The Town of Avon is thrilled to announce the return of its highly successful Pumpkin Composting Program! Building on the success of previous years (1,800 pounds diverted in 2022 and 4,200 pounds in 2023), the program runs from Friday, November 1 to Thursday, December 5, 2024. Drop off your pumpkins...

If Eagle River Fire Protection District had a signature song, it might be the one we all know and love from the TV show “Friends.” Because let’s face it, when it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, Eagle River Fire Protection District will be there for you.

The Town of Frisco is asking for assistance from residents, businesses, and visitors in order to create optimal conditions for safely and thoroughly removing snow from Town streets, alleys, and sidewalks, as well as supporting year-round maintenance of Town streets and alleys. As the winter season kicks off, the Town will begin enforcing the need to keep streets, alleys, and Town right-of-way free of any vehicles, dumpsters and other equipment that are stored overnight. Enforcement will begin on November 1, 2024, and any vehicles parked overnight on Town streets, in alleys, on Town right-of-way, or in Town parking lots not designated for overnight parking could face ticketing and towing. Town right-of-way is the full property width owned by the Town and usually extends at least 10 feet beyond the edge of pavement.

County commissioner candidates at the Oct. 9 Kremmling forum, sponsored by the Grand County Association of Realtors, were all well-spoken. But I do believe the Democrat candidates, Meara McQuain (District 1) and Shanna Ganne (District 2) gave the Republican candidates, Ed Raegner (District 1) and Merrit Linke (District 2, represented by proxy) a good donkey-kicking.

This letter is an endorsement of Gregg Cooper for Eagle County commissioner. As a veteran who typically travels internationally every month for work, I believe Gregg is the tip of the spear of business leaders electing to serve the community and fix problems created by career politicians. Gregg wants to refund the excess of our 2023 property taxes, and is willing to serve without a paycheck.

This letter is in response to the Oct. 14 article in Summit Daily News titled “Colorado Parks and Wildlife says hunting is legal on Silverthorne trail system where 2 moose were recently shot.” While I agree that hunters have right to hunt on public lands, I don’t agree that hunting in the Salt Lick area near the Wildernest community is at all appropriate. The hunter who recently harvested a cow moose and her yearling put a huge number of local residents in danger. Those trails are highly used by residents, their children and pets. Most of these residents aren’t aware that hunters may be lurking in the trees. Also, housing and Interstate 70 are very close to the area. Hunting in that area is just asking for trouble, completely unnecessary because Summit County has plenty of safer areas for hunting.

On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the 4A Western Slope league announced its list of cross-country athletes that have earned all-league team honors for the 2024 fall season. Among the 14 athletes named to the 4A Western Slope first team were seven Summit athletes, including senior Josh Shriver, sophomore Jay McDonald, sophomore Lukas Remeikis, senior Ella Hagen, freshman Sophie Dinse, sophomore Lily Benbow and senior Avery Eytel.

I am writing to share why I will be voting “no” for 4A, Summit School District’s $195.4 million bond with a roughly $380 million payback over 30 years. This is a huge debt which neglects our most pressing need: academic improvement. I am pro-public education, and I’m...

Rep. Meghan Lukens last week presented the Walking Mountain Science Center with a Colorado Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Pipeline Grant at Red Sandstone Elementary in Vail. The grant, supported by We Work For Health, aims to boost student access to science and technology across Colorado. “How exciting is it to...

Westbound travel is back in motion after a crash closed Interstate 70 between the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels and Silverthorne following a crash, according to CoTrip.org. The roadway reopened around 1:25 p.m., but traffic was still backed up east of the tunnels according to traffic cameras at CoTrip.org. The closure was...

The Eagle Valley football team picked up its third-straight win with a 21-0 victory over winless Rifle on Friday. Junior Keaden Lake passed for 119 yards and rushed for 96 more to guide the Devils offensively while senior Logan Haffele and sophomore Max Street tallied 12 and 11 tackles, respectively. Eagle Valley improved to 5-3, dropping Rifle to 0-8.