Stories for September 12, 2006

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Video: Morning News Update

A power outage forced the closure of Steamboat Springs Middle School on Monday morning; a 12-year-old boy was released Monday from Yampa Valley Medical Center after being treated for a gunshot wound suffered Sunday in a hunting accident; and the Women's Interclub Golf League had a successful season with the Steamboat Golf Club coming out on top.

Tom Ross: Living in a post-9/11 world

Full understanding may be decades away

There was no reason for Mike Hart to be awake and watching the news on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Hart, 19, and a freshman at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., didn't have his first class of the day until noon.

Steamboat Golf Club collects SWIGL title

Since the Steamboat Women's Interclub Golf League began three years ago, the women of the Steamboat Golf Club have dominated.

Board: Attracting, retaining staff key

The Steamboat Springs School Board earmarked retaining and attracting quality staff, revising negotiated policies and focusing on Colorado Student Assessment Program test scores as priorities Monday.

Boy shot in apparent hunting accident

A 12-year-old boy was released Monday from Yampa Valley Medical Center after being treated for a gunshot wound suffered Sunday in a hunting accident.

Water cooler for telecommuters

Location-neutral workers lacking the water cooler conversations of the corporate world are invited to attend a luncheon Wednesday.

The Record for Sept. 10

12:47 a.m. An employee at a bar in the 1800 block of Ski Time Square Drive reported a patron was causing a disturbance. A man had a broken broom handle up his sleeve. He told police he had it because some people attempted to jump him earlier that night.

Briefs for Sept. 12

The Steamboat Pilot & Today and Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. have given away 11 lift tickets in a promotion on steamboatpilot.com.

Downtown tax on agenda

Steamboat City Council will also review draft budgets

The Steamboat Springs City Council tonight will consider a tax district to fund neighborhood and infrastructure improvements in downtown Steamboat Springs.

Effects of powerful storm linger

The ramifications from an electrical storm Saturday night were still being felt Monday in Steamboat Springs.

Ballot issues set for Routt County

Routt County voters now know what choices will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.