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Month: October 2025

Lake Dillon boat rangers helped 150 people in need this summer 

Summit County boat rangers report their busiest summer season since 2021 on Lake Dillon.  Rangers met with more than 1,100 people on motorboats, kayaks and paddleboards. Close to 150 people needed assistance, averaging more than one per day between Memorial Day weekend and late September, when marinas closed in Dillon and Frisco. Nine victims were rescued from the water. There were no fatalities this […]

Ikon dominates new Ski Mag resort rankings with 18 slopes in the top-30 

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Just one Colorado ski area cracks the top-10 in the latest Ski Mag “Best of the West” ski resort rankings, but we still dominate the top-30 with more beloved ski slopes than any state or province.  Colorado claims 11 ski hills on the 2026 best-of list ahead of Utah with seven and Canada with four. […]

75,000 expected to lose healthcare when Colorado premiums skyrocket next year 

Colorado officials blame Congress, specifically Republicans, for an “impossible decision” next year when healthcare premiums are expected to double for people on the individual healthcare marketplace.  A release today from the state division of insurance says, “These premium increases reflect the failure of Congressional Republicans to extend the enhanced premium tax credits in time for […]

Winter is sun glare season on EB I-70 at Floyd Hill. Here’s what to expect. 

Coming soon to I-70 at Floyd Hill is sun-glare season, when CDOT shuts down eastbound lanes for blinding morning sun.  The first closure is a planned closure, beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29. I-70 could be closed for up to one hour.  Sun-glare closures can happen any day from November to February, but […]

2 school board candidates are raising thousands more than the rest 

Two candidates for Summit County school board are outraising and outspending their competitors by thousands of dollars.  The only returning candidate, Jenniffer Gonzalez, a county employee from Dillon, has raised $3449 and spent about one-third of it, according to state records from Oct. 27. Most of her campaign cash comes from individual donors, including one […]

One candy conquers chocolate, and other billion-dollar trends this Halloween 

The Halloween candy wars have a sweet new champ.  For the first time in years gummy candies are outselling chocolate in the weeks leading up to Halloween. Chocolate accounts for just 44% of U.S. sales through Oct. 5 this year, according to the AP, down from 52% last year.  Rising cocoa prices and a poor […]

Will the government shutdown impact avalanche forecasting in Colorado? 

Winter is coming (someday) and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center is staffed up with 25 full-time forecasters, nearly double the number it had when director Ethan Greene joined in 2005.  “We’ve had a fair amount of growth in that 20-year period, which is amazing,” Greene said. “The CAIC is an amazing organization, and I’m privileged […]

Remember layaway plans? They’re an online scam now 

Everything old is new again, even scams.  On the Krystal 93 morning show today, Summit County sheriff Jaime FitzSimons was reminiscing with host Tom Fricke about layaway plans. Stores would hold onto your merchandise until you were ready to pay for it, and when you were paid up in full it was yours to take […]

From murals to the Art Spot, Silverthorne is the newest Colorado Creative District 

After a decade of investing in the arts, Silverthorne is the newest Colorado Creative District.  And take it from traveling artist Jesse Jentzen – Silverthorne’s art scene is unlike any other in the nation.  “It was really cool to see the amount of people that traffic that area,” the California-based artist told Krystal 93. “There […]