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On Saturday, Feb. 13, around 200 educators and child care workers received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru event at the county’s bus barn in Frisco. It marked the first time that workers, other than those in health care and first responders, were vaccinated in the county. Of the 200, 132 doses were available for Summit School District employees, including teachers, coaches, custodians, bus drivers and more. “When we started this wild ride of the pandemic, we were talking about different entrances, hand sanitizer, masks and I just couldn’t wait until the part whe...

Photo by Jason Connolly / Jason Connolly Photography Summit County reported 101 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage . At a town hall Friday, Feb. 5, Public Health Director Amy Wineland said county officials identified two cases of the COVID-19 variant strain over the week, as well. The county also reported 41 hospitalizations. However, the jump in hospitalization numbers has to do with “a computational anomaly from the private (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) database,” according to the webpage. The new to...

Photo by Liz Copan / Studio Copan After weeks of online school, Summit School District students will return to a hybrid learning model Monday, Jan. 11. Overwhelmed by mandatory quarantines, the district went fully online Nov. 30. While students returned to online learning Jan. 4, Monday will be the first day with students back in the classroom. The schedule will be the same as in the fall with middle and high school students attending school in person two days a week and elementary students in person four days a week. Students will participate in online learning on the remaining days. Althoug...

Photo by Liz Copan / Studio Copan     In late December 2019, the world was anticipating the excitement and possibilities of a new decade. A presidential election was approaching as people watched politicians vying for the Democratic Party nominee. The world was readying itself for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. In Summit County, visitors flocked to local ski resorts to enjoy their winter vacations. No one was thinking about sourdough starters. A year later, Summit County, along with the rest of the world, looks a lot different than it once did. People line up to enter grocery stores. Customers...

David and Abasai Guzman give their mother a hug before the first day of school at Silverthorne Elementary on Thursday, Aug. 27. The majority of Silverthorne Elementary students are at least two grade levels behind in reading performance, according to Summit School District testing data. At a meeting on Dec. 17, the district’s school board unanimously approved Silverthorne Elementary’s Unified Improvement Plan, which aims to address low reading levels among students. According to iReady testing scores used to inform the plan, 64% of students at the school are two or more years behind in re...