The Last Stand
Initiative offers up 1,000 bikes for DNC visitors
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
In the words of the Edgar Winter Group, an initiative in Denver this week is inviting visitors to the 2008 Democratic National Convention to, “Come on, and take a free ride.”
Steinberg a hit at DNC
Obamas, Clintons receive local photographer’s latest book
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
Steamboat Springs photographer Jim Steinberg may be in Wisconsin this week, but he is making quite an impression at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Anti-war show leads to march
Rage Against The Machine concert fires up 10,000 protestors
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
Ron Creel took long, contemplative drags from his cigarette as he leaned on a metal barrier outside the Denver Coliseum, waving an American flag at passing motorists.
Hagenbuch capitalizes on DNC
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
It may be his first run at public office, but Todd Hagenbuch already has learned an important lesson in political shrewdness: Never let a good fundraising opportunity pass you by.
Routt officials join DNC effort
Vale, Struble man State Emergency Operations Center
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Bob Struble’s eyes dart between computer screens and television monitors at the State Emergency Operations Center in Centennial.
Bloggers find a home in DNC
Routt County Democrat volunteers at first-of-its-kind event
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
There are some who hold to two truths about the Democratic National Convention. One: it’s nothing more than a big party. And two: that all events of any significance take place far away from the Pepsi Center and official convention proceedings.
DNC fills Denver with excitement
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
The 2008 Democratic National Convention hadn’t even started, and Lacey Ely received a hard lesson on the zoo that Denver has become.
DNC, Denver heating up
50,000 flood city for Democratic National Convention as law makes its presence felt
Monday, Aug. 25, 2008
Two major protest sites at City of Cuernavaca and Civic Center parks were largely deserted Monday morning. But with marches, concerts and other protest events scheduled, both the Recreate ’68 and Tent State University groups promise to catch the attention of plenty of Denver’s 50,000 visitors as the day and the week roll on.
As dying pines are mourned, a new forest is emerging
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
When Charlie Cammer built his wife, Barb, a bookcase out of blue-stain wood eight years ago, he couldn’t have been prepared for her response.
Spruce, aspen losses could follow pine devastation
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
A tremendous loss of spruce and aspen trees could make up the next chapter in the drastic transformation of Colorado’s forests after the mountain pine beetle eats itself out of house and home.
The Local takes new owner
Readers, contributors hope alternative paper stays the same
Friday, Aug. 22, 2008
Owners and co-publishers Paulie Anderson and Scott Glackman have sold The Local — an alternative Steamboat Springs newspaper that is published every two weeks — to Thomas Reuter Jr.
City plans schedule for manager hire
Council considering public interviews of finalists, to be held week of Dec. 8
Friday, Aug. 22, 2008
It will be at least December before the city of Steamboat Springs hires its next city manager, according to a schedule laid out Thursday by Phil McKenney of executive search firm Peckham & McKenney.
Reuter Jr. takes reigns at The Local
Sale of alternative newspaper confirmed; owners not commenting yet
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
Owners and co-publishers Paulie Anderson and Scott Glackman have sold The Local — an alternative Steamboat Springs newspaper that publishes every two weeks — to Thomas Reuter Jr.
Moffat seeking $142K from city
County says Steamboat breached contract terms for transit center
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
What once was considered a healthy collaboration between the city of Steamboat Springs and Moffat County has become soured by a six-figure dispute between the two governments.
Scant turnout for city manager discussion
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
The Steamboat Springs City Council had a hard time moving past its old city manager at a Tuesday meeting intended to discuss its next one.
Galaxy deal still on hold
Florida company would bring strong performance record to YVRA
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
The company that hopes to replace Spectrum Jet Center as the fixed base operator at Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden currently runs an award-winning chain of five airport service centers in Florida.
Spectrum purchase poised
New fixed base operator would replace Spectrum Jet Center
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Galaxy Aviation of Steamboat-Hayden is in contract negotiations with Routt County to replace Spectrum Jet Center, the longtime fixed base operator at Yampa Valley Regional Airport, county officials said Monday.
