Colorado Parks and Wildlife launched a website redesign Wednesday in hopes of revamping the agency’s information flows and offering a more visually appealing site. 

“Reimagining a website as robust as ours is no easy task, and while we know changes are always a challenge, we think you’ll find this website more dynamic, functional, and easier for you, our customers and partners, to use,” said CPW Branding and Communications Section Manager Rebecca Ferrell, in a news release. 

The agency says it has reviewed all web content at CPW.state.co.us to eliminate repetitions and consolidate pages while updating necessary information. The new site will provide translations into multiple languages and eventually a chatbot for inquiries. 

Previously saved bookmarks may not be redirected and users may have a harder time finding information as quickly on an internet search in the short term. The website redesign was funded through a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado.

A locally born singer is using songwriting and the stories of his life to try to make it big in the country music scene.

One of those songs celebrates his little sister, her love of horses and her deep involvement with the Routt County Fair. Guerin Lewis, who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, returned to the Yampa Valley to perform at the Routt County Fair on Saturday, marking the second year Guerin has played at the event.

Born in Steamboat Springs to Mike and Cathy Lewis, Guerin grew up in the area. His father was a band and choir teacher in the South Routt School District. His father’s musical influence served as Guerin’s introduction to the guitar, which he started playing when he was 8 years old.

“He really encouraged me in the music world,” Guerin said. “He is a big inspiration in my life and is why I want to pursue music in any way, shape or form.”

Guerin’s younger sister, Lacey, was a barrel racer, horse trainer and the person who taught him how to ride. He would eventually “fade” out of the horse lifestyle in high school as he pursued music and sports.

He graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in 2013 and eventually moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music. His sister would leave the valley as well, attending Laramie County Community College in Wyoming where she continued to feed her passion surrounding horses.

Despite the distance between them, Guerin and Lacey always found time to ride together when they would reconnect in the Yampa Valley. She served as an inspiration for him to become a ferrier’s apprentice to supplement his songwriting and performances.

Nashville has served Guerin well, as it has allowed him to expand his creative process of songwriting with the support of other artists. Owing to the popularity of country music, he is also able to play almost every weekend.

“I would never have had those opportunities without being out there,” he said. “I’ve met a lot of great friends, we’ve written a lot of good songs together and I’ve gotten to record my music professionally.”

Despite Guerin’s ability to cover the music of other bands, his real love is performing his own original works. His heart, soul and personal history is a major component of the lyrics that he creates and the emotion that comes forward in his music. He views playing the guitar as an “accompaniment” to his songs and the process of songwriting. 

One of his songs, “When A Cowgirl Goes To Heaven,” was written after his sister was killed while crossing an intersection.

“She was just here and then gone,” Guerin said. “She was the light of our family.”

Her loss, and her deep level of involvement in the Routt County Fair, resulted in the dedication of a bench in the show hall to Lacey. Inscribed on the bench are the lyrics Guerin wrote to represent her love of life. It has also driven him to share her message and the light that she brought to the lives of so many through his musical career.

“That’s what inspires me as a songwriter,” he said. “Going through life experiences, like losing a sibling, and being able to write out of that with an experience that so many others can relate to.”

His performances in the Yampa Valley, and especially at the Routt County Fair, have a deep meaning to him as it allows him to continue to celebrate his sister’s life and reconnect with the community that she was a part of. 

“Our community here is so close,” he said. “Everyone here knew who she was.” 

Guerin has played at multiple venues throughout the region, including a performance at The Press in the week preceding the fair. As his career has accelerated, he has opened for major names including Priscilla Block, who arrived in Nashville about the same time he did. 

Lewis tries to break the mold of social media-based music, as he sees importance in the “old-fashioned” face-to-face interactions as he shares his stories through music and builds his base of fans. 

“I see a lot of happiness and joy in my future just pursuing the music the way I am now or if I were to take off and be the next big thing,” said Lewis. “I’m just faithing it up as I go.” 

For more on Guerin Lewis, visit GuerinLewis.com.

Swift Communications, the parent company of the Steamboat Pilot & Today, is launching a regional reporting team to cover the most pressing issues on Colorado’s Western Slope. 

The strategic move aims to deliver more in-depth analysis and reporting on the intersecting issues facing the mountain communities where Swift operates nine publications and employs more than 40 journalists. 

Swift Communications is a subsidiary of West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers, which publishes over 50 daily newspapers in 18 states stretching from New York to Hawaii.

