City Market unveils fresh produce discounts for locals on food stamps, Medicaid
Available now at City Market in Summit County are deep discounts on fresh produce for people on SNAP and other Federal food benefits, along with military veterans and those on Medicaid. Parent company Kroger launched a new fruit and vegetable discount program this week at all its major brands nationwide, including City Market and King Soopers. Says the company […]
Man jailed for grisly crimes in suspected Frisco murder
A lone suspect is accused of murder and tampering with a body after a woman was found under suspicious circumstances late Monday in Frisco. Luis Antonio Mendez Hernandez appeared in Summit County court today, where Judge Reed Owens found probable cause to jail him on four felonies: Judge Owens set Mendez Hernandez’s bail at $5 […]
This was the year I-70 lost traffic. But how much?
The busiest weekend of ski season closed out one of the slowest Decembers in recent history on I-70 and the slowest year since 2021. Nearly 124,000 cars traveled the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels this past Friday into Sunday, Dec. 26-28, the busiest weekend of the month by nearly 5%. One busy holiday weekend could not salvage a month’s worth of below-average traffic, when I-70 barely broke 441,000 cars […]
Suspicious death and midnight PD call lead to arrest in Frisco
A woman is dead and criminal charges are pending in Frisco, where a late-night medical emergency ended with one person in police custody. Just after midnight on Monday authorities took a call for a medical emergency at an undisclosed residence in Frisco, town spokeswoman Vanessa Agee says. When police arrived they found an an unidentified […]
NYE fireworks and torchlight parades coming to Breck, Copper and Keystone
Welcome 2026 with a bang on New Year’s Eve with three Summit County fireworks shows and torchlight parades. We all know fireworks. But what’s a ski area torchlight parade? It’s a mountain tradition where ski patrollers, instructors and lifties hoist lights for a gracefully coordinated descent, illuminating the snow like a radiant snake. Copper Mountain Come to […]
3 consecutive high-temp records fall in Colorado Ski Country
Dec. 26 — Call it a hat trick! For a third consecutive day Summit County broke a high-temperature record, this one from 79 years ago. The official record-keeping station in Dillon hit 54 degrees Fahrenheit today, torching the record of 51 degrees from 1946. We’ve broken 50 degrees for five straight days. This December has […]
Skimo pro turned Olympic broadcaster Nikki LaRochelle of Breck
Christmas came early for Nikki LaRochelle. The former ski mountaineering pro and longtime Breckenridge local is going to the Winter Olympics as a commentator for Olympic Broadcasting Services, the official broadcast provider at the 2026 Winter Olympics. LaRochelle is a legend on the U.S. skimo scene, where competitors are part endurance athlete, part backcountry skier, […]
Where to find Santa Claus skating and skiing on Christmas Eve
Santa is a busy guy on Christmas Eve, but not too busy to go skiing and ice skating with the kiddos of Summit County. Over at Keystone, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., make the trek to The Outpost at North Peak for hot cocoa, cookies and photos with Santa. He’ll be hanging out at Timber Ridge Lodge. Then, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 […]
Colorado 13er near Breck is getting a little love from state grant money
Everyone knows about 14ers, those 54 Colorado peaks over 14,000 feet (although the debate on exactly how many rages on). But one group is getting money to spruce up at least one popular 13er, those 637 (!!) Colorado peaks over 13,000 feet. Trails group Outside 285 was just awarded over $1.6 million for rehab on several peaks south of Breckenridge, including Mount Silverheels, a 13,829-foot peak in the Front […]
Today was the warmest 2nd day of winter in 70 years for Summit
It wasn’t a record, but it was still a scorcher for late December. High temperature today was 55 degrees Fahrenheit at the official record-keeping weather station in Dillon. Dec. 22 has not been that warm in 70 years, since 1955. But we were not even close to breaking the record high. That still belongs to Dec. 22, 1940, when Dillon hit 60 degrees. Summit could […]
