Serving Summit County, Colorado with the latest local, regional and statewide news.https://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lxxawpobgc2uAirport Lot, which was used as free skier parking for Breckenridge Ski Resort, used to fit roughly 1,000 vehicles, but the new free skier lot will hold roughly 500. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/heres-where-breckenridge-is-at-with-its-runway-neighborhood-project-and-how-a-new-free-skier-parking-lot-could-work/03 Sep 2025 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxawpobgc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lxfyfkihx22gThe Breckenridge Police Department stated that more information will be released at a later time after a Summit Daily News reporter reached out with questions and to confirm details received at the search effort. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/missing-man-last-seen-at-rmu-in-breckenridge-prompts-police-to-request-assistance/27 Aug 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfyfkihx22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lwwhqczxvc2wLawmakers are meeting in response to budget fallout, hits to programs as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax bill https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colorado-special-legislative-session-bills-on-wolf-reintroduction-health-insurance-small-business-tax-assistance/21 Aug 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwhqczxvc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lw5bjrycp222Born out of a housing crisis, Unsheltered in Summit started out serving six to eight people a year when it began in 2019. Today, the organization serves around 65 people a year. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/in-this-resort-community-people-are-resorting-to-living-out-of-cars-unsheltered-in-summit-reports-near-record-usage-and-a-need-for-year-round-lot/11 Aug 2025 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5bjrycp222https://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lvorerykyk2iLaura Karden said her husband liked practical jokes, was 'a little bit of an imp' and could fix anything. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/summit-county-teacher-remembered-family-climbing-death/05 Aug 2025 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvorerykyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lvlu7twvvs2cMeet Walker https://www.summitdaily.com/news/arapahoe-basin-ski-area-welcomes-new-avalanche-dog-onto-its-team/04 Aug 2025 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlu7twvvs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lv7beurldk2gA Summit School District staff member who spent 25 years teaching at Summit High School has been identified as the climber who fell and died near Officers Gulch. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/rescue-operation-at-officers-gulch-prompts-request-to-avoid-area-for-recreation-in-summit-county/30 Jul 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv7beurldk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lv52dntbyk2cOnly a few days left! Support your favorite people and businesses and foods by voting for Best of Summit. https://www.summitdaily.com/bestofsummit2025/29 Jul 2025 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv52dntbyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lv52bh27l22qConcerns raised by the 2007 Breckenridge Town Council resulted in the implementation of a Neighborhood Preservation Policy that mandates residential builds stay under a certain square footage depending on their location, including an overall maximum of 9,000-square-feet in size. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/breckenridge-town-codes-regulation-refresh/29 Jul 2025 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv52bh27l22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lukvcwmfbs2pNearly a decade after plans fell through for a multiunit development around the corner from Dillon Dam Road in Frisco, a local developer is proposing plans for a six-building residential project for the same site. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/frisco-planning-officials-call-project-proposal-a-missed-opportunity-for-workforce-housing/22 Jul 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukvcwmfbs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3luih44sejs2hA key workforce housing component of Breckenridge Grand Vacations’ seven-parcel East Peak 8/Gold Rush Lot development received final approval from planning officials, moving it one step closer to breaking ground near Colorado Highway 9. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/breckenridge-workforce-housing-entrada-project/21 Jul 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3luih44sejs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lubfigciyk2nNominate your favorites for the 2025 contest now! https://www.summitdaily.com/bestofsummit2025/18 Jul 2025 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lubfigciyk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3ltp6i4wjrc2vAlthough some may see smoke in Summit County, the post stated there are no active known fires in the county. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/fires-outside-summit-county-contribute-to-hazy-conditions/11 Jul 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltp6i4wjrc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lthybv5l3c2aFrisco is considering creating a new housing covenant that takes into account feedback it’s received from residents who live in or have sought workforce housing. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/if-we-dont-keep-locals-here-what-do-we-have-left-frisco-locals-share-worries-about-proposed-workforce-housing-changes/08 Jul 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthybv5l3c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3ltfpodcj6s2aTown staff members said an overarching goal of the management plan is to prevent the development of user-created social trails that can have impacts on surrounding nature features. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/new-trails-public-gathering-places-and-discovery-play-areas-could-all-come-to-this-breckenridge-natural-area/07 Jul 2025 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfpodcj6s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lrssqztb3k2bJust before 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, the Alpine Rescue Team was alerted about two individuals off route on Kelso Ridge near the summit of Torreys Peak in Clear Creek County. