Floyd falls behind Redhorse overnight for state House nod in Summit Dem race
July 1 — Thin margins in the local state House race flipped overnight, giving Consuelo Redhorse the lead over Chris Floyd for the Democratic primary nomination. The latest election report shows Redhorse ahead by six votes in Summit County and 164 votes across the district. It is one of the closest House races in the […]
Wrong-way pursuit on I-70 leads to predawn crash, fuel spill above Georgetown
A crook speeding the wrong way on I-70 before dawn today is to blame for a multi-vehicle pileup near Bakerville, closing eastbound lanes miles away in Summit County. Colorado State Patrol reports it all began in Idaho Springs around 3:15 a.m., where police had reports of an alleged thief in a Mitsubishi Endeavor. The suspect […]
Rifle fire team mourns 3 killed in deadliest Colorado wildland incident in 3 decades
A fire crew based in Rifle is mourning the loss of three firefighters killed Saturday in a fast-moving wildfire on the Colorado-Utah border: They were killed in the early hours of the Knowles Fire, when gusty winds fanned the flames and trapped all three behind fire lines. The fire grew rapidly and soon joined up with two nearby […]
Saturday traffic swells on I-70 for the busiest weekend of summer, barely
Saturday was up while Friday and Sunday were down on the busiest weekend of summer. The mountain corridor added about 500 vehicles, June 26-28, for 135,665 cars in three days. That was still slower than the same weekend in 2025 and 2024 by about 5,000 vehicles. Saturday, June 27, saw nearly 42,000 vehicles driving in both directions, making it the busiest […]
Longtime nonprofit director Brianne Snow leaves the FIRC in heartfelt letter
Brianne Snow, the longtime executive director at the Family and Intercultural Resource Center, known as the FIRC, is stepping down and soon moving out of the county. Snow announced today she is leaving one of Summit’s largest nonprofits in a heartfelt letter to friends and colleagues, bearing the header, “Big News! – This One is Hard […]
Woman wielding a shovel jailed after incident at Summit County trailhead
Parking drama at a popular trailhead in Summit County sent a woman to jail, when the mad dash for a parking spot led to charges of menacing and child abuse. It happened at the upper Lily Pad Lakes trailhead in Wildernest. Summit County Sheriff reports two women were competing for a lone parking spot, when […]
‘Aloha, Bruce’: Breck remembers local business legend Bruce Horii on June 30
Friends, family and colleagues are paying tribute to Bruce Horii, a tireless advocate for local business and a fixture at Beaver Run Resort for decades. Horii died June 16 after a brief illness. He was 72. Hundreds if not thousands of locals knew Horii from his days at Beaver Run Resort, where he was the vice president of sales and […]
Silverthorne man crushed by half-ton boulder near Buena Vista
A Silverthorne man on lunch break this Tuesday was crushed in a rockslide near Buena Vista. Chaffee County sheriff reports the man, Paul Frasch, 59, stopped for lunch with another man near the Arkansas River on County Road 371. The two worked for a moving company and often visited a popular camping area there, known […]
Campfires are banned by Friday in Summit and neighboring counties
Your days of keeping a campfire in Summit County are numbered. Just one week after adopting Stage 1 restrictions, Summit and most neighboring counties are jumping to Stage 2 restrictions this Friday, June 26. This means no open fires outside, including campfires, charcoal grills and smokers. Even permitted backyard fire pits and campfires in a […]
Free food and bike tunes at 7 pit stops for Summit County Bike To Work Day
Trade the gas pump for pedals tomorrow, June 24, on Bike To Work Day in Summit County, celebrating 12 years of riding your bike to the office, errands or wherever. Every local town is getting in on the action with seven pit stops in every corner of the county. Most are located right off the […]