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Steamboat lacrosse takes conference title
Sailors boys team handles Battle Mountain, 13-3, to secure championship
The 11-0 Sailors, champions of the inaugural Mountain Conference, are hosting Grand Valley today at Steamboat Springs High School. The game began at 2 p.m. The team has scored more than 10 goals, and given up less than five, for seven games in a row.
Winter Sports Club athletes celebrate success
Organization closes season with annual awards ceremony
During the winter, Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club results are recorded on the slopes. On Tuesday, however, the club handed out honors that are measured by more than speed, scores and jumps.
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by John F. Russell
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Men's softball stages comeback
Council approves 70-team, 1,000-player August tournament
Adult softball will return to Steamboat Springs this summer under a plan approved by the Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday night. In a 6-1 vote, council approved contracting with the World Softball League, which plans to host a 70-team, 1,000-player men's tournament the weekend of Aug. 14.
Steamboat lacrosse takes conference title
Sailors boys team handles Battle Mountain, 13-3, to secure championship
The 11-0 Sailors, champions of the inaugural Mountain Conference, are hosting Grand Valley today at Steamboat Springs High School. The game began at 2 p.m. The team has scored more than 10 goals, and given up less than five, for seven games in a row.
Winter Sports Club athletes celebrate success
Organization closes season with annual awards ceremony
During the winter, Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club results are recorded on the slopes. On Tuesday, however, the club handed out honors that are measured by more than speed, scores and jumps.
James C. Makens: What is extortion?
What constitutes extortion? If a private contractor was told that a substantial monetary contribution toward the care of a sick grandchild of a public figure was needed to ensure acceptance of a proposed development, would this be extortion?
Local Taxpayer Tea Party is today
Routt County citizens plan protest of federal spending, tax plans
Local citizens fed up with government spending, growth and tax policy are joining a national movement by rallying today on the Routt County Courthouse lawn.
Chuck McConnell: Solutions needed
The economy of the U.S. obviously is in serious trouble. Without sound strategies, the crisis will tear down our standard of living and comfortable way of life. Our political leaders choose social engineering and almost totally ignore the obvious solution.
Social host ordinance could pass
City Council has lengthy debate about law to curb underage drinking
Debate about a law that would create new penalties for accomplices to underage drinking covered a lot of ground Tuesday night, from moral codes and political philosophy to rumors of an unlawful New Year's Eve party.
Our View: Commissioners make right move
Kudos to the Routt County Board of Commissioners for its preliminary acceptance of a plan Tuesday to institute a furlough system for county employees.
Furloughs to hit county employees
Commissioners approve of shortened week; details awaiting approval
Routt County government employees will cash their first short paychecks today. However, most of them will have the comfort of knowing that within six weeks, their 10 percent reduction in pay will be offset by a corresponding reduction in their workweek.
Girls to Women offers life lessons
8th-graders participate in 11th annual conference Tuesday
Business clothes and high heels juxtaposed with laughing teenage girls created a scene emblematic of the annual Girls to Women Conference on Tuesday at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel.
Sailors run into rough waters
Steamboat falls to Eagle Valley, 26-8
Ah, the perils of spring baseball on the Western Slope. Postponement after postponement put the Steamboat Springs High School baseball team in a precarious situation heading into Tuesday's game against Eagle Valley.
Joanne Palmer: Moby Blog, online adventures
I've answered a lot of odd questions in my life, but so far this tops the list as the oddest: "You've successfully slain the dragon, how will you toast your marshmallows?" Fortunately, this was not an interview question, just the final process of setting up a blog.
Concert Review: Local 'Messiah' performances soar
Yampa Valley Singers, orchestra reach the rafters at United Methodist Church
Sponsored by Colorado Mountain College's Alpine Campus, selections from George Frederick Handel's "Messiah" were performed by the Yampa Valley Singers with Marie Carmichael as music director, accompanied by the Steamboat Springs Orchestra with Ernest Richardson as conductor, Friday through Sunday at the United Methodist Church.
Krav maga workshop teaches self-defense skills to local women
At a Friday self-defense seminar, local women lined the walls of the gym at Colorado Mountain College to learn the lessons of krav maga from Steamboat Springs teacher Holly Wilde.
Science Olympiad students place 12th in state competition
Problem-solving is part of the routine for students in the Science Olympiad club at Steamboat Springs High School, but team members had to test their creativity in new ways Saturday at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
The Record for April 13
Monday, April 13
Steamboat Briefs: South Routt greenhouse gets $20,000 boost
The South Routt School District picked up $10,000 to build a greenhouse for students as the recipient of the 2009 Arthur Anderson Grant Award from Routt County United Way.