Council takes new approach to hiring
Meeting to gather residents’ desired city manager qualities
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Roger Good is showing the Steamboat Springs City Council a new way to hire a city manager. Structured behavioral interviewing is based on the idea that a job candidate’s past performance provides the best forecast of his or her future performance.
Dying forests increase wildfire danger across the West
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
Close your eyes, and a 3,000-acre wildfire on the banks of the New Fork River in Wyoming’s Bridger Wilderness crackles deceptively, like a soothing campfire. But any sense of security is shattered quickly by the blaze’s more violent noises.
Dead trees cause many dangers
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
At Rockin’s River Resort north of Prince George, British Columbia, Horst Schulz is experiencing a consequence not often associated with the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
Meetings to address parks
Public invited to discuss future of local recreational offerings
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008
Two public meetings this month will help guide the future of the Steamboat Springs area’s beloved recreation opportunities.
Projects tout public benefits
Developers persist after Steamboat 700’s boundary failure
Friday, Aug. 15, 2008
The developers of two projects that seek to amend the urban growth boundary are honing in on their projects’ public benefits after Steamboat 700 and two other projects lost their bids to extend the boundary Tuesday.
Steamboat 700 to drop acres
Developers will move forward with condensed application
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
Steamboat 700 developers told city planners Wednesday that they intend to move forward with pared-down development and annexation proposals after their application to extend the urban growth boundary was denied Tuesday night.
Hayden Town Hall saw most voters in primary
Clerk feels prepared for general election despite low turnout
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
It was the same old story as election officials rolled into the Routt County Elections Office on Tuesday night after polls closed in a primary election.
Baumgardner gets strong win in GOP primary
Grand County Republican to face Phippsburg Democrat Todd Hagenbuch in November for state House
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
The Grand County Republican is now matched against Phippsburg Democrat Todd Hagenbuch for the House District 57 seat in the state Legislature.
UGB confusion resolved
Two expansion requests will be removed from today’s agenda
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008
City and county officials have agreed that proposals to extend the urban growth boundary will fail unless they gain the approval of both the Steamboat Springs City Council and the Routt County Board of Commissioners.
Boon or bust?
Some lament, others capitalize on beetle epidemic
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
In the backwoods of the Roosevelt National Forest in northern Larimer County, woods boss Jerry Heggie has barely introduced himself before he starts hauling the U.S. Forest Service over the coals.
Wood-fired boilers gaining steam
Electricity presents bigger hurdles than heat
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
Oak Creek and Milner are on the cutting edge of a new energy frontier.
Capped visas for foreign workers may lead to staffing shortage
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008
Listening to Steamboat Springs Transit radio conversations used to be one of Jonathon Flint’s favorite ways to pass the long winter days at work.
Construction rolls on
Butcherknife Creek, Yampa Street projects just beginning
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
Several downtown construction projects are wrapping up, but Steamboat Springs residents shouldn’t expect a total respite from the related headaches anytime soon.
Polls see low turnout
Ballot with one contested race dampens interest in early voting
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
Routt County Clerk and Recorder Kay Weinland used one word to describe the early turnout for a primary election ballot nearly devoid of contested races: “slow.”
Epidemic elicits little wildlife fright
Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
Randy Hampton doesn’t mean to downplay the seriousness of Colorado’s mountain pine beetle epidemic — especially considering the serious fire and erosion concerns it presents — but he says “it hasn’t risen to the crisis level for wildlife.”
How the West was lost
Climate change, forest management fuel beetles’ shocking spread across Rockies
Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
In a laboratory at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, a moving plate jostles eight test tubes inside a mirrored glass box. Bacteria in the test tubes are being used to grow the mountain pine beetle genes responsible for producing the insect’s chemical defenses against lower temperatures.
City search group sought
Six people needed to find new manager
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Steamboat Springs City Council is looking for six community members to join a committee that, along with an executive search firm, will help the city select its next city manager.
Bridge replacement to begin
Soda Creek crossing will close from mid-August to November
Monday, July 28, 2008
Arvada-based construction contractor TARCO is mobilizing for the replacement of the structurally obsolete Yahmonite Bridge in Old Town Steamboat Springs.
