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Crews responded to a vehicle fire that spread onto vegetation on Highway 17 Saturday.

“Expect big changes every day.” That was the motto that Paul and Catherine Lawrence clung to as their sons Joshua and Samuel were stuck in an intensive care unit recovering from life-threatening injuries after a...

One person is dead after a single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon on Highway 89 near Flagstaff. Summit Fire and Medical crews were called to the area at milepost 431 at around 3:35 p.m. Witnesses told crews a silver passenger car had been traveling at a high rate of speed when it lost control and rolled several times. The car came to a stop when it slammed into a power pole. The driver, 35-year-old Melissa Thorpe from Lechee, Arizona was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries ...

Summit County’s fire districts have launched a new system for businesses to share vital information with first responders in case of an emergency, according to a joint news release from Summit Fire & EMS and...

Photo by Hugh Carey / Summit Daily archives After years of mergers and changing titles, Summit Fire & EMS has officially emerged as a single, consolidated fire protection district. For decades, Summit County residents have watched as the organization slowly evolved and merged with fire departments from Dillon, Dillon Valley, Frisco, Silverthorne and Snake River. With the service’s most recent coupling with the Summit County Ambulance Service in 2019 and the formalization of the Copper Mountai...

Photo from Keystone Resort Editor’s note: Stories on this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com in the past week. Notable characters from the early days of Keystone Resort gathered in front of the Argentine chairlift on Sunday, April 11, to swap memories and take a final ride on the lift, which will be removed this summer. The closing day marked the end of Keystone’s 50th season. The resort hosted its closing day and final operations of the Argentine lift on a sunny, windy Ap...

Photo from Summit Fire & EMS Firefighters responded to a wildfire at the Knorr Open Space near Heeney on Monday afternoon, according to Summit Fire & EMS spokesperson Steve Lipsher. No injuries from the fire have been reported, and it did not threaten any structures. on Sunday afternoon. “This year — because of our thin snowpack and our early drying, especially of those sun-exposed southern slopes — we are seeing early instances of wildfire already,” Lipsher said. “That’s never a g...

pic courtesy of Flagstaff Fire Fire Crews Needed Hours To Extract A Driver After A Semi-truck Overturned Saturday Near Flagstaff Flagstaff Fire crews, along with Summit Fire and Medical, were called to a rollover accident early Saturday morning involving a semi-truck near the Walnut Canyon Exit on Interstate-40. Crews worked for nearly two-and-a-half hours to extract the driver, due to the accident scene and the difficulty getting to the cab. The driver was finally pulled from the wreckage an...

Photo from Summit County A fresh blanket of snow descended over Summit County early this week, and while most residents are focused on taking advantage of the fresh powder on the ski slopes or heading out in their snowshoes, others have already turned their attention to the wildfire season ahead. As many communities continue to reckon with the impacts of Colorado’s historic wildfire season last year, Summit County officials are asking residents to plan ahead and help mitigate the risks of a m...

Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives A study conducted by the Colorado Department of Transportation is providing new insights into the feasibility of allowing hazardous materials to be transported through the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels. In April 2019, Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law requiring CDOT to conduct a study to assess under what circumstances hazmat vehicles should be allowed inside the tunnels, weigh the potential benefits and risks of moving the vehicles off Lov...