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Children visit the “Isak Heartstone”, a ...

Breckenridge鈥檚 popular trail troll can stay for now, town officials say

October 23, 2018 at 8:36 p.m.

Breckenridge Town Council will keep the town鈥檚 hugely popular trail troll, at least for now.

Breckenridge staff recommend keeping popular troll installation that抖阴ap caused local controversy

October 22, 2018 at 9:41 a.m.

Town staff are recommending that Breckenridge keep a public art installation that has become so popular that it's creating problems for neighbors.

Breckenridge residents want popular, wooden troll sculpture removed

October 12, 2018 at 11:17 a.m.

Breckenridge's troll is a temporary art installation that invites people to venture into the wilderness, but its popularity might be killing it.

People visit the "Isak Heartstone", a 15-foot wooden troll by Danish artist Thomas Dambo, along the Wellington Trail as part Breckenridge Internationals Festival of the Arts Aug. 13, in Breckenridge. The homeowners in the Wellington Neighborhood wants the troll taken down.

Feeling trolled, Breckenridge residents want popular wooden sculpture removed

October 12, 2018 at 11:19 a.m.

Breckenridge鈥檚 troll is a temporary art installation that invites people to venture into the wilderness in search of something special, but its lifespan could get cut short, as it appears...

A Summit County Rescue Group response to Mount Royal this past Sunday afternoon marked the second time in as many months it's mobilized for a mission to the popular Frisco peak for an injured party.

Mount Royal hiker who died in fall ID’d as 43-year-old Pa. woman

August 14, 2018 at 9:01 a.m.

A 43-year-old woman聽died Sunday evening after falling about 150 feet while descending Mount Royal, marking the third reported hiking death this summer in Summit County.

Devon Haire stands on the summit of Quandary Peak while the Summit County Rescue Group works to save two stranded hikers Friday on Quandary Peak.

Texas couple saved on Quandary Peak after 13-hour rescue operation

August 5, 2018 at 4:28 p.m.

The Summit County Rescue Group saved two stranded hikers on Quandary Peak with an effort that took more than 13 hours, starting Friday afternoon and continuing into early Saturday morning.

A pair of llamas, Carlos, right, and Sombra, left, are shown outside their Dillon home off Highway 6 in this undated image provided by the Dover family. For many people, the llamas were a fun landmark on the oft-traveled route. However, the pair has been relocated through a llama rescue to New Mexico following the deaths of their owners, Jim and Pat Dover.

Summit County llamas 鈥� once famed Highway 6 roadside attractions 鈥� now in New Mexico

July 10, 2018 at 12:18 p.m.

A poster-board sign went up alongside Highway 6 in Dillon in late June, alerting people that a pair of longtime locals, ever curious and always friendly, had packed it in...

During an open house at the Breckenridge Grand Vacations Community Center at the South Branch of the Summit County Library in Breckenridge, Graham Frank, Breckenridge Grand Vacations vice president of development, talks about the existing density for the property at the base of peak 8 in Breckenridge, which could accommodate a hotel with up to 300 rooms, opposed to the project BGV is pursuing there, a 150-room luxury hotel with 50 condos.

Breckenridge luxury hotel project抖阴ap first open house opens eyes

June 5, 2018 at 12:33 p.m.

Before Breckenridge Councilwoman Wendy Wolfe can support a 150-room luxury hotel with 50 wholly owned condos at the base of Peak 8, the project must be fully vetted by the...

This architectural rendering produced by Smith Design Company shows the entrance to The Pad, a planned boutique hotel that will come with some hostel-style accommodations, along the Blue River in downtown Silverthorne. Last week, Silverthorne Town Council approved the developer鈥檚 final site plan.

Hostel-style hotel built from shipping containers planned for Silverthorne

May 29, 2018 at 8:53 p.m.

The developers of a new $6.5 million boutique hotel with hostel-style accommodations aren't too far away from starting what could be one of the greenest demolitions to hit downtown Silverthorne.

Benjamin Goff poses for a photo on the back deck of his house in Montezuma where he lives with his mom and stepfather, Jeni and Paul Hinkley. Goff has filed to run for mayor in April鈥檚 election.

Montezuma teen with mayoral aspirations loses in his first run for office

April 5, 2018 at 9:04 a.m.

Eighteen-year-old Montezuma mayoral candidate Benjamin Goff didn't get the result he wanted but the high school senior says he's taking his first political defeat in stride.

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