Stories for April 16, 2008

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County backs shale holdup

Commissioners support effort to slow production in area

The Routt County Board of Commissioners will back an effort to slow the commercial production of oil shale in Northwest Colorado.

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West takes top spot in Surefoot Cup

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club athlete Ann West finished atop the women's Surefoot Colorado Ski Cup standings.

Henri E. Stetter: Modify behavior

A lot has been said and written about the environment and the economy recently. Yet, so few impactful, concrete and sensible actions are put into motion.

Rape case charges dropped

District Attorney's Office cites 'exculpatory information'

A Steamboat Springs man accused of rape was released from Routt County Jail on Friday after the District Attorney's Office dropped all charges in the case.

Kimberly Wilkerson: Support helpful

On March 28, several Colorado Mountain College Amnesty International Club members and CMC faculty member Bob Gumbrecht traveled to Grand Junction for meetings at the offices of U.S. Rep. John Salazar and Sen. Ken Salazar to ask them to send a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the State Department to keep up diplomatic pressure to ensure the success of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

Bill Moser: Support renewables

Recently, the "Current Events" publication was mailed to all the owners/members of Yampa Valley Electric Association. Their leading issue in the last "Current Events" detailed the rising cost of electricity and the future cost of power.

Steamboat Briefs for April 16

Signup is under way for Ski Town USA Golf Classic

Vacation home deadline extension fails

Rental operators not given extra compliance time

The Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday rejected a request to give the operators of vacation home rentals three extra months to come into compliance with an ordinance passed last year.

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Huskies top Sailors

Battle Mountain earns season sweep of Steamboat

A tie would have been fine in the standings for Battle Mountain girls soccer against Steamboat Springs on Tuesday afternoon.

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Lacrosse rivalry emerges

Steamboat earns win against Battle Mountain

It's easy to find similarities between the Battle Mountain and Steamboat Springs high school boys lacrosse teams.

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Dream comes true for Hanley

Sailor footballer to attend Kansas State

It's hard to imagine using baby steps and Jay Hanley in the same sentence.

Our View: No need for 700 vote

The adoption of the West of Steamboat Springs Area Plan and its subsequent 2006 revision were anything but a rubber-stamped government project. Rather, it took several years of work and input from elected city and county officials, planning departments, staff members, consultants and area residents.

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Joanne Palmer: Stop the whining

Let me always live in a town where the biggest problem is a baseball tournament. Let me always live in a town where a bear rummaging in a Dumpster makes the police blotter. Let me always live in a town where the residents are so passionate about issues that they take the time to express their opinion in a thoughtful way.

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County backs shale holdup

Commissioners support effort to slow production in area

The Routt County Board of Commissioners will back an effort to slow the commercial production of oil shale in Northwest Colorado.

The Record for April 14

Monday, April 14