Summit Daily News

The Summit High School girls volleyball team is off to a sweeping start to its season, with the varsity, junior varsity and C teams all up 2-0 after the first two matches of the year. “Every level is better than they were last year,” said head coach Cynthia Durloo. “C team is a stronger C team than we had in the past, JV is a stronger JV team and our varsity is super strong right now.” All three levels have won matches against Highlands Ranch High School and Wheat Ridge High School.

Over Labor Day weekend, Keystone will be hosting its 14th annual Oktoberfest, complete with giant pretzels, beer steins and polka dancing. The main event is Saturday, Sept. 5. Throughout the day, guests can enjoy a beer garden and food booths in River Run Village, as well as music from performers like Da Polka Guy and Those Austrian Guys. Attendees can also participate in beer stein hoisting competitions and German dance lessons. Guests dance at Oktoberfest.

At a Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Keystone moved to revise the town’s grant program for wildlife-proof containers. Before Tuesday’s meeting, the program only extended to individual residents, who could receive money from the town to help them get wildlife-proof trash cans.

Last week, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office found a family cooking marmots with a propane torch, issued warnings for driving golf carts on the Vail Pass recreation path and investigated a wedding for being too loud. The following incidents occurred between Monday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 23. The owner of a husky received a citation for failing to control their pet after the dog was found wandering around Baldy Road along Aug. 17.

A nonprofit has acquired 262 acres of land accessing a lesser-known mountain in a range popular for its 14,000-foot peaks. The Conservation Fund Senior Field Representative Kelly Ingebritson said the national nonprofit plans to transfer the private land it purchased on Loveland Mountain in the Mosquito Range to the U.S. Forest Service. An existing trail brings hikers up the ridge of the about 13,700-peak, offering views of nearby 14ers.

Share this story The Willow Fire burns just outside of Leadville at about 10,000 feet. Wildland fire chiefs across the mountains say they're worried that record-dry conditions could fuel similar extreme wildfire behavior if a blaze were to break out in their own backyards. U.S. Forest Service/Courtesy photo Wildfire is one of the most serious challenges facing Colorado communities, and Congress is considering different approaches to making forests and communities more resilient.

A historically low stretch of the Blue River has Breckenridge officials searching for answers. For weeks, a highly trafficked section of river between Skelly Pond and the Adams Avenue bridge has remained visibly dry, prompting questions about what may be happening beneath the riverbed.

Supporters of a ballot measure that would have forced the Colorado legislature to spend more money on roads said they plan to withdraw their initiative after striking a deal with lawmakers. Restore Our Roads, the group formed to support the ballot initiative, announced on Thursday, Aug.

An open house on Aug. 27, 2025, gave residents a chance to hear from the U.S. Forest Service about its Southern Tenmile recreation access plan, which proposes improvements to trailheads, trails, signage, parking, campsites and shuttle systems. The area includes some of Summit County’s most popular recreation sites — Spruce Creek, McCullough Gulch, Blue Lakes and Quandary Peak — all within the Camp Hale Continental Divide National Monument.

Share this story Every time I receive a yellow card in my mail box at the Dillon Post Office, telling me that I have package, I know that I may have to spend up to a half hour in line to retrieve it. This is a colossal waste of time on both my part and that of the postal worker at the counter who has to go to get it. I don’t know why there is a shortage of workers at this facility, but there clearly is.