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Photo from Kieth Hogan The community is mourning the death of Jeffrey Flynn, a longtime resident and 16-year employee with Summit County government who died in a suspected boating accident on the Eagle River on Sunday, June 6. Flynn moved to Summit County nearly 30 years ago, according to County Manager Scott Vargo, who called him a friend as well as a co-worker. He began his time with the county government in June 2005, working his way up from combination inspector to senior inspector and plan...

DENVER, June 10, 2021 -- The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) have announced 16 regional teams, representing 169 rural communities, as participants in the Colorado Rural Resiliency and Recovery Roadmap program.

The Summit Foundation annually awards scholarships as part of its mission to support working families. This year, $300,000 was given to 95 local high school seniors pursuing college or technical school, with 40% of the recipients being first-generation college students. Students are selected based on financial need, academic excellence and community service. All recipients are also eligible to reapply for a scholarship for their sophomore year. “We are so proud of our local students and their...

Photo from Keystone Resort Founding families and longtime employee swap stories of the resort and one of its original chairlifts, the Argentine, as it makes its final laps 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 o...

Article content A Calgary woman living with a serious lung condition said getting her first vaccine dose was like being released from prison, though she knows she’s not yet fully protected. Nicki Perkins has already overcome the odds with cystic fibrosis by living to age 48 without a lung transplant. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Vaccine brings new hope to Calgary woman living with cystic fibrosis Back to video “When I went to get the vac...

Craig Robelen leads Edgar, a 16-year-old Shetland pony, into his barn on Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Breckenridge Equine Center on Tiger Road. Robelen is a board member for the Blue River Horse Center nonprofit, which is currently looking for a new home. Photo by Liz Copan / Studio Copan The Blue River Horse Center has raised the $30,000 executive director John Longhill said is necessary to improve the fairgrounds to house the nonprofit’s horses and equine rehabilitation operation and education...

The Summit Foundation’s annual student scholarship deadline is Jan. 31, according to a news release. Each year, the foundation offers scholarships to local high school seniors to help fund future educational endeavors. A limited number of scholarships are also available for students who attend school in a neighboring community if the student or their parent works or lives in Summit County. Last year, the foundation awarded over $300,000 to local students, according to the news release. High s...

Fafay Grestan, an employee with the Family & Intercultural Resource Center in Silverthorne, carries food supplies in May for a drive-thru food bank. The resource center has seen a significant increase in the demand for the food bank due to the pandemic. Photo by Jason Connolly / Summit Daily archives In a difficult year, when so many people and organizations have sacrificed and given back to the community, The Summit Foundation had a different idea for its 2020 Philanthropy Awards. Rather than ...

The Summit Foundation has distributed more than $1.8 million in grants and funds since October to support the local community, with more than $1.5 million given out this month. That amount includes $796,000 in the foundation’s fall grants, $145,000 in the Summit County Cares Emergency Fund fall grants and $933,000 in donor-advised fall fund distributions. Even with the fundraising, Jeanne Bistranin, the executive director of The Summit Foundation, said in a news release that “the need for a...

Photo by Liz Copan / Studio Copan The most wonderful time of the year has turned into the most trying time of their lives for many people in Summit County as an increasing number are seeking out resources as the novel coronavirus pandemic rages on. Local nonprofit organizations like the Family & Intercultural Resource Center are seeing that most acutely with demand for food and requests for financial help to pay the rent continuing to be high. Since Dec. 3 the nonprofit has seen 608 people requ...