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Condos are set to build on this empty property along La Bonte Street seen on Wednesday, Aug. 16, in Dillon.

Dillon Town Council clears way for controversial five-story condo

August 18, 2017 at 3:30 p.m.

The Dillon Town Council unanimously cleared the way for a five-story condominium building in downtown Dillon on Tuesday night amid the objections of many in the packed council chambers, who...

Signs posted banning the public to cliff jump from the popular spot on Green Mountain Reservoir seen on Monday, Aug. 7, north of Silverthorne, following a fatal jump in the previous week.

Green Mountain Reservoir cliff diving spot off limits after Denver man’s fatal fall

August 8, 2017 at 7:21 a.m.

The U.S. Forest Service has banned access to a popular yet treacherous cliff jumping spot at Green Mountain Reservoir, the site of a tragic death last week and an attraction...

The party scene at the Conundrum Hot Springs attracts up to 300 people on summer weekends, as shown by this undated photo. The Forest Service will target Conundrum first with an overnight visits management plan.

Proposed permit system could ease pressure on hot spots in Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

June 30, 2017 at 12:18 p.m.

A permit system for backpackers could be in place at Conundrum Hot Springs by next summer in the first phase of the White River National Forest's new plan to ease...

A rotomiller paving machine being used for resurfacing work on Highway 9 north of Silverthorne, where a worker was killed last week.

Summit County construction fatality may have been caused by equipment blind spot

July 3, 2017 at 11:58 a.m.

Federal regulators are conducting an inquiry into the death of a 20-year-old road worker who was killed north of Silverthorne last week, an accident that may have been partly due...

Newly-transitioned Summit County Sheriff Deputy Lesley Mumford stands in front of the Summit County Justice Center Thursday June 15, in Breckenridge.

After years of hiding, Summit County sheriff鈥檚 deputy comes out as transgender

June 16, 2017 at 9:24 p.m.

"Leading up to the professional announcement, that's what scared me the most," she said. "At the immediate conclusion of it, I realized that it was actually probably the easiest step,"...

A breathalyzer at the Summit County jail, where DUI suspects are tested for their blood alcohol content. An order handed down by a Gilpin County judge last week holds that results from the machine are inadmissible as evidence because state regulators falsified certificates attesting to their accuracy for 18 months.

Breath test evidence in DUI cases 鈥渟omething other than the truth,” Colorado judge rules

June 13, 2017 at 7:44 a.m.

Dozens of pending driving under the influence cases and prior convictions are now in legal limbo in Summit County after Judge Edward Casias deferred to a new statewide precedent that...

The home of Justin King, 26, who was arrested May 27 after a standoff with police.

Man arrested in Summit County standoff sent threatening images to stalking victim

June 6, 2017 at 10:20 a.m.

Justin King, a 26-year-old man who was arrested after a six-hour police standoff in Wildernest on May 27, had the night before been sending threatening images of "various firearms" to...

Summit County jail commander Erik Bourgerie signals toward a security camera to open a holding cell Wednesday May 31, 2017, at the jail in Breckenridge.

Mental health lockups spiked by 1,365 percent in two years at Summit County jail

June 2, 2017 at 4:19 p.m.

When John told a crisis hotline counselor that he was suicidal last September, he didn't expect the police to get involved. But roughly two hours later, he says, sheriff's deputies...

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