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Bypass supporters uniting
Group hopes to consolidate plan for moving forward
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Tired of the idea of a Steamboat Springs bypass road being kicked around for decades without action, a group of bypass supporters is gathering next week to consolidate efforts and formulate a plan for moving forward.
360 to ask for annexation
Developers expected to submit application to city this week
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
After decades without a significant expansion of city limits, Steamboat Springs will likely soon see a proposal for a second major annexation in the west of Steamboat area.
Bypasses to parking garages
Council considers it all in Lincoln Avenue discussions
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
From bike lanes to paid parking, the Steamboat Springs City Council considered a number of “scandalous things” — as councilwoman Cari Hermacinski called them — in a discussion of possible changes to Steamboat’s main thoroughfare Tuesday.
Mother’s Day callers frustrated
Cell phone glitch makes calling home impossible for some
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
An unexplained cell phone glitch frustrated many well-intentioned efforts to call Mom on Sunday.
Main Street makeover
City prepares for 2009 Lincoln Avenue overhaul
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Forget all the construction under way in Old Town; the reconstruction of U.S. Highway 40 may result in a very different-looking downtown Steamboat Springs in coming years.
Looking down the road
City Council sets priorities, focuses on long-term vision at Saturday retreat
Monday, May 12, 2008
At a Saturday morning retreat with city department heads, the Steamboat Springs City Council rearticulated the issues at the top of its priority list.
Area golfers pack facilities
Warm weather drives enthusiasts out to the links
Monday, May 12, 2008
Eager golfers crowded the only open course and driving range in Steamboat Springs on Sunday, as the lingering effects of a heavy winter continue to prevent the wide-scale opening of Routt County golf facilities.
Losing Triple Crown risky
Lanning warns of $1M budget cut
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Worse than Northwest Colorado’s potential loss of Triple Crown Sports, Steamboat Springs City Manager Alan Lanning said, is the lack of a long-term economic strategy such a loss could reveal.
Council does Steamboat 700 research
Public welcome on new-urbanist field trip to Stapleton, Lowry
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Steamboat Springs City Council hasn’t done its homework — yet.
Steamboat woman has no information on Burmese relatives
Saturday, May 10, 2008
A week after Cyclone Nargis struck her native Mynamar, Cho Tun Schram has no idea whether relatives including her father and grandmother are alive.
Average fire season expected
Trees killed by beetles pose wild card for fire forecasts
Thursday, May 8, 2008
The same snowy winter that has Chuck Vale concerned about flooding this spring doesn’t translate into a reduced fire risk this summer, Routt County’s emergency management director said Tuesday.
Steamboat 700: Transfer fee ‘unfair’
Thursday, May 8, 2008
A lawyer representing the developers of Steamboat 700 told the Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday that a financing mechanism being considered by the city is unfair and unconstitutional.
Skating toward construction
City hosts kick-off meeting for new skatepark design
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Jon Casson won’t be making any specific requests of the firm designing a new Steamboat Springs skatepark. He just hopes the finished product makes people say, “Wow, Steamboat has a killer park.”
School district wants 700 land
Superintendent requests 14 acres, money for elementary school
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The Steamboat Springs School District wants the developers of Steamboat 700 to give it 14 acres for a new elementary school — and cover half the cost of building the facility.
Attorney expects plea deal
Women accused of embezzling $1.2M make court appearance
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The attorney representing one of two Routt County women accused of embezzling more than $1.2 million from a local bank expects prosecutors to offer a plea agreement.
Triple Crown ordinance shelved
City Council to review Steamboat 700 proposal tonight
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The Steamboat Springs City Council has plenty of items on its agenda when it meets today for the first time in three weeks — but Triple Crown won’t be one of them.
Preschool students get comfortable with unfamiliar foods
Sunday, May 4, 2008
It’s not every day you hear preschoolers begging for okra and jicama, but that’s exactly what 4- and 5-year-olds at South Routt Preschool were doing Friday morning.
Gas prices draining local, county budgets
Rising oil costs, record snowfall shattering expense projections
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Record snowfall and soaring fuel costs have set both Routt County and the city of Steamboat Springs on a course to overshoot their 2008 budgets for transit and road maintenance.
Hunt rounds out Seminars at Steamboat
Organizers expect large election-year crowds at series events
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Seminars at Steamboat officials have identified their fourth and final speaker for the 2008 edition of the series, which begins July 10.
Adult softball strikes out
Triple Crown cutting tournaments from business mix
Friday, May 2, 2008
After 26 years, Triple Crown Sports is calling it quits on the sport that sustained the company through its earliest years. This year will be the last for adult slow-pitch softball.
Underwood pushes community approach to underage drinking
Thursday, May 1, 2008
After one of his many presentations on youth substance abuse in Steamboat Springs this week, John Underwood was shocked when a sixth-grader challenged his concepts, arguing that smoking pot improved snowboarding.
Liquor checks show total compliance
No establishments fail law enforcement tests that happened Monday night
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Eleven Steamboat Springs liquor establishments garnered a 100 percent compliance rate in the Steamboat Springs Police Department’s latest checks Monday. Businesses who passed included two that failed a round of checks in December.
County seeing rash of thefts
Patterns suggest cases are related
Thursday, May 1, 2008
A flurry of burglaries has officers urging Routt County residents to lock their cars and homes and keep valuables out of sight.
