1 year ago: Nearly $30,000 has been spent by Summit school board candidates

Nearly $30,000 combined has been spent by the eight candidates running for a seat on the Summit School District’s board of education in the November election, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s up until Oct. 30, 2023. Almost half of that is from one candidate, Breckenridge resident Leigh Sargent, whose campaign is almost completely self-funded and who reported spending $14,887. That is four to 14-times that of most other candidates. While Sargent has spent the most of any candidate, Voces Unidas, a Latino-advocacy nonprofit based in the Rocky Mountain region, has spent roughly $22,000 to boost the campaigns of two board incumbents — Consuelo Redhorse and Julie Shapiro — as well as Vanessa Agee, a Frisco town official, and Gayle Jones Westerberg, a former district staffer.

— From the Nov. 2, 2023, edition of the Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Keystone, Breckenridge ski areas report record October snowfall

Keystone Resort and Breckenridge Ski Resort announced Oct. 30, 2019, that they had broken their historical snowfall records for October. With a total of 48 inches as of Oct. 30, 2019, Breckenridge surpassed the previous record of 46 inches set in 2006. At Keystone, the mountain has accumulated 44 inches of snow so far this month, breaking its 43-inch record from 2006. Keystone had enough early season snow to open Oct. 12, earlier than it had in decades. But half of its total snow for October — 22 inches — fell in the last week of October. Other local ski resorts reported above-average amounts of October snow, but no records were broken.

— From the Oct. 31, 2019, edition of the Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Warm weather cause Copper and Keystone resorts to push back opening days

On Oct. 28, 2009, both Copper Mountain Resort and Keystone Resort announced that they were postponing their planned Halloween opening days due to recent warm weather stymieing snowmaking efforts. Keystone began snowmaking efforts on Oct. 12, but resort representatives report they have only been able to get about 135 hours of snowmaking time in since then, they did not announce a new opening day in their notice. Copper scheduled a Nov. 7. opening day.

— From the Oct. 29, 2014, edition of the Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Breckenridge officials mull over increasing taxes to sustain marketing fund

Breckenridge’s marketing budget is primarily funded through fees from the business and occupational licensing tax enacted in the 1990s, but those fees didn’t include a way to increase with inflation. As a result, officials are eyeing tax increases to support marketing efforts for the town. Officials have not nailed down a specific proposal, but they could include increasing the lodging tax, sales tax or adjusting the business and occupational licensing tax to keep up with inflation. Voters could vote on the increase as early as April 2010.

— From the Nov. 1, 2009, edition of the Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Longtime Summit County official and former Breckenridge mayor dies at age 87

Frank Brown, 87, who was Breckenridge mayor and Summit County treasurer for years, died of heart failure Oct. 25, 1994, in his Main Street Breckenridge home. Brown’s wife Theta, who was born and raised in the house, died in April 1993.  He was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1907. He moved west in 1925, working for a time at the Climax Molybdenum mines near Leadville and married Theta in 1929. He served as county surveyor from 1936-1940, county treasurer from 1940-1975 and mayor of Breckenridge from 1946-1964.

In a June 10, 1988, issue of the Summit County Journal, Brown recalled the Breckenridge he knew as mayor. “You could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit anyone,” he said. “The streets were lit with what seemed like 10-watt bulbs. And the main water system would freeze up every winter. I love it here.”

— From the Oct. 28, 1994, edition of the Summit Daily News

125 years ago: New bridge completed over the Blue River

On Oct, 31, 1899, state engineer McCune met with county superintendent D. W. Fall at the new state bridge at Mumford’s crossing, duly examined the work and declared it to have been constructed according to contract. This inspection qualified the work for state aid — the old bridge washed out with the 1899 spring runoff. The bridge is 170 feet long, built on solid stone abutments and all but the floor of is made of steel. It is the largest bridge in the county to date and expected to be a monument to our county for years to come.

— From the Nov. 4, 1899, edition of the Summit County Journal