Monday Jun 17 | Summit County Voice
Breckenridge to spend $50K on reusable bags
Summit Daily/Caddie Nath A mock up of the reusable "Breck Bag" shows the size and design that will appear on 50,000 totes the town purchased as part of an ongoing effort to reduce the use of disposable bags.
Summer construction season leads off with stops, slow downs
Special to the Daily/David Gidley Heavy construction continues on the Interstate 70 Twin Tunnels widening project over the holidays even when frigid temperatures hovered near zero as seen here recently just east of Idaho Springs.
High stream flows flood roads, recpaths in Summit County
Special to the Daily Crews work to construct a berm that will help direct water flooding onto Straight Creek Drive from an overflowing stream in Dillon Valley.
It started out like a normal Saturday, with an early morning dog walk along Dillon Reservoir, where I watched water flowing in reverse, filling small tributaries, as the rising water level trickled into long-dry crevices along the shore.
CDOT gears up to continue Highway 9 expansion from Breckenridge to Frisco
Summit Daily/Caddie Nath The last two-lane section of Highway 9 between Summit High School and Breckenridge will be widened to four lanes - two in each direction - during a construction project set to get underway this week.
Summit County Fishing Report: Dillon Reservoir opening up
It's been a while in the coming, but Dillon Reservoir is opening up. While not fully open, a few brave souls have been packing hand-launch craft to the water.
Summit County turns out pockets for Highway 9 project
Special to the Daily/Citizens for a Safe Hwy. 9 Committee A rendering shows one of two overpasses that are part of a $46 million improvement project planned for Highway 9 north of Silverthorne.
Summit High students the first class in Colorado to release trout into a Class A watershed
Special to the Daily/Mark Lance Christopher Lambrecht, far right, supervises as students of his Stream Ecology class at Summit High School start the release of rainbow trout into the Blue River.