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/alpine-rescue-team-helps-extract-two-individuals-after-lightning-strike-on-torreys-peak/17 Jun 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrssqztb3k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lrqncv5mvs2oU.S. Highway 6 over Loveland Pass is closed Sunday, June 15, due to a mountain slide that the Colorado Department of Transportation described in a Facebook post as 100 feet wide and 15-20 feet deep. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/loveland-pass-closes-due-to-100-foot-wide-mountain-slide/16 Jun 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqncv5mvs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lqso4aofwc2sArapahoe Basin Ski Area announced on Wednesday, June 4, that the ski area will be extending the season for one final weekend. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colorado-last-ski-resort-to-close-arapahoe-basin/04 Jun 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqso4aofwc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lqdlgonrz22nAt a May 27 Breckenridge Town Council meeting, officials expressed a desire to see changes to their approach to workforce housing after hearing reports that some of the units the town built are sitting empty. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/breckenridge-officials-worry-about-some-of-the-towns-workforce-housing-units-sitting-unoccupied-suggesting-change/29 May 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdlgonrz22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lppjedlixs2fStudents say Summit School District visual arts teacher Sharon Jacobson-Speedy’s level III art class isn’t for those looking for an easy elective, and that’s not what the teacher, who just clocked an 18-year run with the district, wanted to provide. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/after-18-years-with-summit-school-district-this-visual-arts-teachers-puts-on-the-last-exhibit-with-her-students/21 May 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lppjedlixs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lpmf4uuh622cThe Summit County Sheriff’s Office and Summit County Rescue Group have set up an operations center near North Tenmile Creek trailhead, which is at the west end of Main Street near Frisco. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/body-recovery-operation-on-wichita-mountain-near-frisco-not-related-to-search-for-missing-man-from-vail/20 May 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmf4uuh622chttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lpme5ro45s2cKroger, one of the nation’s largest grocery store chains, denies the claims of widespread pricing errors in the report. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colorado-city-market-king-soopers-accused-overcharging/20 May 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpme5ro45s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lnj6k6r3s22xHiring freezes in non-instructional roles and position adjustments are currently on the table as Summit School District plans its 2025-26 budget. The district is working against state, federal and local challenges affecting schools in rural Colorado. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/summit-school-district-says-its-facing-a-structural-deficit-amid-budget-planning-for-2025-26/23 Apr 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnj6k6r3s22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lnedhwuies23Colorado experts say tariffs on building materials will hurt small businesses and worsen the housing market. A builder in Colorado thinks it’s a necessary evil. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/trump-tariffs-colorado-construction-materials/21 Apr 2025 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnedhwuies23https://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lmzn365opc2eThe mayor pro tem of the Dillon Town Council serves as the chair of the council in the mayor's absence. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/dillon-town-council-mayor-pro-tem-appointment-fails/17 Apr 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzn365opc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lmspr2nt2223Each year these updated calculations have impacts on Summit County’s housing landscape. Area median income is used to determine eligibility for workforce housing and rents for those units. Officials are now discussing how the new analysis will affect locals. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/federal-data-shows-a-9-jump-in-summit-countys-area-median-income-officials-say-it-will-impact-some-local-workers-rent/14 Apr 2025 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmspr2nt2223https://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lmfjyrpn422gFollowing a season with a record number of shows and changes to ticketing at the venue, the Dillon Amphitheater has begun gearing up for another season and has announced several concerts for its summer lineup. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/heres-a-look-at-the-dillon-amphitheaters-2025-summer-lineup-so-far/09 Apr 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfjyrpn422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lmd6uqki622fTechnically, the black bears found in Colorado don't hibernate, but regardless, if spring skiing at Keystone Resort is any indication — they're awake. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colorado-keystone-resort-black-bear-encounter/08 Apr 2025 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmd6uqki622fhttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3llpbgxy2nc2eAn end-of-March storm reminded Coloradans that spring is not yet here. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/snow-totals-colorado-mountains-late-march-2025/31 Mar 2025 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3llpbgxy2nc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/summitdailynews.bsky.social/post/3lld7jqbzek23Compared to the previous 30 days, the latest map shows more expansive exploration in the region by the animals. https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colorado-wolf-activity-map-march-2025/27 Mar 2025 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:jcyexcdtvim4rtxncacncxdw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lld7jqbzek23