Kit Geary

Summit High School construction teacher Oakley Van Oss's class has built another tiny home, and this time it's sticking around Summit for a while.

Summit County saw a year where local governments weathered budget woes, the tourism industry dipped and federal decisions caused ripple effects across the community.

Rootstalk and Radicato founder Matt Vawter said he doesn't view his newest venture as just a bakery, it's a culinary collaboration with friends that he said they plan to build on.

Summit School District students became chemists, astronomers and forensic analysts thanks to a grant that helped teachers provide immersive learning opportunities.

Jordan Champalou didn't start documenting the adventures of his miniature pet donkey, Donkey, on social media until a couple years after first buying him. He figured people might find it interesting, but he wasn't certain.

Nurses at St. Anthony's Summit Hospital said there were two babies in the running to be the first born in 2026. Mariana Sophia Hill wasn't one of them, but she ended up being the first baby born in the new year in Summit County.

Over the last few years, the Summit County Animal Control and Shelter identified an unfavorable trend: an uptick in surrenders. So, in 2025, they got creative.

Some businesses on the stretch of Frisco Main Street from 5th Avenue to the entrance near Summit Boulevard are worried that a parking and sidewalk closure in front of the

Veterinarian Mark Cowan first moved to Summit County in 2000. He wanted to focus on small animals and people's pets after a stint working with a mixed animal hospital, and that led him to opening Buffalo Mountain Animal Hospital in 2004.

Some might drive right past Swan Mountain Women's and Family Clinic on Farmer's Korner near Breckenridge thinking its a home, because that's what it look like, and clients say the inside feels like a home, too.