Meet the team

The team will consist of four reporters based in Colorado and will be led by Andrew Maciejewski, the editor of the Summit Daily News in Summit County. 

Maciejewski, a graduate of Indiana University’s Media School in Bloomington, came to the Summit Daily News in March 2022 after serving as the executive editor of the Central Indiana News Group, leading a team of 18 reporters and editors across a five-county region. His passion for journalism lies in government accountability, municipal finance and taxpayer-funded project oversight.

“While all of our communities are unique in their own ways, rural resort towns face many of the same issues but approach them in different ways,” Maciejewski said. “With our reporters living across the mountains, Front Range and Western Slope, my goal for this team is to write stories that allow our communities to collaborate on finding solutions to our challenges.” 

A complex array of issues intersect on Colorado’s Western Slope — a region known for ski boots and cowboy boots. The new reporting team’s mandate is to cover how those issues impact the daily lives of residents and the millions of visitors who come to Colorado’s High Country each year to recreate.

Key areas of focus for the new reporting team will include housing and real estate, outdoors and recreation, wildlife, the environment, water, the ski industry, transportation, health, education, business, public safety, equity and immigration, the state legislature, regional politics, and arts and entertainment. 

Elliott Wenzler, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, and a graduate of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, has been covering Western Slope politics from her home base in Denver since joining Swift in October 2023.

Wenzler has lived in Colorado since 2019 and previously worked for The Colorado Sun and Colorado Community Media. Her beat includes the state Capitol and Colorado’s congressional delegation representing the Western Slope as well as politics in the region. 

Ali Longwell grew up in Colorado and began her career in journalism after graduating from the University of Denver in 2016. She has worked and written for several magazines on the Front Range including 5280 Magazine, Colorado Biz Magazine, Denver Life Magazine and spent two years covering enterprise technology for SDxCentral.

Longwell joined the Vail Daily in March 2021 where she was the lead reporter covering the town of Vail and covered education in Eagle County and the health care industry. Her reporting for the regional team will focus on the environment and water, wildlife, health, and arts and entertainment.

Andrea Terés-Martínez joined the Glenwood Springs Post Independent as its assistant editor in September 2023. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and raised in Boise, Idaho, she attended Boise State University, where she was editor-in-chief of the university newspaper, The Arbiter.

Terés-Martínez also interned as a reporter for the Idaho Statesman and, more recently, was a publishing editor intern for The Wall Street Journal in New York. At the Post Independent, Terés-Martínez has covered business and development, Latino affairs, housing issues, and civic government in Garfield County. Her reporting for the regional team will focus on education, business, public safety and equity and immigration.

Robert Tann has been covering county government, education and housing for the Summit Daily News since December of 2022. Before that, he worked at Colorado Community Media where he covered local government and housing in the Denver Metro area. Tann was born in London, England and raised in Aurora, Colorado.

He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where he served as editor-in-chief of the online student news website. He has interned and freelanced for several Colorado media outlets including The Colorado Sun, Colorado Politics and the Daily Camera in Boulder. His reporting for the regional team will focus on housing and real estate, transportation, the outdoors, and Colorado’s recreation and ski industries. 

Swift Communications’ investment in the regional reporting team reflects its ongoing commitment to strengthening local journalism and serving its communities.

Despite the county’s work on restoration efforts after an improvement project on Routt County Road 56 went awry, residents and ranchers in the area remain concerned.

“We had a big rainstorm come through there last night, and we have a creek that runs right through there called Deep Creek that has a native brook trout and cutthroat in it,” Derek Smith said.

“Basically, when it started raining, all the silt from where they plowed up the roads and their water bars pushed all that dirt into the creek,” he added. “Where the water was completely clear, you can see it clouding up, so I think we have a big problem there with the amount of silt that’s going to wash into that creek now.”

Smith said he knows that Sally Ross, the contractor hired by the Nature Conservancy, has been to the area after a Routt County road crew violated easements while working on what has been a minimally maintained road.

“I’ve not seen Nature Conservancy themselves, but I’ve seen their contractors going up there and she’s going back up today to look at the water bars and the silt that got washed down into the creeks,” Smith said.

Smith’s family has owned their ranch for more than 100 years and the family partnered with the Nature Conservancy a few years back in an effort to protect the land.

