Write haiku on a vintage typewriter this Sunday at Frisco Historic Park
Haiku at the Frisco Historic Park? Yes please. This Sunday, Sept. 6, Frisco is hosting a poetry pop-up at the historic park on Main Street. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. local poets will write you a personalized haiku, for free, dreaming up the best 5-7-5 combination on the fly. They’ll be doing it all […]
Deputies lend a hand and hot meal to highway walker en route to Cali
A transient man on his way to California got a little help from Summit County Sheriff’s deputies. The sheriff’s log shows deputies first met the unidentified man on Highway 9, when he was spotted walking down the road. They feared he was drunk and might get hit. Deputies confirmed the man had been drinking, but […]
Town of Keystone wins $40K from the state for bear-safe trash cans
The new-ish town of Keystone is taking home $40,000 from the state to keep people safe — and keep bears alive. The Human Bear Conflict Reduction Grant, through Colorado Parks and Wildlife, just awarded nearly $1 million to 22 projects statewide. CPW received 42 applications asking for nearly $2.3 million in funding. Keystone is the […]
I-70 Labor Day traffic just hit a 10-year low, barely
This Labor Day weekend was the slowest in a decade on the I-70 mountain corridor, but not by much. Just over 180,000 vehicles traveled the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels in four days, Friday into Monday. That is down 3.5 percent from the past two years, down as much as 9.5 percent from the record high in 2019 […]
Sheriff commends Good Samaritans for help after fatal ATV crash
A Front Range man was killed in an apparent ATV crash on Glacier Ridge near Georgia Pass this Labor Day weekend. Summit County Sheriff’s Office reports Jose Alfredo Lopez-Diaz, 49, of Arvada, was riding solo on Sunday, Aug. 31 when he likely crashed, ending up beneath his ATV. He was wearing a helmet and “appeared […]