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Fentanyl Citrate, a CLASS II Controlled Substance as classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency in the secure area of a local hospital.

Man charged in Summit County fentanyl overdose sentenced to two years

June 21, 2017 at 7:33 a.m.

Summit County District Court Judge Mark Thompson sentenced 28-year-old Will Lancaster to two years of community corrections for his May 5 conviction for drug possession and use of a controlled...

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, downtown Park City, Utah, appears at the foot of Park City Mountain Resort. Utah ski resorts recorded a 10-year high for visitors this past season, likely fueled by good early-winter snow and buzz created by Vail Resort's merging of two ski areas into one mega resort. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Summit County questions Vail Resorts’ commitment to workforce housing

June 20, 2017 at 10:07 a.m.

Summit County officials are questioning Vail Resorts鈥� commitment to building workforce housing after the resort company declined to pay $150,000 to help develop the Village at Wintergreen in Keystone. Vail...

Estefania Baray, a Summit County recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy enacted by President Obama in 2012, now has a legal status to be in the United States. Today, while pursuing her associate's degree at Colorado Mountain College, she works as a bilingual health insurance navigator with the Family & Intercultural Resource Center.

Summit County steps up support for undocumented residents

June 13, 2017 at 7:35 a.m.

Moving with family to Summit County from her native Mexico two decades ago, Estefania Baray was like countless others who immigrated to the United States as children. It didn't occur...

Breckenridge's Epic Discovery Center opens daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. until Sept. 4.

New Breckenridge mountain theme park opens Friday with zip lines, alpine coaster and more

June 8, 2017 at 9:02 a.m.

Breckenridge Ski Resort will welcome the first batch of guests Friday to Epic Discovery, its brand-new, state-of-the-art theme park in the mountains.

In Frisco, pot industry closes gap with liquor sales

June 8, 2017 at 7:06 a.m.

The day that marijuana receipts outpace liquor sales in Frisco might not be too far off.

Oregon-based Wellons Inc., won a $10.84 million verdict from Eagle Valley Clean Energy, owners of the biomass electricity-generating plant in Gypsum. Wellons sued EVCE for refusing to pay for building the plant. A 2014 conveyor belt fire idled the plant for a year.

Oregon company sweeps to win in Vail Valley biomass plant lawsuit

June 7, 2017 at 12:31 a.m.

A federal court jury ruled Monday that the owners of Gypsum鈥檚 biomass plant failed to pay the company that built it.

Climbers visible on Mount Royal on Sunday, June 4.

Injured climber rescued off Frisco’s Mount Royal after 10-hour mission

June 5, 2017 at 7:53 a.m.

A 20-person search and rescue team safely brought an injured hiker down from Mount Royal near Frisco Saturday night after a 10-hour mission through rocky terrain.

Thomas Ferrara, left, and Eric Hall required rescue off Quandary Peak on Monday morning after becoming cliffed out while climbing the Summit County 14er's difficult West Ridge. In total, the two spent 12 hours overnight stuck and awaiting rescuers just below the crest and more than 21 hours exposed to the elements.

Climbers rescued on Quandary Peak feared death

June 1, 2017 at 5:02 p.m.

Two California men concluded death could be imminent when they called for an emergency rescue off Quandary Peak Sunday night.

A black bear settles in on a tree limb at the Aspen Club Condos on June 7, 2016.

Dillon Ranger District set new rules requiring campers to use proper food storage to avoid bear encounters

May 31, 2017 at 9:14 a.m.

After two years of increased bear encounters around Summit County, the local U.S. Forest Service office has issued new orders about food storage practices at its designated campgrounds and other...

Mature bull elk along Carneros Creek, ...

Hunter who fired indiscriminately at elk fined after two-day Summit County trial

May 31, 2017 at 10:32 a.m.

A Summit County jury convicted a man from Northglenn of hunting in a careless manner last Friday night, May 26, after a two-day trial. The man, 48-year-old Mark Masker, was...

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