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Sunday, December 30, 2012  Experts are warning that another dry start to this winter could mean increased avalanche danger this season.

Sunday, January 02, 2011  The Summit County coroner says a 38-year-old skier has died after an accident at Keystone.

Thursday, August 05, 2010  Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper picked CSU-Pueblo President Joe Garcia as his running mate.

Friday, July 23, 2010  Searchers have found the body of a young man in the Colorado River near Rifle.

Thursday, April 15, 2010  Summit County Coroner Joan Richardson Thursday identified the man as Todd Dunkel. Ski patrol members found Dunkel in some trees Wednesday while doing a final check of the slopes.

Friday, March 12, 2010  Authorities say Daniel Michelotti of Spring Grove, Ill., died Wednesday in the slide near U.S. 6, about a mile from Arapahoe Basin ski area. Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson said Michelotti worked at Breckenridge Ski Resort and had been living in Colorado since November.

Thursday, March 11, 2010  Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson said the slide happened at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, about a mile west of Arapahoe Basin ski area. Two other snowboarders who were behind and above the man survived the avalanche.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010  The Summit County coroner says 46-year-old Christopher Harrison of Durham, N.C., was riding a chairlift alone Monday at Copper Mountain Resort when his head fell forward in the chair. The lift operator stopped the lift, and ski patrol cared for Harrison until an ambulance arrived.

Friday, February 05, 2010  The U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday it will cut trees on an additional 1,100 acres of White River National Forest in northern Summit County. Last month the Forest Service said another 4,000 acres would be cleared.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010  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.

Friday, January 29, 2010  One of the first lynx released in Colorado to restore the cats to the state has been killed by a poacher.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010  A former medical group CEO in Summit County is too rich to get a public defender for his child pornography case.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010  The current governor, Bill Ritter, announced last week that he won't seek another term. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar -- a former Colorado U.S. senator -- said last week he would not seek the governorship.

Monday, December 28, 2009  The Summit County Rescue group says he was speed gliding, a sport that's popular in Europe and is also known as speed flying or ski gliding. It involves skiing using a foot-launched parachute which, depending on the wind and conditions, can lift the skier off the ground intermittently.

Thursday, November 26, 2009  Officials in the town of Dillon plan to propose an ordinance next week to ban businesses that don't follow federal laws. That would seemingly prevent medical marijuana dispensaries.