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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 plans examiner. Vargo said his colleagues at the county government, as well as in the greater community,...

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 perseverance through a very difficult school year,” The Summit Foundation Program Manager Tara De...

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 of the Argentine lift on a sunny, windy April day, although there were fewer of the usual closing-day...

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 vaccine on Saturday, it felt like I was out of jail and I’m looking around the world going, ‘This i...