Perry-Mansfield celebrates 95 years
Monday, July 28, 2008
As she toured Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in a yellow and pink dress, tossing her small stuffed bear, 8-year-old Daisy Thunstrom was left with one definite impression.
Turning of the evergreens
Sunday, July 27, 2008
If anyone has a newfound appreciation for the dangers posed by dead, standing trees, it’s Sheila Wright, development director for Rocky Mountain Youth Corps.
Dealing with denial
Communities cope with reality of unprecedented beetle epidemic
Sunday, July 27, 2008
There’s nothing quite as serene as lying under a stand of lodgepole pine trees. Their fallen needles pad the ground, choking the forest floor and smothering other growth between the slender trunks.
Lightning strikes; fire next?
Thursday, July 24, 2008
There are no known wildland fires burning in Routt County after a dazzling display of lightning Tuesday evening, Emergency Management Director Chuck Vale said Wednesday.
Growth potential exists within the UGB, city limits
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Even as city and county officials review five requests to extend Steamboat Springs’ urban growth boundary, a substantial amount of land remains undeveloped not only within the UGB, but also in city limits.
Officials hope to spark UGB interest
Tonight’s public meeting to focus on Urban Growth Boundary issues
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Steamboat Springs and Routt County are facing an unprecedented call for expansions of their Urban Growth Boundary — a fact the Community Alliance of the Yampa Valley thinks may be falling on deaf ears.
Eldridge felt he had to resign
Sheriff Wall not ready to discuss ‘issues’ with his traffic stop, DWAI conviction
Friday, July 18, 2008
Former Deputy Lance Eldridge said Thursday that he felt “he had no choice” but to resign from the Routt County Sheriff’s Office late Tuesday night.
Wall found guilty of DWAI
Sheriff avoids DUI conviction, is found guilty of two related charges
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Routt County Sheriff Gary Wall was found guilty of driving while ability impaired, failure to dim his headlights and prohibited use of a weapon Wednesday in Routt County Court, where a six-member jury rendered its verdict after a three-day trial.
Wall found guilty of DWAI
Routt County Sheriff also found guilty of failure to dim headlights and prohibited use of a weapon
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Routt County Sheriff Gary Wall was found guilty of driving while ability impaired, failure to dim his headlights and prohibited use of a weapon today in Routt County Court, where the jury rendered its verdict after a three-day trial.
Eyewitnesses testify in county sheriff’s DUI case
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Two Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies offered conflicting opinions Tuesday about whether their boss was under the influence of alcohol the night of Oct. 27, 2007.
Sheriff's deputy says he would have arrested Wall
In Routt County Court, Deputy Lance Eldridge cited his observations of sheriff on night of DUI charge
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Routt County Sheriff's Office Deputy Lance Eldridge said in court Tuesday that he would have arrested Sheriff Gary Wall on suspicion of DUI on Oct. 27, 2007.
Wall trial gets started
Sheriff’s public prominence makes for lengthy jury selection
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
After a few witnesses Monday, attorneys prosecuting Routt County Sheriff Gary Wall with charges that he drove drunk nine months ago had a hard time establishing more than Wall’s defense already admits.
Wall trial to begin Monday
Witnesses named for court proceeding
Sunday, July 13, 2008
The jury trial of Sheriff Gary Wall begins Monday at the Routt County Justice Center, and Wall himself is on a list of potential witnesses who could defend the county’s top law enforcement officer against charges that he drove drunk nine months ago.
Freshies focuses on ingredients, work atmosphere
Sunday, July 13, 2008
There’s no such thing as an offseason at Freshies. When the ski lifts stop running and the streets clear, you still can expect a crowd at the South Lincoln Avenue restaurant, a locals’ favorite.
Urban development expands
Amended growth boundary could bring affordable housing
Thursday, July 10, 2008
A joint city and Routt County review of five projects that would redefine Steamboat Springs’ perimeter — in some cases drastically — kicks off today when the Steamboat Springs Planning Commission holds hearings on applications to bring a combined 929.5 acres within the Urban Growth Boundary.
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