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Do-it-yourself crafts for the holidays
Steamboat Arts & Crafts Gym offering gift-making workshops and others for children and adults this weekend.
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by Margaret Hair
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Hayden boys basketball sends Soroco to 1st season loss, 63-54
Hayden boys basketball coach Mike Luppes was cautious and reserved when asked what message his team sent to the Western Slope League on Thursday night. But junior forward Murphy Smartt wasn't nearly as subdued. "We announced we can play with anyone," he said. "We are a team to compete with."
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by Joel Reichenberger
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Hybrid bus joins transit fleet
Nighttime ridership figures show steep decline
Steamboat Springs Transit Operations Manager Jonathan Flint said he hopes to have the hybrid in service by the first of the year, depending on how soon officials can have a graphic wrap installed in Denver.
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by Brandon Gee
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Frigid temperatures to blast Steamboat this weekend
Weather advisories in effect; 8 to 14 inches of snow expected
Skiers and riders should bundle up and brace themselves for frigid weather on the slopes of the Steamboat Ski Area this weekend. Although today's daytime temperatures could get up to 20 degrees, the wind chill from a storm system blowing through the Yampa Valley will keep it feeling between 0 degrees and 5 below zero on the mountain, National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Ramey said.
Yule Log found at Rotary Park
Randy Nelson successfully searched under the boardwalk
Local resident Randy Nelson found the log under the park's boardwalk, the Tread of Pioneers Museum announced this morning.
Buescher named secretary of state
Ritter picks Grand Junction legislator over Gordon, Romanoff
Gov. Bill Ritter appointed the Grand Junction legislator over two other finalists.
Sports briefs for Dec. 19
Junior wins Rocky Mountain News football honor
Steamboat Springs Alpine team to open season at Howelsen
According to the Las Vegas bookies, home field advantage always is worth a few points in the NFL.
Hockey puts 5-0 record on the line
Steamboat Springs faces 2 weekend tests on the ice
It would be human nature for the members of the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team to overlook today's game with Chatfield in favor of Saturday's top-5 matchup with Lewis-Palmer.
Sailors drop opener in Wyoming
High school boys basketball team falls to 3-3 in young season
The parts are there; they're just not coming together.
Oak Creek Ice Rink opens today
Santa Claus will skate at community party Sunday
After two weeks of ice-making, the Oak Creek Ice Rink welcomes skaters and hockey players for an after-school kickoff party this afternoon.
Rob Douglas: Council has some 'splainin' to do
As we prepare to turn the calendar from 2008 to 2009, the Steamboat Springs City Council is poised to hire our newest new city manager. Before doing so, the council should - as Ricky famously said to Lucy - do some 'splainin.'
Do-it-yourself crafts for the holidays
Steamboat Arts & Crafts Gym offering gift-making workshops and others for children and adults this weekend.
Shaky 1st half dooms Steamboat girls basketball
The Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team couldn't overcome a slow first half Thursday in the opening game of the Flaming Gorge Classic Basketball tournament, falling to Star Valley, Wyo., 49-45.
The Record for Dec. 17
12:05 a.m. Routt County Sheriff's Office deputies assisted a motorist near mile marker 46 on Colorado Highway 131.
Steamboat briefs for Dec. 19
A three-vehicle pileup snarled traffic between Hayden and Craig for 2 1/2 hours Thursday afternoon, and both lanes were fully reopened shortly before 6 p.m., according to the Colorado State Patrol.
Snow Tow is back in Aspen, claims 25 cars on 1st night
The odds of late-night revelers and other folks not finding their vehicles where they left them on certain streets in Aspen have increased. That is because the city fired up its Snow Tow program Wednesday.
Denver's Oakhurst members list influences for their sound
When the five members of Denver's Oakhurst started thinking about what influences their music, they had no trouble looking past the updated bluegrass acts that have come before them.
Margaret Hair: Holiday movie traditions
I come from a generally inactive family. Where other families might venture out to test new toys, play in the snow or do other adventurous things on Christmas Day, my immediate family has done the same thing every Dec. 25 for at least 23 years: We sit in the living room and watch movies.
AAA: Christmas travel will drop across Colorado this year
Travel in the western United States, including Colorado, will be down 1.9 percent during the Christmas holidays, with 15.5 million Western residents traveling more than 50 miles away from home, according to AAA Colorado.
Skier triggers snow slide in Vail
Blue Sky Basin rider unhurt, was in a restricted area
Another Blue Sky Basin snow slide was triggered by a skier Wednesday on Vail Mountain - this time by someone who had ducked a rope and was skiing in a closed area.
Hybrid bus joins transit fleet
Nighttime ridership figures show steep decline
Steamboat Springs Transit Operations Manager Jonathan Flint said he hopes to have the hybrid in service by the first of the year, depending on how soon officials can have a graphic wrap installed in Denver.
Hayden boys basketball sends Soroco to 1st season loss, 63-54
Hayden boys basketball coach Mike Luppes was cautious and reserved when asked what message his team sent to the Western Slope League on Thursday night. But junior forward Murphy Smartt wasn't nearly as subdued. "We announced we can play with anyone," he said. "We are a team to compete with."
Yule Log Hunt clue No. 9
Yule Log Hunt clue No. 9
Pitkin County, Aspen School Board butt heads about teacher housing
The Pitkin County commissioners and the Aspen School Board on Tuesday began hashing out their differences regarding building teacher housing in Woody Creek, but they continue to be locked in a stalemate.
On Scene: Comedian visits Steamboat
After living in Steamboat Springs for more than a year, it can be easy to lose touch with how this place might be seen by an outsider - especially by someone from a place that doesn't have a ski resort, receive 500 inches of snow in a single winter or have a tradition of sending people down an icy street riding shovels in a festival called Winter Carnival.
Self-promoting bluesman David Booker knows hard work
If James Brown was the hardest-working man in show business, blues guitarist David Booker figures he must be one of the hardest-working men in Colorado show business.
After-school drama program performs Saturday
Totally Amazing Drama Adventure teaches children acting, self-confidence
South Routt fifth-grader Joseph Frausto makes an excellent - though vegetarian - fairytale wolf. Crouching on the edge of the stage at Soroco Middle School, Joseph showed off his scary wolf face and quickly followed it with his charming prince face, thus demonstrating the two characters he'll play in "Wooing Wed Widing Hood," a Totally Amazing Drama Adventure production.
City manager finalists talk about position
The two finalists to be the city's next top administrator have different feelings about the fact that Steamboat Springs has lost two city managers in less than three years.
