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School administrators don nightgowns for Make-A-Wish penny drive
On Friday morning, Steamboat Springs High School Campus Supervisor Dennis Hensen stood in a custodians closet and flattened the wrinkles in his pale green cotton nightgown. School Principal Kevin Taulman looked on and assured Hensen that his newly tinted hot pink hair - dyed with Hannah Montana-brand hair coloring - was a good style.
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by Margaret Hair
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Stories
Sailors skiers dominate at home
Boys, girls win Alpine titles at Howelsen Hill
The Steamboat Springs High School Alpine team's season was born Friday into a cold, gusty and overcast morning. That did little to dampen the Sailors' celebration once the first competition was in the books.
SSWSC records big day
Lynch 1 of 4 local skiers to win in sprints Friday
The course for Friday's sprint portion of the Steamboat Junior Nationals Nordic skiing qualifier event at Howelsen Hill is narrow with plenty of steep climbing sections.
Mary Walker: Seminar allows sharing
Young girls address traumatic experiences together
All of the girls at the rescue centre and I have just returned from an Anti-FGM/Forced Marriage seminar held at a nearby school. We spent two nights away from the centre, sleeping in the dormitory of the boys boarding school hosting the seminar. The girls were very excited, initially, about the opportunity to be away from the rescue centre environment. When we arrived at the school, however, we were struck by the dirt, garbage, smell, and general uncleanliness of the school. Boys, boys, boys :
Rail agency studies idea for route across state
High-speed transit proposal rules out line to Winter Park
The Rocky Mountain Rail Authority's push to develop a high-speed intercity train network across Colorado will study spurs to Aspen, Steamboat Springs and Breckenridge but has eliminated a branch to Winter Park as too costly.
Phippsburg water rates rising in '09
Quarterly increase to help pay for infrastructure projects
Phippsburg residents will see their quarterly water and sewer bills rise $6 in 2009, in part because of expensive infrastructure projects Routt County had to undertake this year.
Budget drops for Soroco
South Routt School District's finances firm despite 20 percent dip
The South Routt School District's budget for the 2008-09 year shows a drop of 20 percent from the previous year, but the situation isn't as dire as it looks, auditor Matthew Scoggins said Thursday.
Sailors hockey pulls out a 3-2 victory against Chatfield
Senior Eric Bonner scores 2 late goals for Sailors
If nothing else, the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team doesn't make it boring. For the fourth time in six games, Steamboat left the second period tied or down. But for the fourth time, the Sailors found the grit and managed to find a way to win.
Green River gets best of Steamboat girls
If judging just by score, the Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team got 10 points better.
Airlines slash holiday fares going to Aspen
Not only are airline seats into Aspen still available for the Christmas holidays, they're surprisingly affordable.
Female avalanche deaths remain rare
Less than 5 percent of snow-slide fatalities attributed to women
An inbounds avalanche at Utah's Snowbird ski area last week was notable for the fact that it marked a rare female avalanche death.
The Record for Dec. 18
Thursday, Dec. 18
Colorado snowpack perilous
Death near Aspen, inbounds slide show avalanche dangers
The season's first avalanche death near Aspen and an inbounds slide at Vail, both last week, are clear signs that Colorado's snowpack is touchy and prone to trigger releases that could run deep and wide.
School administrators don nightgowns for Make-A-Wish penny drive
On Friday morning, Steamboat Springs High School Campus Supervisor Dennis Hensen stood in a custodians closet and flattened the wrinkles in his pale green cotton nightgown. School Principal Kevin Taulman looked on and assured Hensen that his newly tinted hot pink hair - dyed with Hannah Montana-brand hair coloring - was a good style.
Steamboat sports briefs for Dec. 20
Top-tier slalom racers return to town
Sailors boys fall to Red Devils
Cold shooting dooms Steamboat against Evanston
Despite playing its best game against the best team its seen all year, the Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball team couldn't overcome cold shooting from the outside and fell, 49-37, to Evanston, Wyo., on Friday in the Flaming Gorge Classic Basketball tournament.
East Grand School District looks at driver's ed
Community gets involved in bringing back safety program that has been absent for 20 years
After about 20 years without a driver's education program, Grand County leaders are working on a plan to make it available to local students again.
Housing tax gains speed
YVHA supports real estate transfer fee for affordable units
An alternative method to fund local affordable housing is gaining support - and not just from the developers proposing it.
Steamboat Briefs for Dec. 20
Last day for 4-H club warm clothes collection
The land that time forgot
Literal no-man's land holds up trail project
Completion of the city hike and bike trail from the Ridgeview subdivision to Sunset Elementary School has hit an unforeseen snag.
