Breckenridge Colorado News

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Breckenridge Town News

Pardon Our Dust - Main Street construction will be switched to the west side of Main Street beginning May 21. Northbound traffic will continue being detoured onto French Street. For more detailed information click here.
Public Works Scheduled Maintenance - Public Works projects and scheduled maintenance for May 17-18, 2012 are as follows: Street crews will be installing cross walks at Main Street intersections. Traffic control will be in effect . Current projects and scheduled maintenance are subject to change and are dependent on...
July 4th NRO Patriotic Concert Ticketing Change - For almost 20 years, the Town of Breckenridge and National Repertory Orchestra (NRO) have collaborated to present a Patriotic Concert each July 4th at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge, CO. In order to prevent numerous empty seats seen each year due to unused free tickets and in order to...
Breckenridge Bike Path Overlay Project Complete - The bike path from Valley Brook Rd to the vicinity across from Tiger Run RV park has re-opened for public use. If you have any questions and/or concerns with the new surface, please call 970-453-3170.
Breckenridge Official Election Results - Complete Election Results
Upper Carter Park Tennis Courts are open for the 2012 summer season - The upper Carter Park tennis courts (blue courts next to the hillside) are open for the 2012 season during daylight hours only. The lower courts are closed pending repairs and the tennis courts lights are not available pending maintenance inspections. If you have any questions and/or concerns,...
Breckenridge Completes a Land Exchange for Attainable Housing and Open Space - For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kim Dykstra-DiLallo, Director of Communications (970) 406-0371, (970) 547-3110 or kimd@townofbreckenridge.com BRECKENRIDGE COMPLETES A LAND EXCHANGE FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND OPEN SPACE Acquisition has been 12 years in the making...
NRO and BMF Pre-Season Passes Available Now - Riverwalk Center staff are currently selling Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra and National Repertory Orchestra 2012 summer pre-season products- Season Passes, Flex Passes, Shared Passes and 4-Packs. Individual tickets will not be available until May 26, 2012, at noon when the Box Office...

News from the Summit County Voice

Changing ocean salinity a ‘clear fingerprint’ of global warming - Rapid intensification of water cycle expected in the next few decades By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Even as global warming deniers toot their horns at the discredited Heartland Institute‘s annual anti-science conference, a team of researchers say they’ve detected a pattern of changes in ocean salinity that marks a clear “fingerprint of climate change.” [...]
Colorado: Partial mine cleanup at Sts. John this summer - Abandoned mine cleanup planned to reduce toxic heavy metals loading By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — As the first hard rock silver mine in Colorado, the Saints John Mine, above Montezuma, helped fuel the state’s rush to riches during what’s now a legendary era. But inevitably, the mines played out and the miners moved on. [...]
Climate: study sets baseline on Arctic Ocean carbon cycle - Extensive sampling will help assess future changes By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — As the Earth’s atmosphere warms and oceans become more acidic, the carbon cycle has become the subject of intense study for climate scientists. And new research by researchers with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that establishes a baseline for Arctic ocean carbon [...]
Colorado: Roan Plateau drilling plan back in court - Conservation groups say BLM botched environmental analysis By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — A long-running battle over the fate of northwestern Colorado’s Roan Plateau was back in U.S. District Court Tuesday for oral arguments before Federal Magistrate Kristen Mix. Conservation groups who challenged a Bush-era drilling plan for the plateau say the Bureau of Land [...]
Morning photo: Leftovers … - Just a few Summit scenics SUMMIT COUNTY —Recipe for a good photo: Get up early, climb up high and wait for the light … It helps to have a lake in the foreground to add some reflective qualities. Alternatively, cruise out to your favorite vista point around sunset and linger for a while. Sometimes the [...]
Colorado: Breckenridge murder victim identified - Coroner confirms that transient Karl Fred Kohler was killed by blunt force trauma By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Law enforcement officials said Tuesday that they identified a homicide victim found in the woods near the popular Burro Trail on national forest land near Breckenridge as Karl Fred Kohler, 45, originally from New York. According [...]
Tropical Storm Bud forms in eastern Pacific - Storm expected to reach hurricane strength by Thursday By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Tropical Storm Bud, swirling over the warm waters of the southeastern Pacific, is forecast to reach hurricane strength by Thursday and could pose a threat to parts of the Mexico coast sometime this weekend. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said [...]
Travel: Forest Service updates online wildflower map - Find your favorite blooms — and the best time to visit By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — This year’s early snowmelt may also mean an early wildflower season in the Colorado high country and other parts of the West, with miniature alpine forget-me-not already blooming high in the alpine tundra and blue violets sprouting along [...]