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The Frey Gulch Fire burned 22 acres near Dillon last October. The man who accidentally started it by firing explosive rounds at the shooting range was ordered to pay $53,000.

Denver man ordered to pay $53,000 in restitution for starting 2016 wildfire by shooting explosive rounds at Dillon shooting range

December 7, 2017 at 7:23 a.m.

Bryson Robert Jones ordered to pay $53,000 in restitution for starting 2016 Summit County wildfire.

Outside a holding cell at the Summit County Jail, where a man died of a heart attack while in alcohol withdrawal. The county government agreed to pay his family $3.5 million in the second settlement tied to jail misconduct allegations in four months.

Summit County to pay out nearly $4 million in settlements over jail inmate death, assault

November 17, 2017 at 8:38 p.m.

Summit County has reached a preliminary $3.5 million settlement with the family of a man who聽died of alcohol withdrawal聽while in jail in 2013, suffering a heart attack after three days...

Bustang notches another quarter of 25 percent growth, could soon add Frisco-to-Steamboat route

November 16, 2017 at 8:26 a.m.

The Colorado Department of Transportation's statewide bus service, Bustang, has posted another quarter of strong ridership growth with a nearly 25 percent jump between July and November compared with the...

Flames consume a slash pile at the Frisco Peninsula during the Annual Forest Collaboratives Summit in Frisco. The infestation of the mountain pine beetle, which overran Colorado's central mountain region in 2005, has destroyed trees throughout the region.

Citizen scientists in Summit County are helping forests battered by pine beetles

November 11, 2017 at 1:01 a.m.

Volunteers have been conducting stand exams in more than 60 spots around Summit County, helping the Forest Service save time and money at a time when it is desperately short...

The site of a mining operation for the reality TV show Gold Rush near Fairplay. Residents say the show's presence has become a nuisance.

Save Park County accuses Discovery Channel’s “Gold Rush” of “mining for ratings”

October 20, 2017 at 9:37 a.m.

Residents say the presence of the "Gold Rush" reality TV show has become a nuisance and have sued to keep the show from returning to Park County for a second...

Dreams of weather modifications coming true in Colorado

October 7, 2017 at 3:49 p.m.

Larry Hjermstad is a pioneer of cloud seeding, so naturally he has some frontier tales.

An air tanker dumps fire retardant slurry onto Tenderfoot2 Fire Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Dillon.

Tenderfoot 2 Fire now 50 percent contained, officials 鈥渃autiously optimistic鈥�

September 19, 2017 at 10:21 p.m.

The winds came with fury on Tuesday, but they were too late to rouse the Tenderfoot 2 Fire near Dillon. By the afternoon, its once-fearsome plume of smoke had reduced...

Tenderfoot Fire near Dillon spreads to 21 acres

September 18, 2017 at 8:47 p.m.

A wildfire broke out near Dillon late Monday afternoon sending up a large plume of smoke and causing intermittent power outages, but the weather was favorable and limited its spread...

People hold up signs reacting to Sen. Cory Gardner during a town hall meeting in Lakewood on Aug. 15.

Cory Gardner says tax reform could jump-start infrastructure spending — possibly for I-70 — during Summit County visit

September 18, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

A decade ago, a study commissioned by the Denver Chamber of Commerce found that congestion on Interstate 70 was costing Colorado more than $830 billion in lost economic activity every...

Breckenridge police chief Dennis McLaughlin submitted his resignation last week, citing family medical reasons.

Breckenridge police chief resigns less than 18 months after taking position

September 1, 2017 at 2:25 p.m.

Breckenridge police chief Dennis McLaughlin has resigned less than a year and a half after being promoted to the position.

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