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Early Morning
Full steam ahead
Sailors football plays home opener tonight against Delta
When Delta High School's football coach Kirk McLaughlin talked about his worries for tonight's game at Steamboat Springs, he had a hard time getting to one player before backtracking to another.
Stories
Full steam ahead
Sailors football plays home opener tonight against Delta
When Delta High School's football coach Kirk McLaughlin talked about his worries for tonight's game at Steamboat Springs, he had a hard time getting to one player before backtracking to another.
Steamboat volleyball crushes Summit
The Steamboat Springs High School volleyball team continued its hot start Wednesday, easily beating Summit in three games.
Cross country opens season
Steamboat runners start with home meet Saturday
The Steamboat Springs High School cross-country team hosts its lone home meet of the season Saturday at Strawberry Park Elementary School.
Soroco falls in league match
West Grand overpowers Rams volleyball team in 3 games
The frustration experienced by Soroco High School's volleyball team Thursday night was exemplified during a sequence midway through the third game of the Rams' season-opening loss to West Grand.
ELL growth off the charts
English Language Learners enrollment nearly doubles
The number of English Language Learners in the Steamboat Springs School District has nearly doubled from the end of last year, with a total of 40 additional students in kindergarten and first grade alone.
Steamboat golf takes second by a shot
On first look, it appeared the Steamboat Springs High School golf team had a good day Thursday at the Yampa Valley Golf Course in Moffat County.
Rigor resumes at Whiteman
Private school has high expectations, slightly lower enrollment
In Joanne "Doc" Lasko's senior English class Thursday at The Lowell Whiteman School, every student took part in a discussion of the Edith Wharton novel "Ethan Frome."
Man in critical condition after crash
South Routt resident remains at Denver hospital
An Oak Creek man remained hospitalized Thursday in Denver after sustaining serious injuries in a rollover crash Monday night off Colorado Highway 131 near Phippsburg.
The Record for Sept. 3
12:21 a.m. A noise complaint was received from the 1300 block of Mark Twain Lane. Police gave a warning.
Steamboat briefs for Sept. 5
CattleWomen host cook-off Saturday
Handle with care
Glass artist Robin Clow thoroughly tests all her work
On a chalkboard in her warehouse studio, glass artist Robin Clow has neatly printed words of encouragement: "Make it your own. Everything matters. Surprise and delight. Embrace resistance. Leave your mark. Openness. Movement. Natural color. Unique shape."
Productive partnership
Local painting duo uses its differences for good
Standing back to back, Patricia Walsh and Susan Schiesser could not look more different.
On Scene: Rain brightens weddings
I've attended two weddings this summer, both outdoors.
Bluegrass with swagger
Oakhurst looks to revise the string band tradition
If music fans can expect one thing from Oakhurst's show tonight at Mahogany Ridge, bass player Johnny James Qualley has a guess at what it might be:
Banging heads with 'Slednecks'
Three rock acts open for snowmobile video premiere
The way Guy Del Hierro sees it, there's not much reason to go on stage if you're just planning to play some songs and leave.
Margaret Hair: Obsessing about art
"It's all a little obsessive," artist Jane Moffitt said about her work as she pulled finished pieces out of cardboard boxes Wednesday morning.
CD review for The Broken West, "Now or Heaven"
The Broken West isn't really in the business of breaking down walls. The Los Angeles band is in the business of making effortlessly tight indie pop, though, and that seems to be enough for them.
Rob Douglas: Palin a pit bull with lipstick
As the crowd chanted "Hockey moms!" during her Republican vice presidential nomination acceptance speech Wednesday evening, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ad-libbed, "You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick."
Hayden hopes to rebound
Roaring Fork is crippled by injuries
There wouldn't seem to be a lot of similarities between last week's Roaring Fork-Hotchkiss game and Hayden-Coal Ridge game.
Kenyan Chef Boyardee
The girls at the center have been asking me to make spaghetti. At some point in the past, a visitor to the safehouse made spaghetti for the girls, and the idea has stuck with them.

