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A shopper carries a reusable bag as he heads to the grocery store in Frisco on Jan. 2, 2020. Only reusable and paper bags made from at least 40% post-consumer recycled content will be allowed in Breckenridge once the plastic bag ban takes effect in September. Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives Breckenridge Town Council decided Tuesday, Jan. 26, that compostable bags would not be exempt from the plastic bag ban that goes into effect in September and debated what type of reusable bag the town should distribute. Sustainability Coordinator Jessie Burley said a restaurant owner asked the t...

Photo from Rocky Mountain National Park Editor’s note: Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com for the past week. With more than 27 square miles of Rocky Mountain National Park burned on the western side alone, recovery efforts for the iconic landmark will be extensive. Chief of Resource Stewardship Koren Nydick outlined the park’s plan for emergency stabilization and burned area rehabilitation to Grand County commissioners on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The plan covered impacts like trail and road management, vegetation and wildlife, watershed concerns and cultural res...

Photo by Liz Copan / Summit Daily archives Breckenridge Town Council and Breckenridge Tourism Office officials said Tuesday that they intend to reassess the town’s events after the pandemic, undertaking a renewed focus on what tourism office President Lucy Kay described as “responsible tourism.” “The goal that we’ll have — and it’s consistent with other more progressive (destination-marketing organizations) — is looking for ways we can target guests whose value sets align with ours,” Kay said Tuesday. “… Figure out who are people who think about the environment, who thin...

Photo by Hugh Carey / Summit Daily archives It could be left to voters whether the town of Breckenridge will permit cannabis lounges. The Breckenridge Town Council on Tuesday suggested medical marijuana attorney Jeff Gard circulate a petition to see if a “citizens-initiated ordinance” can gain enough signatures to put the legalization of so-called “marijuana hospitality businesses” on the ballot in Breckenridge. On behalf of his client, Breckenridge Organic Therapy, Gard asked council members whether they would be interested in executing an ordinance to change the law in lieu of petit...

Screenshot from Breckenridge Town Council meeting If an individual is vaccinated, how should COVID-19 protocols, including masking, affect them? That question was posed to Breckenridge Town Council members at a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12. Breckenridge Mayor Eric Mamula said he and other mayors and managers in the county also discussed that scenario at a meeting Thursday, Jan. 7, with the mayor calling the situation “a headache.” “The science is saying, vaccine or no, you still need to wear a mask because you can still be carrying and can still be shedding the virus,” Mamula said about w...