SUMMIT COUNTY — State Rep. Christine Scanlan received strong congressional support this week dur­ing a trip to Washington D.C. for more federal fund­ing to help fight the pine-beetle epidemic.
  “I came out here to raise the profile of this issue and get the resources we need to address the bark-beetle crisis head-on,” Scanlan said. “If […]

 COPPER MOUNTAIN — A new solar-power system, “green” construction of a new sports facility and an initiative to get employees involved in energy conser­vation are among the environmental highlights touted by Copper Mountain in an annual report released this week.
  “This year our focus was really on how individuals can make a difference in their […]

SILVERTHORNE — After eight years as part of Intrawest’s chain of upscale golf courses, the Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks has been bought by a division of a Front Range imported car dealership.
  Escalante Golf, described in a company press release as the “leisure real estate division” of Littleton’s McDonald Automo­tive Group, paid $4 […]

SUMMIT COUNTY — The most recent survey, conducted during the first two weeks of August, showed local business conditions have improved and future expectations remain high. The Summit County Business Barometer is a quarterly survey that attempts to monitor local economic activity and compare it to state and national trends.
  The current activity component of […]

KEYSTONE — Beginning today, visitors will be able to travel to Keystone without ever leaving their desks by tapping into a website that provides a virtual tour — including interiors of buildings.
Massachusetts-based EveryScape offers visitors a chance to “walk” through the town’s public areas through a video game-like control, similar to ground-level images provided by […]

KEYSTONE — State Rep. Christine Scanlan is headed to Washington, D.C., this week to meet with members of Congress and the U.S. Forest Service about getting more help to battle the state’s bark beetle epidemic.
The Democrat from Dillon is vice chairwoman of the state interim committee on wildfires. Forest and community officials fear the huge […]

SUMMIT COUNTY — Colorado voters will be asked to divert oil and gas taxes from water projects and forest-health programs to pay for Interstate 70 improvements under an initiative approved for the November ballot.
Amendment 52 aims to redistribute as much as $90 million in severance taxes generated annually from drilling and other extractive industries, such […]

SUMMIT COUNTY — Prices for Vail Resorts’ season passes are going up, but locals will have one more chance to buy all-mountain tickets at the pre-season rate through Sept. 7.
The locals’ last-chance sale is at Vail-operated ticket offices in Eagle and Summit counties, with adult Colorado and Summit passes selling for $439 and $399 respectively. […]

FRISCO — Drive around the south side of Frisco these days and it may be hard to recognize parts of the town compared to just a few years ago. Hemmed in by a lake on one side, an interstate on another and a national forest and a highway on the other two sides, it’s not […]

SUMMITCOUNTY — New terrain, new lifts and new lodges will greet skiers and snowboarders across the state, as resorts have pumped tens of millions of dollars into improvements over the summer.
Among the highlights:
• Arapahoe Basin has pumped $1.2 million into improvements, including 300 additional parking spaces connected to the resort via a pedestrian tunnel under […]