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s A firefighting helicopter draws water from Dillon Reservoir on Friday, June 11, to drop on the nearby Straight Creek Fire. Photo by Elaine Collins No structures are threatened by fire near Interstate 70 Three small wildfires in less than 24 hours have Summit County fire officials worried. Things got started Thursday, June 10, when local fire districts increased the fire danger level from low to very high — something Summit Fire & EMS spokesperson Steve Lipsher said he has never seen. “In one day, we jumped three levels; we skipped moderate and high,” Lipsher said Thursday. “… Our humidity...

The Keystone Bike Park will operate this summer after the downhill biking attraction was not open in 2020. Photo by Aaron Dodds / Vail Resorts Vail Resorts properties Keystone and Breckenridge announced summer opening dates and additional offerings compared with 2020 on Wednesday, April 28. At Keystone Resort, that includes the return of the downhill bike park and the Keystone Ranch golf course. “This summer, we look forward to bringing back a wider variety of activities at both resorts,” Vail Resorts spokesperson Sara Lococo wrote in an email. Daily lift service for Breckenridge Ski Resort’s summer Epic Discovery on-mountain operations...

Fast facts Distance: 1.3 miles one way Rating: Moderate/advanced Time: 15 minutes Elevation: 9,876-10,376 feet (509 vertical feet) Type: singletrack, descent Season: mid-June to September Extensions: Boreas Pass Road Parking: Park at the Stephen C. West Ice Arena lot and hop on the free Boreas Pass loop bus. Ride the route for about 15 minutes until the bus reaches the Bluffs Condos stop. Pedal up Boreas Pass Road for about 1 mile to the trailhead. The trail ends at a small dirt lot about 0.25 miles east of the ice arena. Though short and sweet, this trail is one of...

A Victoria-based organization, aiming to connect the homeless community to broader society through the power of storytelling, has created a mini-documentary profiling a resident of Beacon Hill Park. Marko Curuvija, founder of The Existence Project, acknowledges the divisiveness of homelessness in Victoria, but hopes the 20-minute documentary can invoke a sense of empathy for viewers. The documentary profiles Shae Smith, who runs a Twitter account called Humans of Beacon Hill Park and produces a podcast discussing homelessness in Victoria. Curuvija said he also hopes the documentary can help viewers see that providing housing for all is a solution that benefits...

A 19-year-old who allegedly took a bus for a joyride and ended up crashing into a rock wall has been arrested. On Wednesday morning, a BC Transit driver returned from his break while parked at Victoria General Hospital to find his bus had been stolen. Shortly after the driver called police at 6:42 a.m., another call came in notifying officers that a man was seen running from a bus that had just crashed into a rock wall on Herbate Road near the Barker Road intersection in View Royal. There were no passengers on the bus at the time. READ MORE:...