1 year ago: Dillon officials approve subdivision of property into 2 lots in order to save cabin

The Dillon Town Council voted 6-0 on March 25, 2025, to allow variances for the subdivision of a single property into two lots in an effort to help preserve a historic log cabin at the site. The property where the subdivision was sought isadjacent to the Summit Historical Society’s school house museum and contains a one-story log cabin built in 1947 in the old town of Dillon, which was flooded when the dam at the Dillon Reservoir was built. The two new lots created by the subdivision of the property would each be about 11,000 square feet, above the minimum lot size outlined in the town code of 8,000 square feet.

— From the April 2, 2025, edition of Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Summit County officials plan to resist state-mandated move on COVID restrictions

Summit County officials plan to resist a potential move to level orange on the state’s COVID-19 dial, hoping to convince the state that the county’s case numbers will see a decline once spring break visitors have left the area. Public Health Director Amy Wineland provided local officials with an update on the COVID-19 situation during a March 30, 2021, meeting reporting that Summit’s case numbers have reached a point where a move backward on the dial is likely, but county officials said they would try to appeal that based on the large number of visitors leaving the county as spring break season winds down and because some of the county’s restrictions are already tighter than the current dial requires.

— From the March 31, 2021, edition of Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Silverthorne council approves final plans for performing arts center

With a final site plan approved by Silverthorne Town Council on March 23, 2016, the town’s highly anticipated performing arts center will begin construction by May. The 16,000 square-foot building will feature a 130-seat black box space for the Lake Dillon Theatre Co., as well as a secondary performance space, two classrooms and a lobby for public use. The plans passed four-to-one, with Councilman Stuart Richardson casting the lone dissenting vote. His concerns stemmed from the cost of the building, which has increased to $9 million from original estimates of $6 million.

— From the April 2, 2016, edition of Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Summit County officials express concerns ahead of CDOT closure of I-70

The Colorado Department of Transportation plans to shut down a stretch of Interstate 70 during the day on April 5 and 6, 2011, while crews attempt to remove a potentially dangerous cluster of rocks from a ridge above Georgetown. The closure has Summit County officials concerned about emergency vehicle access as well as visitor travel during a busy two-day period when the county has high lodging occupancy numbers, officials said at a March 29, Summit Board of County Commissioners meeting. Both Copper Mountain and Beaver Creek have events planned for April 5 and 6. County officials also expressed concerns about the short notice for the work when CDOT had been aware of the problem prior to announcing the closure.

— From the March 30, 2011, edition of Summit Daily News

1 year ago: Dillon officials approve subdivision of property into 2 lots in order to save cabin

The Dillon Town Council voted 6-0 on March 25, 2025, to allow variances for the subdivision of a single property into two lots in an effort to help preserve a historic log cabin at the site. The property where the subdivision was sought isadjacent to the Summit Historical Society’s school house museum and contains a one-story log cabin built in 1947 in the old town of Dillon, which was flooded when the dam at the Dillon Reservoir was built. The two new lots created by the subdivision of the property would each be about 11,000 square feet, above the minimum lot size outlined in the town code of 8,000 square feet.

— From the April 2, 2025, edition of Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Summit County officials plan to resist state-mandated move on COVID restrictions

Summit County officials plan to resist a potential move to level orange on the state’s COVID-19 dial, hoping to convince the state that the county’s case numbers will see a decline once spring break visitors have left the area. Public Health Director Amy Wineland provided local officials with an update on the COVID-19 situation during a March 30, 2021, meeting reporting that Summit’s case numbers have reached a point where a move backward on the dial is likely, but county officials said they would try to appeal that based on the large number of visitors leaving the county as spring break season winds down and because some of the county’s restrictions are already tighter than the current dial requires.

— From the March 31, 2021, edition of Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Silverthorne council approves final plans for performing arts center

With a final site plan approved by Silverthorne Town Council on March 23, 2016, the town’s highly anticipated performing arts center will begin construction by May. The 16,000 square-foot building will feature a 130-seat black box space for the Lake Dillon Theatre Co., as well as a secondary performance space, two classrooms and a lobby for public use. The plans passed four-to-one, with Councilman Stuart Richardson casting the lone dissenting vote. His concerns stemmed from the cost of the building, which has increased to $9 million from original estimates of $6 million.