Rescuers evacuate Steamboat couple’s California celebration
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Julie Grady first smelled smoke while walking to the reception in her homemade hemp wedding dress. The newlywed (formerly Julie Sokolowski) had just exchanged vows below towering pines at a remote camp in California’s San Gabriel Mountains.
Judge denies Wall appeal
Sheriff will fight DUI charges in jury trial
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Senior Judge Cecil Wayne Williams upheld the revocation of Sheriff Gary Wall’s driver’s license in Routt County Court on Tuesday, and a jury trial has been set for the drunken driving case against the county’s top law enforcement officer.
Revocation of Wall's driver's license upheld
Trial set for July 14 in Routt County Sheriff's DUI case
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Senior Judge Cecil Wayne Williams upheld the revocation of Sheriff Gary Wall’s driver’s license in Routt County Court today, and a jury trial has been set for the drunken driving case against the county’s top law enforcement officer.
Wall to face DUI charges
Routt County sheriff scheduled for two hearings today
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Routt County Sheriff Gary Wall is scheduled to appear in Routt County Court today for hearings in two cases related to charges that he drove drunk on an October night last year.
New roads proposal proffered
Officials more receptive to increased vehicle registration fees
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Routt County officials are more receptive to a proposal that would increase vehicle registration and rental fees than they were to one that would impose a $5 toll on Interstate 70 from Floyd Hill to the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Towns avoid costly residential development
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Planning Services Manager John Eastman knows officials in other communities might raise an eyebrow when he says Steamboat Springs is “encouraging residential development.”
URA projects kick off second year with intersection replacement
Friday, April 25, 2008
City officials hope replacing the intersection of Mount Werner Circle and Après Ski Way with a roundabout will improve traffic flow and make the area safer for cyclists and pedestrians. Work on the intersection began Monday and will continue through mid-September.
Routt County considers home-size limits, development rights program
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Routt County officials are considering a range of new land-use policies aimed at preserving rural character in the face of development.
Liquidators set up shop
From steak knives to light poles, Thunderhead Lodge is for sale
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Don Hayes could tell you he’s selling everything at the Thunderhead Lodge but the kitchen sink. But that would be a lie.
Fear of litigation influences voting machine decision
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The specter of lawsuits aimed at eliminating the use of electronic voting machines is discouraging the purchase of additional machines in Routt County.
Triple Crown needs assurances
Officials say short-term deal unnecessary without long-term plan
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Officials with the sports tourism company say local governments need to develop a long-term plan for Triple Crown's future in Northwest Colorado. Absent such a plan, there may not be a future.
Meetings this week to discuss mountain’s recreational uses
Monday, April 21, 2008
The public will have an opportunity this week to weigh in on the continuing evolution of Emerald Mountain’s recreational uses.
County clerk seeks additional voting machines
Monday, April 21, 2008
County officials will discuss the potential purchase of 15 electronic voting machines this afternoon, the same day a new statewide voter registration system will be put to a telling test.
Stretching the map
Durango extends city limits for high-density development
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Tim Zink will be the first to tell you: If you moved to Colorado for a five-acre lawn, Three Springs is not for you.
Resort Group courts Iron Horse
City in final negotiations for inn’s private management
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Steamboat Springs officials are close to finalizing an agreement that would provide for the private management of the city-owned Iron Horse Inn, a move that could save the city about $62,000 a year.
Developers lay out Ski Time Square demolition schedule
Friday, April 18, 2008
This summer, Ski Time Square will be the site of demolition, police training — and one heck of a yard sale.
City officials, King to discuss future of Triple Crown
Thursday, April 17, 2008
There was a time when Triple Crown Sports tournaments in Steamboat Springs made up 25 percent of the sports-tourism company’s business. But 27 years later, the Steamboat games are only the No. 4 revenue generator for a company.
County backs shale holdup
Commissioners support effort to slow production in area
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Routt County Board of Commissioners will back an effort to slow the commercial production of oil shale in Northwest Colorado.
Vacation home deadline extension fails
Rental operators not given extra compliance time
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday rejected a request to give the operators of vacation home rentals three extra months to come into compliance with an ordinance passed last year.
Panel provides road map
Experts present transportation ideas, realities to City Council
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
A panel of experts told the Steamboat Springs City Council on Monday to plan aggressively for its long-term transportation needs, with a particular focus on mass transit solutions to reduce traffic congestion.
Preservation ordinance excludes mandatory designations
Citizens group proposes all-voluntary historic preservation rules
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
A citizens committee will recommend a new ordinance that does not mandate the preservation of any of Steamboat’s historic structures.
Dishing up raw talent
Cooking with Saketumi
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Like a sports franchise building for the future, Saketumi has decided to go young.
Battle for the Mountain
Minturn residents to vote on annexation
Sunday, April 13, 2008
There is a rift between Ginn Resorts’ Minturn headquarters and the town outside.
Romanoff savors final days as House speaker
Front Range Democrat touts health care, higher ed goals
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
You can’t accuse Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff of suffering from senioritis.
City Council reviews staff space needs
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The city of Steamboat Springs has been driven to creativity when it comes to finding space for its employees to work.
Maintenance plan takes shape
Ski Corp. would assume responsibility for promenade
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The city of Steamboat Springs’ urban renewal authority and private property owners are close to signing a contract ensuring the ongoing operation and maintenance of a planned promenade around the immediate ski base.
Airport studies complete
Redevelopment a costly option for Steamboat Springs
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Redeveloping Steamboat Springs Airport for other uses would be a money-losing venture for the city, according to a report that will be presented to the Steamboat Springs City Council tonight.
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