1 year ago: District superintendent calls out anonymous signs

During a Nov. 2, 2023, board of education meeting Summit School District Superintendent Tony Byrd called out anonymous signs criticizing district and student performance that have appeared near Summit High School in recent weeks. The signs, which appeared to be campaign messages related to the Nov. 7 election for school board, did not come with any payment disclosures, stating simply, “This communication is not authorized by any candidate.” In reviewing campaign finance reports for all eight school board candidates, the Summit Daily News could not find any explicit payments that would have been for these signs. 

— From the Nov. 6, 2023 edition of the Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Summit voters pass new tax on nicotine and tobacco

In a middling turnout for Election Day, Nov. 5, 2019, that managed about 8,700 voters, Summit County residents took a massive step forward in their efforts to combat nicotine and tobacco use in the area — overwhelmingly voting to pass a new tax that officials hope will help to price the harmful products out of use and improve the overall health of the community. The ballot measure, known as 1A, will increase the sales tax on cigarettes to $4 per pack, along with a hefty 40% increase in sales tax for all other nicotine and tobacco products — including e-cigarettes and other vaping devices — that will increase 10% annually for four years through 2024.

— From the Nov. 6, 2019 edition of the Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Summit girls rugby team nabs 7th-straight state title

The Summit Tigers girls rugby team started strong and didn’t let up on the way to winning its seventh-straight state title Nov. 8, 2014, topping Fort Collins 70-0. The team completed its seventh consecutive undefeated season in the five-team Colorado 15’s league. The Tigers outscored their opponents 692-22 on the year. The title was head coach Karl Barth’s 11th since starting the program in 1997.

— From the Nov. 9, 2014 edition of the Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Breckenridge decriminalizes marijuana possession

On Nov. 3, 2009, Breckenridge voters overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and paraphernalia under town law. Preliminary results show about 71% of voters approving the initiative. The vote allowed people 21 and older to possess 1 ounce or less of marijuana. In 2008 the Breckenridge Police Department ticketed 10 people under the town’s possession law. Four people were ticketed for the town’s drug paraphernalia law in 2008.

— From the Nov. 4, 2009 edition of the Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Former Summit County resident blasts off into space

Space Shuttle Atlantis launched its 13th flight from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Nov. 3, 1994, with former Frisco resident and business owner Joseph Tanner aboard as the mission’s flight engineer. The mission lasted nearly 11 days. Tanner moved to Summit County in 1980 soon after marrying his wife Martha. He worked making snow at Copper Mountain Resort before he and Phil Huff decided to buy a computer store together. When a tax incentive for solar power was introduced, they incorporated it into their business plans — the two owned and operated SolCom together for several years before Tanner moved out of the county in the 1980s. (Tanner eventually flew on four additional space shuttle missions, logging just over 43 days in space.)

— From the Nov. 1, 1994, edition of the Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Summit school district bond passes convincingly

New schools will be built in Summit County after Question 3A — a bond initiative to provide additional funds to the district — passed with 3,923 voting in favor and 1,756 opposed. The bonds will allocate almost $60 million dollars to build a new high school, remodel the former middle/high school to be a middle school only, build two new elementary schools, buy land to bring utilities to a site for a future school in Summit Cove and pay for various facility upgrades.

— From the Nov. 9, 1994, edition of the Summit Daily News

125 years ago: Summit County man missing and presumed dead

Mr. Fulton departed to go to the Whale Mine in Hall Valley on Oct. 22, 1899, and no tidings of his whereabouts have developed. It now seems apparent that he perished on the trail. When he did not arrive at the mine when expected, his son Carl and Jack DeLong were sent out. The party trailed hiime through the snow, from Montezuma, for several miles in the direction of the mine, but the snow covered his trail and his body will probably not be recovered until next spring.

— From the Nov. 11, 1899, edition of the Summit County Journal