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One Summit Voice story last week covered the demise of local video rental options with the closing of Blockbuster.
Weather and climate stories, as well as events in Washington, D.C. dominated the list of most-viewed stories
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — The most-viewed story of the week was a sad one, as we reported on the untimely death of Leif Borgeson, a ski patroller at A-Basin well-known and well-liked by many, many people in the ski and snow safety community.
A couple of national stories with local implications were also on the list, with an op-ed on Republican global warming shenanigans and another report on planned GOP budget cuts. Click on the headlines to read the stories.
Another story that wasn’t on the list yet but has significant ramifications for Summit County is on a federal plan to shake up the housing finance market, potentially even getting rid of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Real estate: Feds want to revamp housing finance market.
- A-Basin patroller dies while hiking Aspen Highlands 1,943 views
- Op-ed: Republican theater of the absurd on global warming 620 views
- Breckenridge: January snowfall well above average 575 views
- House GOP set to cut Forest Service budget by $38 million 566 views
- Feds face lawsuit over failure to protect endangered corals 503 views
- Skier dies from injuries suffered at Copper in late Jan. 496 views
- Summit County: Walk-in video rental options dwindle fast 390 views
- Travel: Lost world wonder rediscovered in New Zealand 384 views
More headlines from the past week here:
- Skier dies from injuries suffered at Copper in late January
- Forest Service releases draft of new national planning rule
- ‘Canadian approach’ protects forest around Aspen
- Weatherblog: When zero feels balmy …
- La Niña weakening, but effects will linger into spring
- Copper Mountain to replace High Point chair with quad
- Wolverines face dire global warming threat
- CDOW taking applications for habitat protection grants
- Arctic sea ice extent at record low in January 2011
- Denver convention business rebounds in 2010
- Colorado: Dogs can be deadly to wildlife this time of year
- Breckenridge: January snowfall well above average
- Breckenridge buys land near ski resort’s Peak 7 base
- January 2011 the coolest since 1964
- Pharmaceutical pollutants turning up in Yucatan cenotes
- Summit County: More government belt-tightening
- Summit County: Walk-in video rental options dwindle fast
- New EPA report weighs pros and cons of biofuels
- Apply now for 2012 Grand Canyon boating permits
- Feds face lawsuit over failure to protect endangered corals
- ‘SunShot’ aims at cutting the cost of solar by 75 percent
- Travel: Lost world wonder rediscovered in New Zealand
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