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• Group of 15 escapes avalanche at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area

  February 17, 2013 11:53 AM

  DENVER (AP) - An avalanche overtook a group of 15 skiers at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, but no serious injuries were reported. A statement released by the Summit County resort says an A-Basin ski patroller was leading a group of 14 skiers when the avalanche was triggered in west Montezuma... more »

• Drought meetings start for Summit County

  May 8, 2012 8:42 AM

  FRISCO, Colo. (AP) - Summit County officials are seeking options to deal with a severe drought. County officials are holding a meeting Tuesday after the National Integrated Drought Information System declared a severe drought in Summit County and the Colorado River Basin. The meeting is sponsored by the Colorado River... more »

• "One Tank Getaways" for those with Spring Break cash crunch Play Video

  March 21, 2012 8:09 PM

  With vacation just around the corner for many; high gas prices continue to eat away at those spring break budgets. So, what do you do if you want to do something fun, but don't want to break the bank? News 5 has put together a list of options in... more »

• Evacuation warnings lifted for Montezuma

  June 18, 2011 7:19 PM

  MONTEZUMA, Colo. (AP) - Summit County sheriff's officials say a creek's level in the town of Montezuma east of Keystone has dropped two feet, prompting the lifting of voluntary evacuation orders. Summit County Sheriff John Minor says a blocked culvert threatened to flood a road at Peru Creek following... more »

• Evacuation order lifted in Summit County

  June 18, 2011 6:27 PM

  MONTEZUMA, Colo. (AP) - Summit County sheriff's officials say a creek's level in the town of Montezuma east of Keystone has dropped two feet, prompting the lifting of voluntary evacuation orders. Summit County Sheriff John Minor says a blocked culvert threatened to flood a road at Peru Creek following heavy... more »

• Legislation reintroduced for possible federal wilderness area

  April 23, 2011 2:16 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado congressman Jared Polis plans to reintroduce legislation designating land in Eagle and Summit counties as federal wilderness. The Democrat announced his plans yesterday - Earth Day - during a news conference at the state Capitol in Denver. He sponsored a similar bill last year that died... more »

• Two skiers narrowly survive Summit County avalanche

  April 2, 2011 12:21 PM

  DILLON, Colo. (AP) - Summit County rescuers say two men swept 400 feet by an avalanche near the Arapahoe Basin ski resort have lived to tell about it. Rescue Group spokesman Jim Koegel (KOH'-gull) tells KYSL-FM in Dillon one of the men was completely buried and bounced off some trees,... more »

• Summit County proposes more mail-in ballots

  March 26, 2011 6:37 PM

  BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - The Summit County clerk and recorder's office is proposing that primaries and November elections in odd-numbered years in the county be conducted completely by mail. By law, in-person and early voting polls have to be available for mid-term and presidential elections. At a work... more »

• Search Underway on Quandry Peak

  November 7, 2010 9:30 AM

  A search is still underway on Quandary Peak in Summit County for a missing climber. The search began around 9:00 pm Saturday and resumed again this morning. Both ground and air search crews are combing the area where fresh snow was falling last night.The search began shortly after calls from... more »

• Dozens of rescuers aid snowboarders in avalanche

  May 3, 2010 11:25 AM

  Dozens of volunteers and an Army helicopter rescued two snowboarders caught in an avalanche on Tenmile Peak. Officials say the two men were skiing down a backcountry slope Saturday when they triggered the slide. One of them injured his leg, but they were able to use a cell... more »

• Reward raised to $5,800 in Colo. lynx poaching

  February 3, 2010 4:42 PM

  Colorado conservation groups are pitching in $5,300 to the reward offered in the case of a lynx killed in January by a poacher in Summit County. The contribution is on top of $500 from the Colorado Division of Wildlife for information leading to a conviction in the case. ... more »

• Explosion rocks Breckenridge mansion

  February 3, 2010 9:48 AM

  A remodeling project gone bad is being blamed for an explosion at the most expensive home in Summit County. One person was hospitalized after the explosion Monday in the house where lacquer was being sprayed as part of a remodeling project. Fire officials say lacquer is highly flammable and... more »

• Poacher kills lynx in Summit County

  January 29, 2010 4:27 PM

  One of the first lynx released in Colorado to restore the cats to the state has been killed by a poacher. The Colorado Division of Wildlife says the 13-year-old female lynx trapped in Canada and released in southwest Colorado in 1999 was killed last weekend in Summit County. ... more »

• Skier rescued after being buried to his neck in avalanche

  November 2, 2009 10:01 AM

  A 19 year-old skier was buried up to his neck but survived a weekend avalanche near Copper Mountain. The man was skiing with two friends Saturday on the northeast side of Bartlett Peak between Copper Mountain and Leadville. The teen's friends said he made five or six turns before... more »