Summit Fire & EMS officially opens its new Silverthorne station, Station 10 (Summit Daily News)

Silverthorne residents, first responders and other community members gathered Wednesday to celebrate the official opening of Summit Fire & EMS Station 10, located off Colorado Highway 9 and Golden Eagle Road in Silverthorne. With Silverthorne residents pushing for the station, Joe Ben Slivka, the Summit Fire & EMS board president, said the department was happy to complete the project on time and on budget. “If anybody’s ever done a construction project in Summit County, those two words have never been said in the same sentence, ever,” Slivka said, prompting laughter from the crowd. Read more ...