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Annual Community Christmas Dinner draws more than 500 people
Take a whole mess of Steamboat Springs locals. Add seasonal workers, volunteers, Realtors and musicians.
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by Blythe Terrell
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8 to 12 inches of snowfall expected
Winds with gusts up to 25 mph possible
A storm system and cold front were expected to tumble into Steamboat Springs on Thursday night, bringing 8 to 12 inches of snow.
Steamboat Springs skier back on the World Cup circuit
After winning three out of four Continental Cup meets in December, Steamboat Springs skier Todd Lodwick hopes to stay hot as he heads to Europe and his return to the Nordic Combined World Cup.
Funds sought for noon whistle
Mainstreet taking donations to restore historic downtown siren
Mainstreet Steamboat Springs has raised about $1,200 of the $4,000 needed to save the noon whistle, an iconic siren formerly located in downtown Steamboat Springs. Those who contribute to the cause get to vote on the particulars of the whistle's restoration.
Sweet Pea brings in organic winter produce
Store open weekly, offers hand-selected fruits, vegetables
Sweet Pea Market's latest venture might be a step toward year-round operations for the natural foods store. Owners Jonathon Hieb and Katherine Zambrana have started a weekly organic produce pick-up service.
Pitkin County real estate market transactions drop in November
Same story, different month in the Aspen-area real estate market.
Ink runs dry at Valley Journal paper
Thursday's edition of The Valley Journal, Carbondale's community newspaper for more than three decades, was the last, its managers said Wednesday.
South Americans searching Vail Valley for jobs find no luck
Andres Varela and his group of friends spend each day walking up and down Route 6 and throughout the Vail Valley, stopping into local businesses and filling out job applications.
The Record for Dec. 24
3:03 a.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle wreck on Rollingstone Drive.
Events that helped shape local entertainment in 2008
January - First Friday Artwalk, a collaboration between the Steamboat Springs Arts Council and several business and art galleries around Steamboat Springs, built on a strong start to draw locals and visitors into galleries with coordinated openings on the first Friday of each month. The next Artwalk is Friday, Jan. 2.
On scene: Buy locally - by default
Buying locally - by default
4 Points' guide to New Year's Eve festivities
The champagne corks will pop at midnight Jan. 1. The only question is, where will you be? Below is 4 Points' guide to New Year's Eve festivities in and around Steamboat Springs.
Guest classical music directors look to broaden festival's appeal in 2009
For Andres Cárdenes and Monique Mead, not much is off-limits when they think about how to program the 2009 Strings Music Festival season.
CD review for Dec. 26, 2008
Top 10 CDs of 2008
10. "Volume One," She & Him: A collection of folksy little songs that don't have much to them - aside from an amazing pop sensibility and ability to keep renewing their welcome - "Volume One" isn't anywhere close to the best-written record of the year. But it is one of the most fun.
Local band is living the grooving rock dream
Winter is a good time of year for the members of String Board Theory.
YVEA keeps rates the same for next year
Electric utility plans to absorb cost increases for 2009
Yampa Valley Electric Association won't increase rates next year, utility officials said. "In 2008, the Yampa Valley Electric Board voted to absorb a $1.28 million rate increase from the association's power provider - Xcel Energy," Larry Covillo, YVEA president and general manager, said in a news release. "To assist our member consumers in this unsettled economic environment, the association projects that no increase in rates will be required next year."
Annual Community Christmas Dinner draws more than 500 people
Take a whole mess of Steamboat Springs locals. Add seasonal workers, volunteers, Realtors and musicians.
Burglaries, thefts on the rise
Police suspect individuals or group are on local 'crime spree'
Steamboat Springs received an unwelcome gift this holiday season - a rash of thefts and burglaries across town, according to police.
Night skiing offers bright dimension
The sun falls behind the mountains at Keystone Resort. Parking lots empty as day-tripping skiers leave for home. Vacationers who had crowded into lift lines now crowd around pizzas and pitchers of beer.
Steamboat briefs for Dec. 26
Optimist Club taking Teen of the Month applications
Research: Domestic violence awareness is lacking
A research project conducted last month in Craig confirmed what one local group already knew. A report from the Domestic Violence Research and Action Coalition indicates that residents don't know enough about domestic violence in their community. "Overall, information about domestic violence and the local services, as well as (their) limitations, is well-known among the professionals, but too little discussed in the wider community, leading to a passive kind of tolerance for domestic violence," a report from the coalition read.
Despite low turnout, Christmas dinner a success for local church
Craig resident Tom Ward finished his plate of turkey, mashed potatoes and a roll Thursday afternoon, and he then made the rounds inside Faith Lutheran Church, chatting up others on a cold, snowy Christmas Day.
