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Heavy traffic prompts CDOT to cancel pacing on Sunday
Predictions of heavy traffic on eastbound Interstate 70, prompted the Colorado Department of Transportation to cancel the use of police pace-cars to control returning ski traffic on Sunday.
New Catholic church under construction north of Silverthorne holds open house Sunday
What: Our Lady of Peace church and rectory open house When: Sunday, 2-4 p.m. Who: Open to the public Where: Just north of Kum 'n Go gas station on west side of U.S. Highway 9 in Silverthorne Wear sturdy shoes, as it's still an active construction site.
Summit Up 2-9-12: Comin' at ya from 2 miles below Antarctica
The Big Apple may have won the Super Bowl, but right here in good ol' Summit County, Dorothy Godfrey is the apple of our eye.
Forest Service doing pile burns today in Summit County
The Forest Service plans to burn some machine-built piles today on Forest Service land northwest of Interstate 70 between Silverthorne and Frisco.
Terry Power back in CPA game after hiatus
After dabbling in the mortgage business for a few years, longtime local Terry Power is back to working as a certified public accountant full-time. Power moved to Summit County in 1988, bought a small CPA practice in Silverthorne, and then another one in Frisco a few years later.
Silverthorne's highest energy consumer cuts costs
A wastewater treatment plant is a town operation that consumes more energy than just about any other single governmental department, but in Silverthorne, that energy consumption is being addressed - constantly.
Silverthorne to discuss finalizing zoning amendment
Currently, Silverthorne's riverfront mixed use zone doesn't allow sale of hot tubs and related equipment.
Summit Up 2-5-12: Special Costa Rica mishap edition
The SDN made its way into a police station in Costa Rica recently when Summit County's Jon Harrington experienced a robbery on vacation .
Summit County Community Notes 2-5-12
This morning, enjoy an inspirational morning worship service with music provided by Verne Hoogheem, local trombonist and Jeanie Dedrick Kramer, music director & organist at St.
Summit County cops: Traffic tickets not about the money
Tickets in 2011 Breckenridge: 1,336 Sheriff's Office: 1,336 State Patrol: 1,234 Frisco: 1,288 Dillon: 1,142 *Silverthorne numbers not available Summit County's five law-enforcement agencies and Colorado State Patrol collectively handed out more than 7,000 traffic tickets last year, but they weren't gunning for quotas or cash, local authorities say.
Avalanche danger high in Colorado mountains this season
Beaver Creek ski patroller Bryce Hays holds his ears after setting an explosive to control an avalanche area on Beaver Creek Mountain.
'The Big Burn' will be next Summit Reads book
The Summit County Libraries are excited to announce that the Summit Reads Community Project will be back this spring, with a new book, new events and new speakers.
Harry Sprague, a retired Colonel with the Marines, has been a security guard on the Dillon Dam the past four years.
Summit County community notes Feb. 4, 2012
Republicans registered in Summit County are encouraged to attend the 2012 Summit County Republican Caucus on Tuesday, Feb.
Arts and entertainment news in Summit County
Seeking actor, age 40 to 70, to play one of the poker players in "Oscar and Felix: A New Version of the Odd Couple," playing at the Backstage Theatre from March 1-31 . Show directed by Wendy Moore.
Silverthorne trail fight takes a new twist
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit surrounding the latest segment of Silverthorne's Blue River Trail recpath introduced a petition Thursday to amend provisions in the town's charter relating to eminent domain.
Cops nab S'thorne robbery, assault suspect
Silverthorne police have apprehended a man wanted in connection with a robbery and assault on a clerk at the Sav-O-Mat gas station in Silverthorne early Saturday morning, town officials announced Thursday.
Breckenridge backs away from mail-in voting for now
Breckenridge voters will be able to go to the polls to cast their ballots in April, after the town council killed a measure to run an all mail-in election.
Summit Up 2-2-12: Deploying our neck frill o' displeasure
It's not often one sees lemons growing adjacent to snow, but that's the case at A New Concept Salon & Boutique in Silverthorne, where Bona Dea has painstakingly raised this little guy.
Silverthorne robbery, assault suspect still at large
The suspect who robbed the Sav-o-Mat convenience store in Silverthorne and assaulted the clerk working there early Sunday morning is still at large, authorities say.