Breckenridge News

Jurors are expected to continue hearing testimony Monday in the trial of a woman accused of dragging a tow truck driver to death in early 2011.

The old CMC building in Breckenridge got a new sign last week when The Peak School took over for the upcoming school year.

Ted Sams was believed to be cutting 2x4's with the saw when he accidently cut femoral artery in his leg and bled to death, according to the Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson.

Authorities say a 67-year-old Parker man was accidentally killed while cutting two-by-fours with a circular saw in Breckenridge.

The Summit Board of County Commissioners is set to consider a set of regulations for medical marijuana sales in unincorporated Summit County.

Former Summit County resident Steuart Bremner will be at the Tin Shop through Feb.

Where: Tours depart from the Breckenridge Welcome Center on Main Street. When: 4:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings.

When a group of friends who play stringed instruments gathers, it's only a matter of time before someone pulls out a book of string quartets, and an afternoon or evening of musical enjoyment is underway.

A $5,635 micro-grant awarded to the Town of Breckenridge will help get information about the Valley Brook Cemetery online.

Bringing Richard Wagner's epic "Ring Cycle" to its cataclysmic ending, the Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Gotterdammerung" will be broadcast live via HD transmission at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Eileen & Paul Finkel Auditorium at Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge, and at the Skyline Movie Theater in Dillon.

Colorado landscape painter Marty Rohde is February's featured artist at Arts Alive co-op Gallery in Breckenridge.

Angry homeowners in Breckenridge are after rebates for money they say they've overpaid to the Upper Blue Sanitation District during years when they didn't know they were eligible for a discount.

Testimony in a hearing to decide whether Charles Garrison's decade-old murder conviction should be overturned wrapped up Thursday in an Eagle County court.

To the joy of many residents in attendance at Tuesday's council meeting, Dillon Town Council approved the implementation of a "tax increment financing district," a tool which will hopefully allow the town to increase funds for redevelopment.

Editor's note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff's Office.

What: Elizabeth Traver talks about Antarctica experiences, history and science of the continent.

This graphic, compiled with the help of the Vail Daily and Aspen Times, offers a snapshot of what wages in different professions look like around the Colorado High Country.

In this Dec. 11, 2002, file photo, Bill Johnson displays his gold medal for the downhill from the 1984 Winter Olympics while eyeing the ski slopes in Breckenridge, Colo.

Holiday stress is one reason for a retreat to Breck. But, we must always remember that we need to take retreats daily.

Every time I attempt to tell another kindred soul about what I experienced last Saturday, heart rain starts falling from my eyes.