“My grandfather actually built that road, I think, in the early 1940s,” Smith said. “The adjudicated road ran through the bottom of Deep Creek by that coal mine and up over the top of Cottonwood, so that road was never a county road that it’s on right now, and they took it over so they could access two pieces of BLM (land) in there, which one was landlocked and the other one’s on the other side by the oil well.”

The rancher said it has been at least two years since the country has worked on the road that runs through his family’s property. He said the most recent work significantly widened the road.

“I was talking to them about the dust because they disturbed a lot of that road and obviously made it super wide,” Smith said. “It’s wider than County Road 80 going up to the national forest now.”

His neighbor Lyssa Lewis is also concerned about the roadwork, and she said she has already seen increased traffic on it. She fears the impact it could have on the grouse, mule deer and other wildlife that are abundant in the area.

“I think the biggest point is that I live here, and I’m near the corner, so I see all the traffic that’s going up there that never used to go there,” Lewis said. “The wildlife in that area up there is just going to have an interruption, and I guess they’re just going to have to get used to it.”

As previously reported in the Steamboat Pilot & Today on June 30, Routt County Manager Jay Harrington said that the foreman for the district’s shop had been wanting to open the right of way so that graders would have better access for road maintenance. While completing the work, the crews violated the easements and trespassed onto the Nature Conservancy’s easement.

“What was happening was the vegetation had closed in enough (that it was causing problems),” Harrington said. “When our equipment would go through there, according to our foreman in the last couple years, the mirrors and sweep would get knocked off our equipment because it has closed in so much. He was trying to open it up so that he could do the once-a-year maintenance without damaging our equipment.”

Earlier this week, Routt County Public Works Director Mike Mordi said that his crews have been working to restore the areas that were impacted along County Road 56.

“The majority of the work within the right of way has been completed,” Mordi said via email earlier this week. “We are finalizing some cleanup work and are also completing some surfacing of the roadway at the adjacent landowner’s request. We will seed the disturbed areas once all work has been completed.”

He went on to say that the country has installed erosion-control measures at all drainage areas to capture sediment before it can run offsite and has regularly checked on the area after recent heavy rains and found little if any sedimen running offsite.

“We are working with the Nature Conservancy and the adjacent property owner on an agreement to complete restoration outside the right of way as well as specifics on seeding and weed control plans,” Mordi said. “The adjacent landowner has a conservation easement with The Nature Conservancy. They have been to the area, made their observations and recommendations for restoration of the impacted areas.”

Nancy Fishbein, director of the resilient lands program, said this isn’t the type of issue The Nature Conservancy normally gets involved with, but the group has an interest because the road passes through one of its conservation easements.

“We were made aware that the road maintenance that was done by the county recently had some negative impact on the conservation values that we’re trying to protect through the conservation easement on the property,” Fishbein said.

“Damages include things like some vegetation loss, some erosion and runoff that affects water quality and dusty conditions, among other things. As part of our responsibility as the conservation easement holder, we went to assess the impact of that road maintenance,” she added.

Fishbein said the impacts from the roadwork went beyond the right of way of the county road, and said that drainage and other issues associated with the work may impact the conservation easement property itself.

“It’s our understanding that the county recognized that the road maintenance caused some damage, and they have expressed a willingness to make those repairs,” Fishbein said. “We let the county know what the potential impacts were and gave them some suggestions for what they might do to remediate those issues.

“I’m not the ecological expert. I don’t believe that from the impact from this last event we’ll have long-term repercussions, but it’s hard to know. It’s hard to know how wildlife is impacted in the long run. It’s hard to know how fish species and creeks will be impacted by additional silt. It’s hard to know.”

The 2024 Yampa Valley Community Foundation Philanthropist of the year awards have been announced across three categories.

Mountain Tap Brewery is the YVCF’s Business Philanthropist of the Year, a nod to the establishment’s ability to thrive while also supporting the community.

Since opening in 2016, Mountain Tap has hosted “Token Tuesdays,” a program that allows patrons to support local nonprofits with their beer purchases. For every beer sold, the brewery donates $1 to a selected nonprofit organization, an effort that has raised approximately $62,000 for almost 90 local groups.

Mountain Tap’s community support is also reflected in its support for its employees. As a certified “apprentice employer,” the company provides valuable training and career advancement opportunities through the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation.

The business also encourages and compensates staff members for their time to volunteer with nonprofits and aims to establish a formal volunteerism program in the coming years, according to YVCF.

