Silverthorne News

In April Town of Silverthorne sales tax collections slipped for the first time in 2013, but town officials think they are on pace to reach 2008 revenue levels.

After the first elimination round in the race for a limited pool of state transportation dollars, a handful of local projects are still in the running, but the competition is escalating as Silverthorne throws support and money behind one of the contenders.

The Denver Post A model for suspended monorail automated rapid transit by Swift Tram as the Department of Transportation looks at new plans for the I-70 corridor into the mountains.

The American Water Works Association announced today that Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, Okla.

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.

On the morning of March 8, Richard Bauder called the police to his Breckenridge storage facility.

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

An early morning hike into the foothills of the Williams Fork Range, north of Silverthorne yielded a few decent photos in challenging, high-contrast light conditions.

Special to the Daily A sizzling summer sunset lights up the sky Friday night in this photo taken from Hamilton Creek by D. Harlan of Silverthorne.

Summit Daily/Joe Moylan New playground equipment at Dillon Town Park is just one of several projects that could be included in the Town Park Master Plan.

Summit Daily/Breeana Laughlin Volunteers help pack up after rerouting a trail along the Frisco Peninsula.

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.

Eighty days and counting. That's summer vacation for Summit County school kids. If the school year goes by too quickly, it's certain that summer passes at a blistering pace.

One person suffered minor injuries in a small structure fire at the High Country Health Care clinic in Silverthorne Monday afternoon that forced the building to be evacuated.

And a battered shell can represent much more than simply a heap of scrap metal to anyone who's ever turned a wrench.

On June 1 at 6:55 p.m., the Summit County Coroner's Office was notified of the death of 70-year-old longtime local Donn Fox of Silverthorne.

Info: Wine and appetizers will be available for free; chair massages, blood pressure checks and the opportunity to speak with the spa's practitioners about preventatives steps to a healthy lifestyle.

Special to the Daily Ann Lincoln, who has been a performer for 30 years, is coming back to Summit County for her Dino Girl Show to kick off the Summit County Library summer reading program next week.

Come springtime in Silverthorne, Lisa and Bart Myres are sure of two things: that they'll have plenty of chores around their house and that they'll also have plenty of moose around the house as well.

Propst, president of Sturm Financial and ANB Bank in Denver, will serve as CBA board chairman for 2013-14. Propst began his banking career while still in college.