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Meek retires after 34 years as SSHS head basketball coach
After 36 years as a coach - including the past 34 as head boys basketball coach at Steamboat Springs High School - Kelly Meek has announced his retirement.
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by Luke Graham
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Tonight's Town Challenge race canceled
Rain soaks bike trails; June 11 Town Challenge event still scheduled
Race Director Gretchen Sehler said the showers that have blanketed Steamboat Springs most of the day have made biking trails too wet for riding.
U.S. 40 work continues
Rocks installed to shore up eroding riverbank west of town
Emergency repairs to U.S. Highway 40 just west of Steamboat Springs will continue through Monday, as the Colorado Department of Transportation works to prevent further erosion of the riverbank that caused damage to the road's shoulder.
Town Challenge ready to go after delay
After postponement for a week, the Town Challenge Mountain Bike Series opens today with the Howelsen Hill Circuit.
Steamboat briefs for June 4
Today's golf tournament benefits local education
The Record for June 2
3:42 a.m. Harassing phone calls were reported in Steamboat Springs, where a woman was receiving sexually explicit calls from a stranger. Police took a report.
Iron Horse remains under city's management
The city of Steamboat Springs will continue to manage the Iron Horse Inn throughout the summer instead of turning it over to a private management company June 1, as was planned.
Fort Collins company buys SpringSips
Fort Collins-based FRII has acquired local Internet provider SpringSips. Officials from FRII, Front Range Internet, said they do not plan to change SpringSips fees or customers' e-mail addresses.
Meek retires after 34 years as SSHS head basketball coach
After 36 years as a coach - including the past 34 as head boys basketball coach at Steamboat Springs High School - Kelly Meek has announced his retirement.
Joanne Palmer: Press 3 to send me to Fiji
I just had the worst fight of my life. Not with a family member, co-worker or a stranger. Oh, no. That would have been easy. Instead, I pitted myself against an automated phone answering system. I yelled at a robotic voice. Railed against technology. Went toe-to-toe with option number two. The annoying voice asked me what seemed to be the problem and I snapped, "You are the problem. You are driving me crazy!"
Our View: Nuisance bears a solvable problem
Steamboat Springs and the surrounding areas have seen a marked increase in bear encounters during the past couple of years, with the sad result often being the removal or destruction of the animals.
Season of abundant water
Casey Clapsaddle spent part of Monday in the field, struggling to measure streamflows in Trout Creek where it flows through coalmine country west of Steamboat Springs.
Teacher contracts approved
School Board unanimously supports 1 percent raise for faculty, staff
The Steamboat Springs School Board on Saturday voted, 5-0, to accept the 2008-09 contracts for faculty and staff. Sporting a half-percent raise, a new insurance policy and incentives for further education for staff, the contracts stretched limited funds as far as they could, according to negotiators.