“In the end, Mountain Tap Brewery isn’t just a place to enjoy a great beer; it’s a symbol of what can be achieved when businesses and communities work hand in hand, nurturing each other’s growth and well-being,” the YVCF noted in announcing the award.

Madison Mohn received the 2024 Youth Philanthropist of the Year award for her dedication to improving mental health among youth in the Yampa Valley, particularly in the Steamboat Springs School District.

The Madison Foundation Fund has supported a private therapist to provide family therapy in local schools, along with supporting a universal social and emotional screening tool for middle and high school students and helping to create a local initiative aimed at involving students in suicide prevention and mental health awareness.

“The most rewarding aspect of my philanthropy has been bringing mental health to the forefront in our schools,” Mohn said in a statement. “I am most proud of funding a therapist in the public high school for two years to provide students and their families with free, trained therapists.”

Mohn said she hopes to expand her Madison Foundation Fund with the aim of creating an even greater impact.

“My goal is to grow The Madison Foundation and enhance our support for mental health in the Yampa Valley,” she said. “The work we’ve done so far is just the beginning. I’m committed to continuing this journey and finding new ways to support our community.”

Paul and Chresta Brinkman share the designation as the YVCF Individual Philanthropist of the year.

Chresta has made an impact in the community through her work with the Steamboat Springs Board of Education and Junior Achievement and as a volunteer with the Historic Hayden Granary and strong support for Yampatika. She has also shown a passion for supporting children in need through her roles with the Colorado Hands & Voices O.U.R. Children’s Safety Project.

Paul’s volunteerism has seen him take major roles with the University of Colorado Engineering Advisory Council and the Steamboat youth and high school girls lacrosse teams.

As a developer, he has contributed his knowledge to a number of nonprofit building projects including those spearheaded by the United Way and Integrated Community.

He was also instrumental in the creation of Yampa Valley Community Foundation’s new home for philanthropy, offering his pro-bono time, expertise and insights were invaluable to the establishment of the Foundation’s forever home.

In honoring the Brinkmans, the YVCF said, “we celebrate their unwavering commitment to embodying the true spirit of philanthropy. Their legacy is one of hope, community, and selfless giving, woven into the very fabric of their personal and family lives and this community they cherish so dearly.”

The Steamboat Springs boys tennis team had its first look at the season ahead during a six-team tournament in Vail on Friday and Saturday where the team came home with the second-place title. 

The tournament took place on clay courts, a surface uncommon in Steamboat Springs, and consisted of eight-game pro-sets, meaning players played just one set to eight games with a 10-point tiebreak at 7-7. 

Steamboat team captain Wiley Cotter and the Sailors No. 3 singles team of Hank Ince and Collin Mudgett-Furgueson led the charge for Steamboat, winning four of five matches on the weekend. 

The Sailors found themselves winning four of five matches with the lone loss coming in a 7-0 sweep against Colorado Academy. Steamboat defeated Vail, 4-3; Durango, 6-1; Aspen, 5-2; and Basalt, 6-1 along the way. 

Steamboat coach Jason Scicchitano was happy to see the boys earn second but said he saw plenty of things he wanted to prioritize in practice at the start of this week. 

On Wednesday night, the Sailors hosted their first match of the season, inviting the recently defeated Vail team to the Steamboat Tennis Center. In six-game sets on a traditional hardcourt surface, Vail earned its revenge and took care of Steamboat 6-1. 

“Ultimately when the sum of the errors exceeds the well-executed shots, the result is inevitable,” Scicchitano said of some of the matches he saw Wednesday. 

The lone victor for Steamboat was Ibrokhim Nuriddinov in the No. 3 singles match. His serve was broken twice early in the first set to go down 4-1. 

He began to mirror his opponent and crashed the net when necessary to go on a streak and win four straight games to make it 5-4. Eventually finding himself in a tiebreak for the set, Nuriddinov dominated the first several points to go up 6-2 and get within one point of a first-set victory. 

With nothing to lose, his Vail opponent fought back to tie things at six apiece, but Nuriddinov managed to put things away 9-7. The Vail opponent did not give up, however, defeating Nuriddinov handily, 6-2 in the second set. 

In the 10-point tiebreaking set, Nuriddinov got to a quick 9-3 lead but took six match points to put his opponent away for the 10-8 win in the third set. 

Steamboat will be back in tournament mode this weekend in Grand Junction with matches on Friday and Saturday. 

Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024
Vail 6, Steamboat Springs 1
No. 1 Singles — Vail Christian def. Liam Siefken, SS, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 2 Singles — Vail Christian def. Wiley Cotter, SS, 6-1, 6-0.
No. 3 Singles — Ibrokhim Nuriddinov, SS, def. Vail Christian,7-6, 2-6, 10-8. 
No. 1 Doubles — Vail Christian def. Damien Dobson and Matthew MacEntee, SS, 6-2, 6-4. 
No. 2 Doubles — Vail Christian def. Garrett Moyer and Alec Buchler, SS, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.
No. 3 Doubles — Vail Christian def. Collin Mudgett-Furgueson and Hank Ince, SS, 6-0, 6-0. 
No. 4 Doubles — Vail Christian def. Tesher Feinberg and Coen Dore, SS, 6-4, 7-5.

Citing a number of recent incidents where drivers blew through stop signs, officials with the Steamboat Springs School District are urging drivers to be extra vigilant around school buses.

According to the school district, when drivers see yellow flashing lights on a school bus, they should prepare to stop. Additionally, when drivers see red flashing lights and a stop sign extended, drivers should come to a full stop no closer than 20 feet from the bus, per the law.

“These rules are in place to protect our students — let’s all do our part to keep them safe,” district officials wrote in a reminder to the community.

Equine lovers across Northwest Colorado and beyond will unite this weekend for a display involving the animal synonymous with the Western lifestyle.

The Meeker Mustang Makeover will return to the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds this weekend, demonstrating horsemanship, community spirit and more.

According to event organizers, for the past 120 days, dedicated trainers have poured their hearts and souls into transforming wild mustangs into magnificent, well-trained horses. The culmination of their hard work and dedication will be showcased as they compete for over $17,000 in prizes and scholarships.

A Friday evening Mustang Mingle will kick things off at 6 p.m. at the 4-H building with live music, food and silent auctions. The real action runs throughout the day Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. with sessions showcasing a variety of horse handlers and the different roles they and their animals fulfill.

Among the midday highlights will be a performance by Denver-based equine drill organization the Westernaires, who will show off trick riding, Roman riding, Native American dances, dressage and more as part of their repertoire.

Layla Churchley will be one of many trainers who will be showing off the effort they’ve made in recent months with their hooved companions.

In Churchley’s case, her mustang is a yearling named Story, with whom she’s bonded considerably.

“Story knows lots of tricks and is a horse that could be suited for anything in the future,” she said. “He’s a bit of a clingy horse, and I’ve been working on him being the same with everyone. He’s definitely always the best when I work him. I am hoping our freestyle will be pretty cool, and we have a lot of really cool things planned.”

For more information, visit MeekerMustangMakeover.org.

City Council has approved the purchase of a right of way dedication as part of the city’s plan construct a multi-model trail from Snow Bowl Plaza to Sleepy Bear Mobile Home Park along the the south side of U.S. Highway 40 in west Steamboat Springs.

The easement acquisition will see the city acquire 126 square feet for $1,390 from KTH Enterprises, the owner of the Sleepy Bear Mobile Home Park.

The acquisition is another step for the city as it moves forward with its west Steamboat trail project, which has been in the planning and design phase since 2021.

“Effectively, the project is shovel-ready from a design standpoint, ready to go,” said Danny Paul, a civil engineer for the city. “We just need to get the last bit of funding and easements.”

“Highway 40 is getting busier and busier and more people are walking on the highway, and so this will be a very important project,” he added.

Paul said city staff hope construction will begin in 2025 with a goal of completing the work in 2026. He also explained how the project has been broken down into three phases.

Fully funded at a cost of $4.1 million with support from the Colorado Department of Transportation, Routt County and Yampa Valley Electric Association, the first phase will extend an existing sidewalk near Snow Bowl to the west where it will ultimately link with Sleepy Bear.

Phase two of the project currently has $4.5 million in funding secured but would require $5.7 million to complete, according to Paul. It would see the construction of an underpass beneath U.S. 40 just east of Slate Creek between the driveways of the KOA and the mobile home park.

The underpass work, which Paul noted would lead to significant traffic disruptions, would connect to the Overlook Park subdivision’s secondary access road currently under construction.

The third phase of the trail construction would see the trail extended through the Yampa Valley Housing Authority’s Brown Ranch property, but when that work might begin and how it would be funded are unknown.

“There is no funding in place for that,” said Paul. “The YVHA actually requested that we not build that through the property and encumber space until that project is ready to move forward.”

