Kit Geary

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Kit Geary

Five years ago, Breckenridge planning officials signed off on a hotel slated near the base of Breckenridge Ski Resort’s Peak 8. On May 6, they gave approval for an entirely new concept on the same site. What is now known as Lot 4 of the Peak 8 subdivision, colloquially called “admin lot,” has been a parcel of land lacking a concrete plan for the last seven years.

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Kit Geary

A bear opened the door to an unlocked vehicle in Breckenridge, acting as a reminder that residents in Summit County and Colorado’s mountains should take precautions to protect the safety of the community and wildlife. The snow is starting to melt in Summit County, and the bears are making their way back onto the scene. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have long stressed the importance of being bear-aware in the mountains and say conflicts can be avoided.

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Kit Geary

A cancer diagnosis, a global pandemic and a car accident. For Loveland local Nikki Houser there was life before — and life after. Everything started with a phone call received in the parking garage of a Denver hotel. It was the tail end of a work trip for her husband that the two had turned into a fun couple’s weekend away from their two young kids back home. On the other end of the line, a doctor confirmed what Nikki Houser had been fearing that winter in 2020 — it, in fact, was cancer.

1 week ago | summitdaily.com | Kit Geary

Julenne Moore is a French teacher at Summit Middle School with 23 years at Summit School District under her belt. She said she recently learned she must make a choice between position adjustment with reduced pay and benefits or “displacement” next year due to what she was told were financially challenging times.

1 week ago | kunc.org | Kit Geary

Breckenridge Tourism Office president Lucy Kacy's recent travel outlook presentations have all opened with the same graphic -- a cartoon of a little girl dragging a red, deflating balloon labeled "confidence," a reference to consumer confidence. Amid President Trump's erratic imposition, or threats of imposition, of tariffs, she said a decline in consumer confidence has been one of the only stable indicators the industry can use to determine what upcoming travel seasons look like.