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Powderkeg tournament lures national champions to Howelsen
For Front Range residents Ryan Post and Curtis Griffin, the 26th annual Steamboat Powderkeg Volleyball Tournament allows them a chance to break out of routine.
Semifinal pits rugby team against Wyoming at Cowpie Classic
One went the way it should have, and the other raised some eyebrows.
E. Ray Koch: Editor misuses pen
I have kept quiet throughout this whole sensationalized and rather personal attack on John DeVincentis that I believe Scott Stanford, editor of the Steamboat Pilot & Today, has spearheaded.
Greening up Fourth Street
Two projects would transform Oak Street intersection
The intersection of Fourth and Oak streets in Old Town Steamboat Springs is poised for change with new developments planned.
Home listing elicits quick response
The four-bedroom home on Merritt Street in Steamboat Springs was on the market for six days when listing Realtor Bruce Tormey of Ski Town Realty already had received two serious offers.
Bank head moving to Aspen
Replacement likely will come from within Steamboat branch
Scott Gordon, president of the Alpine Bank branch in Steamboat Springs since it opened eight years ago, is leaving to take over the company's largest branch in Aspen.
Routt County Spotlight: Sandy Conlon
Sandy Conlon Age: Some of my students are convinced that I helped Aristotle tutor Alexander the Great, but, alas, I am only 68.
Artists drawn to 'Boat
Shows bring artists as unique as their work
Just as varied as the art one sees at shows like last week's Art on the Mountain and this weekend's Art in the Park are the artists in the shows themselves. Some come to the shows seeking inspiration, others just a vacation. Some claim to be "starving artists," while others are looking toward an early retirement.
Tammie Delaney: The 'heart and soul' is in our hands
I firmly believe in the Curse of the Sleeping Giant. Legend has it that once you leave the valley you are destined to return. The Sleeping Giant, also known as Elk Mountain, peacefully watches over the Yampa Valley as one heads west from Steamboat Springs. It has always been a vision of strength, peace and long-term permanence in the valley.
Jimmy Westlake: The heart of the scorpion
There aren't many constellations that resemble the objects for which they are named. Scorpius the Scorpion is a delightful example one that does. The celestial scorpion crawls across our southern horizon on summer evenings, so July is prime time for scorpion hunting.
Joanne Palmer: Did I mention the tiara?
Now that the last official firework has fizzled, the parade is over and barbecue grills are cooling, I have only one regret from the Fourth of July.
Best of the Web for July 8
Best of the Web for July 8
Murray Tucker: Leap to the left
I do not contemplate that I will convince conservatives to switch from their entrenched position. Nor do I care to preach to the choir of another 30 percent who stubbornly hold to diametrically opposed positions. My desire is to present some personal observations and conclusions hoping to inspire fence-sitters to fall left.
Move won't deter Phippsburg columnist Rider from keeping tabs in South Routt
Lila Rider's yellow legal pad has documented nearly every birth, death, business opening and closing, celebration, and pinochle and Bridge get-together in South Routt County for the past 64 years.
Paul J. Epley: Nothing wrong with righteousness
Liberals seem to find it difficult to recognize moral absolutes. Liberals also seem unable to differentiate between "righteous and self-righteous" as they have determined man's laws to be equivalent, if not superior, to God's laws.
Our view: Investigation proper, but DeVincentis still should go
The Steamboat Springs School Board was right to investigate how e-mails sent by John DeVincentis in 2004-05 were made public.
John F. Russell: Pumped up games and fair play
Sports rarely impact world affairs, they will never stop global warming, and even if you're football team wins the Super Bowl, chances are you will still be paying more than $3 for a gallon of gas next February.
Steamboat cyclists rally to ride, honor memory of Cody St. John
If a man's character is, as Winston Churchill once said, measured, "by the choices he makes under pressure," then it would be easy to quantify who Dean "Cody" St. John was by the decisions he made day in, day out during his tenure on the Steamboat Ski Area Ski Patrol.
After one year on the job, city manager finds groove
Alan Lanning is done saying "I'm the new guy."
Officials urge alertness
Cyclists, motorists asked to help prevent accidents
A rash of accidents involving bicyclists and cars has city, county and state officials urging residents to be aware of their surroundings when driving and cycling.
The 14th Judicial District VALE Board: Thanks, Dee
Helen "Dee" Richards served on the VALE Board over a nine-year period. This VALE (Victim Assistance and Law Enforcement) Board serves the 14th Judicial District. Each term for board members is three years, with the opportunity to be reappointed for another three years. After serving two consecutive terms, a member must be off the board for at least a year before being reappointed. Dee was first appointed to the board from 1995-1998, served a second term from 1998-2001 and a third term from 2004-2007. VALE Board members are appointed by the Chief Judge of the 14th Judicial District.
Randy Fox: Trucks: Stay right
Have you noticed lately that all large trucks passing through Steamboat are always in the left driving lane. Large trucks such as cement trucks, dirt trucks, log trucks, etc.
Missouri golfer shatters Catamount course record
Like all golfers, Chris Mabry sat back and looked at his scorecard from Friday's round at Catamount Ranch and Club and found several shots he should have made but didn't.
Video: Balloon Rodeo location difficult
Shuttling between 2,000 and 3,000 people to the 27th annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo's new location at Bald Eagle Lake turned out to be a bit more difficult than anticipated, event organizers acknowledged Saturday.
The Record and Jail Report for July 8
The following is a list of people booked into the Routt County Jail on suspicion of the listed charges. The arresting agency is listed in parentheses.
Real estate transactions for June 28 and 29
Real estate transactions for June 28 and 29, 2007.
Dave Shively: After the party
The joke caught me off guard at first.
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps workers toil to rebuild Gulf Coast
Along the coast of Mississippi, a crew of 10 Rocky Mountain Youth Corps workers toiled across a landscape still wounded by the havoc wrecked by Hurricane Katrina.
