Blue River News

Despite tough economic times, the Town of Silverthorne recently awarded $41,810 to 39 local non-profit organizations.

A long-running effort to clean up the Blue River below Breckenridge culminates this week with the official dedication of a water-treatment plant in French Gulch.

Blue River voters overwhelmingly turned down an Election Day ballot measure that would have removed the cap on property taxes used in part for roads and law enforcement.

Disease-resistant rainbow trout school in the Blue River after being released from a hatchery truck below Dillon Dam.

Being from Egypt, Hesham Ghany wasn't used to the cold of a Summit County autumn as he learned about the Colorado water system Saturday at Dillon Amphitheatre.

Name of business: Mountain Properties Name of owner : Marsha Kinney and Laura Champe Address of business: 491 Blue River Pkwy, 5th and Hwy 9 in Silverthorne Website address: www.mbmoose.com Telephone number: ...

Editor's note: The Summit Daily News has asked each of the county commission candidates to respond to a series of questions.

Home Depot has renewed its proposal to build a big box in Silverthorne, modifying its plans to include a 'boulevard' entrance intended to ease the concerns of officials worried about access over a narrow ...

For the rash of poorly crafted single-agenda ballot measures that leave we the voters scratching our heads, clutching our wallets, and running for shelter to protect our private lives from somebody else's ...

A firefighter walks through the burning remains of a Blue River home Wednesday night.

An explosion and fire ripped through a Blue River home Wednesday night, closing Colorado 9 and lighting up the night sky while firefighters battled the blaze.

This is the very best time of the year. Looking out the window by my desk I can't see a cloud in the sky.

Dennis Krueger and Tom Rose are shrouded in smoke as they grill up burgers Saturday outside the County Commons Bus Barn for hundreds of hungry Make a Difference Day volunteers.

Town Mayor Lindsay Backas and treasurer Allyn Mosher support the move that would raise the average tax bill by at least $41, but opposition has emerged.

With many of the town's aging septic systems failing, Blue River officials are pushing residents to hook into a sewer system, but the effort has some locals raising a stink.

The AP has a new report out about pharmaceuticals in the country's water supply, according to Water Technology Online .

Summit County was organized as one of the seventeen original Colorado counties by the First Territorial Legislature in November 1861.

On Jan. 12, 2006, my husband and I were in Breckenridge celebrating the Ullr festival.

There's nothing like a good bunch of documentaries to get you thinking, and maybe even acting differently.

Two Blue River residents arrested on suspicion of cultivation and possession of marijuana claim to have legal permission to do so for medical reasons.