnight
A lightning fire in western Eagle County is burning dramatically through steep, forested terrain near the Colorado River. “There was significant growth on the Derby Fire last night,” Eagle County emergency managers say in a statement this morning. “Colorado River Road is closed to non-residents and non-emergency traffic. Please stay off the road to allow […]
Summer break? Not for these local coaches, professors and camp counselors
Today we are IN THE CLASSROOM on the last week of summer break in Summit County, talking with counselors, coaches and college professors who teach all summer long. Why do they do it? Erin Buena at The Cycle Effect teaches the art of acceptance: “It does require a little bit of courage to show up […]
The Red Cliff bridge is getting thinner, and big trucks will soon be outlawed
Certain large commercial vehicles will soon be prohibited on the historic bridge over Red Cliff on U.S. Highway 24, between Minturn and Leadville. 9 News reports on the latest inspection by CDOT, showing the steel on that bridge is thinning. This means loads over 34 tons could be too much for the bridge, which was […]
Breck’s oldest museum celebrates 150 years in the same cabin
Breckenridge History is celebrating a gold-rush settler, Edwin Carter, and the people who settled here centuries before him. Long before the gold rush brought Carter to Colorado, the Ute people called the Blue River valley home. On Aug. 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. is a free history talk by Ute tribal member Skyler Lomahaftewa […]
In the wake of fatal crashes, Grand County launches zero-tolerance speeding campaign
Grand County Sheriff Brett Schroetlin is sick of speeding. This August alone his deputies have caught multiple people doing over 100 miles per hour on Highway 9 and U.S. Highway 40. One speeder was clocked at 126 miles per hour in a 65. “We all get a lead foot sometimes,” Schroetlin tells Krystal 93 news director […]
Green Mountain camp hosts busted for selling firewood during fire ban
Several camp hosts at Green Mountain Reservoir had a talk with sheriff’s deputies for selling firewood during the countywide fire ban. Summit County Sheriff’s Office says it started with reports of multiple illegal fires at several campgrounds on the reservoir. That’s when deputies learned the camp hosts were still selling firewood and never posted signs […]