Silverthorne News

If you've never heard of the Hippo Trail or the Bodhi Trail, don't feel too bad.

Special to the Daily Cyclists pedal their way through a workout during morning cycling class at the Silverthorne Recreation Center.

No. 8 at the Raven is one of the course's signature holes. The challenging par-3 is 184 yards from the tips and features a huge elevation drop.

Editor's note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff's Office.

The sounds of farm animals filled the McDonalds restaurant at Summit Place in Silverthorne Friday morning.

Much of Summit County has been buried under a thick layer of snow for the better part of the year.

Summit Daily/Breeana Laughlin Water officials gave their updates and drought reports in front of a packed house at the Community Center in Frisco on Tuesday.

Currently, the Colorado Department of Revenue collects the sales tax on behalf of the town.

Summit Daily/Jessica Smith Jason Smith sits at his office at the Colorado Real Estate Company.

On Sunday from 4-5 p.m., Summit County photographer Jim Sapp will present a talk about his photography and how his technique has evolved in the digital age.

Special to the Daily Steve Puchek, of Steel & Stone Ironworks in Silverthorne, makes hand-forged and hand-hammered steel sculptures such as these using a 125-year-old blacksmithing forge, as well as custom kitchen hoods and fire pits.

The unexpected appearance of $1.5 billion in state transportation funds sent local governments officials scrabbling for the 20 percent match required to have key local road projects accelerated with the new money.

Firefighters, EMTs, sheriff's deputies and emergency management personnel gathered for a practice session this week in Summit County to prepare for wildfire season in Colorado.

Breeana Laughlin/Summit Daily More than 100 individuals took part in an emergency training in Summit County on Tuesday.

Along with the well-known osprey nest along Highway 9 in Silverthorne, the majestic hawks have also set up housekeeping at several spots along the shoreline of Dillon Reservoir, building sturdy stick nests atop fragile looking beetle-killed lodgepole pines.

The Summit County Sheriff's Office will be participating in a full-scale emergency preparedness/response exercise today and Wednesday.

The fun continues on the Summit Reads Community Project with a lively discussion of the "Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis," by Cynthia Barnett.

A group of Grand County residents wants to spend $46 million, primarily from state funds, to make safer a stretch of road that is heavily used by Routt County residents and visitors.

The contest is open to children ages 6 to 18. Posters must be no larger than 18 inches by 24 inches.

More than 30 small-business owners from throughout Summit County gathered at the Frisco Adventure Park Great Room yesterday to hear presentations from and speak with representatives of various small-business resources at local, state and federal levels.