Local wilderness volunteers clear hundreds of trees by hand, but it ain’t cheap
Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance is asking local towns to support its volunteers this summer, as the U.S. Forest Service keeps trimming budgets and seasonal positions. The alliance came to Silverthorne town council this week with a pitch for grant money and donations. The nonprofit says it needs about $160,000 to pay for $275,000 worth of […]
Pot, empty bottles and fresh-cut limes send 2 men to Summit jail
It was like a frat party in a car when a Summit County sheriff’s deputy pulled two men over for speeding through Dillon Valley. The deputy spotted the vehicle speeding at least 40 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone, and then watched the driver run a stop sign. When the driver finally pulled […]
Movies on Air: ‘The Sheep Detectives’ is Whodunit 101 for bookish kids
“The Sheep Detectives” shows at The Eclipse in Breckenridge at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The opening credits had not even rolled when I knew exactly what to expect from “The Sheep Detectives.” “This is going to be goofy,” whispered my wife, her grin as big as the toothy lion on the MGM logo. That is when the lion opened its mouth and, […]
Summit’s fire fears ease slightly with rainy May and new, wetter forecast for summer
The outlook for summer in Summit County is looking slightly more encouraging than just a few weeks ago. This May is already the wettest month in a year with 1.17 inches of precipitation at the Krystalized weather station in Dillon. Another two-tenths of rain and this will be the wettest since August 2024. The good news continues with two new forecasts from the National Weather Service. Both good […]
I-70 drug bust nets a half-million fentanyl pills stashed in a Toyota
An Arizona woman was caught on the I-70 mountain corridor with an estimated half-million suspected fentanyl pills stashed in the trunk of a Toyota Corolla. An Eagle County sheriff’s deputy stopped the woman on May 21 for several traffic violations in western Eagle County. The deputy was with the Gore Range Narcotic Interdiction Team Task […]
I-70 traffic tells a mixed story this Memorial Day weekend
Weekend traffic was up but the holiday was down on the I-70 mountain corridor. For the first time in eight weeks more than 100,000 vehicles traveled the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnels in one weekend. There were 109,646 cars in three days, May 22-24, and 146,599 cars in four days, May 22-25. This continues a trend of shrinking traffic for […]
David Lee Roth is rocking Dillon Amphitheater this July
Practice your hitchkicks and get ready to jump. Onetime Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth is coming to Dillon Amphitheater on Thursday, July 23. Dillon Amp today confirmed Diamond Dave is bringing his 2026 live tour to Summit County. He has been rocking since the ‘80s, but he has never rocked the shores of Lake […]
What Memorial Day means to you: Veterans, police and a 103-year-old fighter pilot
Local veterans, police, firefighters, Boy Scouts and 102-year-old Boot Gordon, a WWII fighter pilot, gathered at Dillon Cemetery this morning for the annual Memorial Day service. This is what Memorial Day means to them. A chance for me to reflect upon the missing and the POWs and what they gave to our country, which is our freedom.” – Wendy Myers, Summit Rotary […]
UPDATE: Trail Ridge Road opens May 29 after 2 May snowstorms
Update 10 a.m., May 29 — Trail Ridge Road is open for through traffic. Plows have been working around the clock after back-to-back May snowstorms buried the classic high-alpine route in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park rangers warn of potentially icy roads when the sun goes down. Original — Many of Colorado’s most famous high-alpine […]
Grisly holiday murder case in Frisco presses on with no eyewitnesses, no DNA
Summit County judge Reed Owens today upheld all five charges in a grisly holiday murder case from Frisco, where the body of Griselda Lopez-Racancoj, 20, was found partially dismembered between Christmas and New Year’s. The suspect is her onetime boyfriend, Luis Mendez-Hernandez, 19, of Frisco. Together they have an infant son. An autopsy through Boulder County Coroner’s Office found Lopez-Racancoj was strangled to death. The coroner ruled her death a homicide. […]