Paul underscored the importance of moving forward with phase one of the project by the end of 2025 due to time limits on a portion of the grant funding offered by CDOT.

Council members are scheduled to meet in executive session Sept. 3 to discuss additional easement acquisitions, and funding for phase two will need to be secured before final approvals from CDOT are obtained and construction bids are issued for the project.

Pending a successful bidding process, city staff hope to begin construction in 2025.

FRIDAY

Grill & Chill Patio Party
3 p.m., Friday
White Rabbit Tavern, 2304 Apres Ski Way
Come join us on the pack patio for canned beverages and food fresh off the grill.

Live Music – Jr. Adams
4-7 p.m., Friday
Yampa River Icehouse, 751 Yampa St
Jr. Adams was born and raised on country music and Southern rock in northern Georgia. He left his home in search of open roads and golden tunes. He is the front man of local bands Yer Sate Birds, Heads All Empty, and Jr. Adams band. His original music has an earnestness and warmth that can feel right at home around the campfire but can also rock packed music venues.

Ladies Pickleball and Happy Hour
5-6:30 p.m., Friday
Steamboat Tennis and Pickleball Complex, 2500 Pine Grove Road
Come on out to a fun Ladies’ Night of Pickleball. Open to all levels. Learn more about the game, meet new people and enjoy Happy Hour too. We offer refreshments, social time, and a chance to make friends who would like to play Pickleball with you. The event fills quickly, so book early. Cancel 24 hours in advance if your plans change. Tickets are $15.

Circles Around The Sun: Two Nights at OTP
8 p.m., Friday
Old Town Pub, 600 US Highway 40
The record book over here at OTP is getting thicker by the moment and we hope you are ready to experience this absolute meltdown with us. Circles Around The Sun is built off the vein of everything Dead. However, the group has exponentially expanded their catalog to something that is beyond fresh, twisting psychedelic sounds and grinding the gears of our minds with heavy rhythms, glorious jams and a melodic organization which is sure to keep us hungry for more, more, more. Doors each night at $30 in advance / $35 day of show / two-day pass $55.

SATURDAY

Yoga at the Botanic Park
9-10 a.m., Saturday
Yampa River Botanic Park, 1000 Pamela Lane
Yoga on the Green is every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, weather permitting. Surrounded by the beauty of nature, delicate gardens and a serene pond, you’ll find the peace and stillness is unmatched in the botanic park. Bring a mat or towel, water, sunscreen, and bug spray. Please walk, bike, or carpool to yoga whenever possible as we have limited parking. If you drive, you must park in designated Botanic Park parking spaces. Overflow parking available on Ski Town Way. Suggested donation of $10.

Live Music – Cal Cramer
5:30-7:30 p.m., Saturday
Laundry Kitchen & Cocktails, 127 11th St
Laundry Kitchen summer music series welcomes local favorite Cal Cramer for a solo set of hits, B-sides and deep cuts from a broad range of artists who have influenced his musical journey.

Bastian
9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m., Saturday
Schmiggity’s, 821 Lincoln Ave
Hijacking his mother’s radio and her disco, funk and pop cassettes as a child to use as a pillow and listening to his father’s salsa beats in the passenger seat of the car was the beginning of his musical journey that now continues in NYC. Hailing from Colombia and after living in Colorado for several years, he came to Manhattan to study music production and to showcase his mixes. Tickets $15. Ages 21 and up.

Cory Mon
8 p.m., Saturday
the press, 1009 Lincoln Ave
Cory Mon is a seasoned musician with a career spanning over two decades, during which he has released seven albums and over 60 songs. Known for his emotionally charged and raw music, Mon has shared stages with notable acts like JJ Grey & Mofro, The Avett Brothers and Patterson Hood. His latest album, “You Don’t Know Me,” showcases a deeply personal exploration of themes like divorce and self-discovery, blending soulful lyrics with a rich musical landscape. Mon’s work reflects a journey of artistic and personal growth. Tickets $10.

SUNDAY

Sunday Chess
Noon- 2 p.m., Sunday
Emerald Coffeeshop & Lounge, 700 Yampa St. Unit A105
Join our chess club. We play on Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. and Sundays at noon. All are welcome.

Mythology Distillery’s Gin Cocktail Competition!
3-5 p.m., Sunday
Mythology Distillery, 2875 Elk River Road
Get ready for a legendary showdown as Steamboat’s finest mixologists battle it out at Mythology.