Election 2025: School board winners, and a new use for an old lodging tax
Two candidates endorsed by the local teachers’ union ran away with the Summit School Board election, while the only returning candidate narrowly edged past two newcomers. Retired school counselor Kim Dyer easily won a seat on the school board with nearly 27% of the vote. She is joined by public health nurse and mother of […]
Summit commits $200K to SNAP recipients as confusion reigns in D.C.
Summit County is tapping into its own reserve fund to cover a portion of federal food benefits lost to the government shutdown, now entering its fifth week. County commissioners today unanimously approved $200,000 for grocery cards, available next week (Nov. 10-14) to residents currently on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, once known as […]
Why was Summit County so hot and hazy today?
Forecasters were flummoxed by today’s High Country haze. According to Air Now, air quality in Summit County and the Leadville area was the worst in the state around midday. That’s when temperatures crept close to a new record. Temps were 61 degrees Fahrenheit at the record-keeping station in Dillon, just one degree shy of the all-time high of […]
