Lead stories
Stories
Meeting focuses on helping teenagers
Raising a teenager isn't always easy, which is why local nonprofit organizations banded together to create a program aimed at helping parents and others foster healthy choices among teens.
Fire bans lifted in most of Northwest
Fire bans across Northwest Colorado - except for those pertaining to state and private lands in Moffat County - were lifted this morning.
Steve Marshall: Leaders make decisions
My hat is off to the School Board for their recent decision to end the district's contract agreement with former Superintendent Donna Howell. I have no axe to grind neither with her performance or personality nor with the School Board, and I have no children in the district.
Sailors get top-five finishes
Golf team shows signs of improvement
After a rough start at Battlement Mesa Golf Club last week, the members of the Steamboat Springs High School golf team hit the road looking to get back on track.
Deadline to buy discounted season ski passes is today
Skiers and riders have just a few more hours to purchase a season pass at the Steamboat Ski Area at discounted prices.
City to consider historic building demolition ban
City officials next week will consider a temporary ban on demolition permits for historic structures.
Festival first test of Chamber
Newly reorganized Hayden group hosts event tonight
The newly reorganized Hayden Chamber of Commerce will host its first event tonight - the Hayden Summer Business Festival.
Sportsmanship on display at fair
Tuesday's horse show brings out the best in Routt County riders
Aleigh Aurin's pink cowboy boots and pink Western shirt match her pink saddle pad, which accents her pink, ostrich-skin saddle.
Annie Jeckel: Bears pay price
The recent cruel entrapment of a "nuisance" mother bear (with peaches) and her cubs is another tragic example of just how poorly we are doing in our efforts to live in harmony with the wildlife that surrounds us.
Bob and Margie Huron: A civic duty
As longtime taxpayers in the Steamboat Springs School District, we are appalled at the decision of this School Board to waste $270,000 in tax dollars in an attempt to solve their personal problems.
The Record for August 13
2 a.m. A person was cited near Snowbowl Plaza and U.S. Highway 40 for camping illegally.
Larry L. Wissbeck: System a disaster
Dr. Howell's forced departure from the Steamboat Springs School District is an indication of a serious fissure in the system. The purpose of the Steamboat Springs School Board is clearly stated in its governing documents: The board sets district policy, evaluates how the superintendent implements those policies, and represents the citizens in the district. The Superintendent is charged with administering the operations of the schools.
Our View: The fight goes on
It was hard not to feel the electricity Friday and Saturday at Steamboat Springs High School.
Soda Creek meetings today
In about two weeks, Soda Creek Elementary School students will begin their first day of school in the mobile classroom facility in the field adjacent to the George P. Sauer Human Services Center on Seventh Street.
Mike Lawrence: No tax hike for rec center?
Debate about $34 million facility gets a twist
The city could fund a proposed $34 million recreation center without raising taxes.
Growth experts offer advice during series meeting
Extra seating was required in Centennial Hall on Monday night for "The Present and Future Impacts of Resort Development on the Yampa Valley," the third installment in the "Dynamics of Growth in Resort Communities" series presented by a collection of local organizations.
Sports briefs for August 15
Conditions perfect for Scowboys' Regatta
Jailer under investigation
Incident with teen girl in Larimer County leads to suspension
A Routt County Sheriff's Office jailer has been placed on leave following an incident involving the jailer and a teenage girl in Larimer County.
Steamboat briefs for August 15
Sue Birch, executive director of Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, has been appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter to sit on the Blue Ribbon Commission for Healthcare Reform - Rural Advisory Task Force.
