Steamboat Pilot & Today

Environmental expert joins NWCC

Northwest Colorado Consultants Inc. now provides a broader range of environmental and engineering services with the addition of Bob Peterson to its staff. Peterson is a Certified Professional Geologist, a Certified Environmental Inspector/Manager and graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in geophysical engineering. He has worked 11 years in the oil and gas industry and 12 years with Montgomery Watson Harza (formerly TerraMatrix and ACZ Inc.) working on a variety of projects ranging from oil and gas exploration and production, solid and hazardous waste management, geotechnical and mining engineering, environmental assessments and contaminant investigations. NWCC Inc. is located in its new building in the Copper Ridge Business Park in west Steamboat Springs and has provided engineering consulting services and material testing since 1992. With a staff of 10, including three professional engineers and five degreed engineers and environmental scientists, NWCC is a small but responsive firm happy to serve the communities of Northwest Colorado.

Bales tabbed for AP award

The Colorado Associated Press has recognized Steamboat Springs broadcast journalist Michelle Bales for producing the second best newscast among small market radio stations in the state last year.

Bales is the news director for three local radio stations: KFMU, KRMR and KIDN. Her newscast was judged against those from radio stations in small cities such as Glenwood Springs and Frisco. Durango's KIQX won the top prize for its newscast.

The AP requires contest entrants to submit tapes from newscast aired on specific dates. The contest is judged by broadcast journalists from another state.

The broadcast that earned Bales second place was taped Nov. 29, 2001. It included pieces she wrote about the Thomas Lee Johnson murder case and the beginning of the Steamboat ski season.