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'Illegal camping' investigation leads to 'out-of-state felony warrant' arrest at Colorado overlook
According to the Summit County Sheriff's Office, an investigation into suspected 'illegal camping' resulted in finding someone with a felony arrest warrant. Last week, deputies conducted a check of a vehicle parked at Sapphire Point, which is in the area of a scenic overlook located along Swan Mountain Road, on suspicion of illegal camping. Currently, the Sapphire Point camping reservation system is unavailable and while previous reservations that were made are being honored, new reservations are closed, likely through some point in spring 2024. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, they found a woman in the suspect vehicle with a felony arrest warrant out of Texas, along with two dogs. The woman was taken into custody and the dogs were taken to the Summit County Animal Shelter. STAY INFORMED: Get free Colorado news with our daily newsletter (Click here)
Months into new regulations, short-term rental owners say they may need to sell their properties in Summit County
Laura James’s Breckenridge home is dotted with 45 years of family memories. A pot-bellied stove stands in the basement where, as a child, James smelled the aromas of coffee and oatmeal as it heated. A pair of 1970s snowshoes that belonged to her dad now decorate a wall. Warm light pours into the living room through her late mother’s handmade stained glass window.
This week in history: Breckenridge remains snowed in for 8 straight weeks, teenager dies in car crash and more
125 years ago: Summit County enters into its eighth week without a train arriving. “There are times when patience ceases to be a virtue. One of those times has arrived with the people of Summit County relative to rail transportation,” reported the Summit County Journal in its April 1, 1899, edition. After a February storm closed the rail line over Boreas Pass, the county has not seen a train in eight weeks, and the Colorado & Southern Railway is now estimating it will be another two weeks fore a train makes its way to Breckenridge after the rotary plow broke down about 2 miles short of the top of the pass and returned to Denver for repairs. A sleigh road currently connects the county with the rail line 20 miles away, which has allowed goods and mail to flow in and out of the county, but many mining camps are now dealing with an excess of mined ore with no way to ship it out. Locally many are worried about the local impact on the economy, with no money to be made from piles of unprocessed materials.
Insider deal creates "monopoly": How Vail's exclusive delivery service sparked a lawsuit and controversy
It’s all about who you know. In just over three years, Matthew Dietz leapt from bankruptcy into a million-dollar, multi-year contract the Town of Vail laid at his feet in a lucrative deal that could ultimately transform ski towns across Colorado. As business partners, Dietz and hockey buddies William...
‘Reduce the stigma’: Summit County residents learn about supporting those with substance use issues during Longevity Project event
Summit County residents engaged in a community conversation about navigating substance use in Colorado’s resort towns during the annual Longevity Project event hosted Wednesday, March 27, by Summit Daily News. Almost everyone in the audience at the Silverthorne Pavillion raised their hand that evening when keynote speaker Chad Weller...
Dog owner who "didn't believe in rabies" gets citation in Colorado
The Summit County Sheriff's Office reports that a woman received a citation last week after her unvaccinated dog was picked up by authorities as a stray. When the woman went to pick up her dog from the local animal shelter after it was found unattended, she was informed that the dog was not licensed and wasn't up-to-date on its rabies vaccines. At that point, the dog owner told Animal Control...
Vail emergency doctor receives Vail Health Elevate Award
Dr. Scott McCorvey, who works in the Vail Health Emergency Department, has been named the eighth recipient of the Vail Health Elevate Award. Vail Health created the Elevate Award in June 2022 to allow patients and their families to nominate and thank employees who have touched their lives in some way.
The Vail Valley’s Christian faithful prepare to celebrate Easter
Easter Sunday is the most significant date on the Christian calendar, the day the faithful celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Easter can be celebrated from late March into mid-April — the holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after the spring equinox. This year’s Easter is an early one, so bundle up for the annual sunrise service on Vail Mountain.
Locals worry plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history
Nick Michael thinks he has got a great idea. Collect ore and tailings from the slag piles scattered around Leadville, extract bits of silver and gold in a vat of chemicals and then store the waste in a permitted facility. It’s a plan he’s been simmering since he bought the...
Beaver Creek homeowners mount challenge to developer seeking to build homes on a parcel long thought to be undevelopable wetlands
A long-forgotten parcel at Beaver Creek is being eyed by a developer who seeks to build on land that nearby homeowners have previously understood to be undevelopable wetlands. The 13.8-acre parcel, once known as Tract C, is now being called the Arcadian property at Beaver Creek and is located just south of the Mirabelle restaurant. The developer is seeking to build 12 single-family, duplex and triplex units on the parcel and has filed a land-use application with Eagle County which is currently being reviewed for sufficiency.
Woman suspected of hitting and killing bicyclist quit her job after crash, affidavit says
EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — A woman arrested in Arkansas months after a deadly hit-and-run in Eagle County abruptly quit her job on the day the victim was last seen, according to an affidavit for her arrest. Sidney Whitmarsh, 24, was recently arrested in connection with the Jan. 7 crash...
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