— From the April 2, 2016, edition of Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Summit County officials express concerns ahead of CDOT closure of I-70

The Colorado Department of Transportation plans to shut down a stretch of Interstate 70 during the day on April 5 and 6, 2011, while crews attempt to remove a potentially dangerous cluster of rocks from a ridge above Georgetown. The closure has Summit County officials concerned about emergency vehicle access as well as visitor travel during a busy two-day period when the county has high lodging occupancy numbers, officials said at a March 29, Summit Board of County Commissioners meeting. Both Copper Mountain and Beaver Creek have events planned for April 5 and 6. County officials also expressed concerns about the short notice for the work when CDOT had been aware of the problem prior to announcing the closure.

— From the March 30, 2011, edition of Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Breckenridge report shows 3,672 parking tickets were issued in 1995

Breckenridge’s parking enforcement officers kept busy in 1995, writing 3,672 tickets in town. As of Jan. 8, 1996, just 54% of those tickets had been paid, according to a report from Municipal Court Clerk Clea Coffin Stagnitli, which was presented to the Breckenridge Town Council on March 26, 1996. The value of the paid tickets totaled $49,110. Stagnitli said she was looking into expediting mailing of collections letters, instituting a credit card payment system and hiring a collection agency to increase the collection rate from unpaid tickets. Stagnitti said she would also like to explore the use of a parking information line where callers could get parking and ticket information.

— From the March 31, 1996, edition of Summit Daily News

125 years ago: Town elections go off smoothly across Summit County

With municipal elections completed, the Summit County Journal noted “there was no ill feeling, and everybody accepts the result goodnaturedly, and everything is peace and harmony.” In Breckenridge, Democrat R. W. Foote was elected to a second term as mayor, with the board of trustees represented by four Citizens’ Party members (John Marks, William McAdoo, George Moon and T. B. Thompson) and two Democrats (R.C. McKillip and Arlington Fincher). Kokomo elected J. W. Shaw as mayor, with O. Johnson, Al Warner and Frank Hauser as trustees. Montezuma elected R. O. Jones as mayor, with J. M. Riley, O. H. Jones, John Burke, Mrs. Georgie Stake, C. M. Glover and J. McCabe as trustees. C.C. Warren was elected as Dillon’s mayor, while James Lund, J. T. Marshall, S. A. Wood and John Kranz will serve as trustees. In Frisco, Henry Hickman was elected as mayor, with C. O. Linquist, D. William Vanatta, Con Ecklund and Benjamin Franklin as trustees.

— From the April 6, 1901, edition of Summit County Journal

30 years ago: Breckenridge report shows 3,672 parking tickets were issued in 1995

Breckenridge’s parking enforcement officers kept busy in 1995, writing 3,672 tickets in town. As of Jan. 8, 1996, just 54% of those tickets had been paid, according to a report from Municipal Court Clerk Clea Coffin Stagnitli, which was presented to the Breckenridge Town Council on March 26, 1996. The value of the paid tickets totaled $49,110. Stagnitli said she was looking into expediting mailing of collections letters, instituting a credit card payment system and hiring a collection agency to increase the collection rate from unpaid tickets. Stagnitti said she would also like to explore the use of a parking information line where callers could get parking and ticket information.

— From the March 31, 1996, edition of Summit Daily News

125 years ago: Town elections go off smoothly across Summit County

With municipal elections completed, the Summit County Journal noted “there was no ill feeling, and everybody accepts the result goodnaturedly, and everything is peace and harmony.” In Breckenridge, Democrat R. W. Foote was elected to a second term as mayor, with the board of trustees represented by four Citizens’ Party members (John Marks, William McAdoo, George Moon and T. B. Thompson) and two Democrats (R.C. McKillip and Arlington Fincher). Kokomo elected J. W. Shaw as mayor, with O. Johnson, Al Warner and Frank Hauser as trustees. Montezuma elected R. O. Jones as mayor, with J. M. Riley, O. H. Jones, John Burke, Mrs. Georgie Stake, C. M. Glover and J. McCabe as trustees. C.C. Warren was elected as Dillon’s mayor, while James Lund, J. T. Marshall, S. A. Wood and John Kranz will serve as trustees. In Frisco, Henry Hickman was elected as mayor, with C. O. Linquist, D. William Vanatta, Con Ecklund and Benjamin Franklin as trustees.

— From the April 6, 1901, edition of Summit County Journal