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Family encourages llama showing at Routt County Fair
Llamas at the Routt County Fair could have been strolling through the countryside for all the concern they showed as their handlers walked them around the ring at noon Friday. The four llamas, Oreo, Dillon, Bandito and Otis, belong to the White family of North Routt County, and they're all accustomed to walking the rough trails that lead to the high country.
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by Zach Fridell
at 12:26am
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Steamboat Springs Running Series trail race Sunday
The trail of Sunday's Steamboat Springs Running Series Race cuts up from the top of Fish Creek Falls road past the first and second falls and eventually to Long Lake. That entire section is challenging, uphill trail running.
Oak Creek-based musher will return to Iditarod
Tom Thurston started training dogs again Aug. 1 and said he's intent on improving on his 2009 Iditarod finish.
Lacrosse eyes win in Aspen
Bonesaws enter tourney as favorite
The Steamboat Springs Bonesaws will look to continue the team's strong play as it heads into a lacrosse tournament today in Aspen.
The Record for Aug. 13
Thursday, Aug. 13 12:12 a.m. North Routt Fire Protection District emergency responders and Routt County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to a fire alarm in the 25000 block of Tanglewood Drive near Clark.
Local fundraising effort surpasses $30K goal
In a little more than a month, the Yampa Valley Community Foundation and Routt County United Way raised more than $30,000 in matching funds, ending the funding period with a total of $68,475.
Chamber barometer: Lodging to be 46 percent full tonight
The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association's lodging barometer showed that about 46 percent of the city's rental pillows are expected to be full tonight. That represents about 6,400 visitors. The forecast for the same weekend last year was 45 percent. The actual occupancy then was higher: 54 percent.
Family encourages llama showing at Routt County Fair
Llamas at the Routt County Fair could have been strolling through the countryside for all the concern they showed as their handlers walked them around the ring at noon Friday. The four llamas, Oreo, Dillon, Bandito and Otis, belong to the White family of North Routt County, and they're all accustomed to walking the rough trails that lead to the high country.
Charter school gets $3.1M state grant
Funds will provide 65 percent of costs for North Routt facility
State education officials have awarded North Routt Community Charter School a $3.1 million grant to help fund a new school in Clark, marking a major step forward in a grass-roots fundraising effort.
Tom Ross: Hula goats have dangerous habit of nibbling on grass skirts
On Friday, I found myself interviewing a hippie Angus calf named Pee Wee, a Dalmatian named Geronimo that had horns like a rodeo bull, and a laying hen named Lollipop that wore a camouflage vest and rolled on its back to play dead.
Fall election could begin near City Council annexation ruling
A final vote about whether to annex Steamboat 700 - the proposed master-planned community of about 500 acres - is scheduled for Oct. 13. Mail-in ballots must be delivered to voters between Oct. 9 and 19. The coincidental timing underscores the substantial role Steamboat 700 will play in the 2009 Steamboat Springs City Council election.
Steamboat briefs: Last day for suggestions for Seminars at Steamboat
The Seminars at Steamboat planning group is welcoming suggestions for topics and speakers for the 2010 summer season. As a nonpartisan organization, the Seminars at Steamboat focuses on public policy issues of national and international importance. Each summer, there are four seminars. Submit your ideas by the end of today to seminarsatsteamboat@yahoo.com.
2009 Steamboat NTRP Tennis Championships: Aug. 14
2009 Steamboat NTRP Tennis Championships Matches played on Friday, Aug. 14
1st week of Hankins murder trial concluded
Arguments focus on minutes before Cynthia's death
After the first week of Terry Hankins' murder trial, the case seems to have boiled down to discerning what happened in the brief amount of time before Cynthia Hankins' death.
Local man asks council to let him keep horses at his home
When the city annexed Lex Burton's property, he agreed with one condition: they allow him to keep his horses, to which the city relented, but only as long as Burton was alive to take care of them. Now, that agreement has come under scrutiny.
