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Ski area expands terrain offerings
Steamboat Ski Area will offer top-to-bottom skiing today for the first time this season with the opening of the Storm Peak Express lift and Buddy’s Run and Tornado Lane ski trails. The expanded terrain openings come on the heels of two days of fresh snow and a forecast that indicates more snow is on the way.
Early Morning
Documentary features adaptive athletes
Director says film was created to educate and inspire
The audience let out a collective “Whoa!” as they watched an adaptive skier land a big jump. The Strawberry Park Elementary School second- and third-graders had a similar reaction while watching clips of adaptive athletes hitting rails and riding through deep powder.
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by Jack Weinstein
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Stories
Sailors celebrate 13-1 with awards ceremony
High school football team holds season-ending banquet
Although there was still a stinging feeling from dropping the Class 3A state championship game Saturday, the Steamboat Springs High School football team celebrated its season Tuesday with a season-ending banquet. Ten Sailors were named to the Western Slope All-League team, and two split the League’s Co-Back of the Year award.
Joanne Palmer: Hey, Santa, bring me a Swiss spa
What happened to my face? Barely six weeks ago, I turned 29 again, but my face reflects a different reality. It seems to be trying to win first prize in some prune look-alike contest. Overnight, I have morphed into a “woman of a certain age.”
Vail plans to focus on service
Council members hope to get ski resort back to No. 1 ranking
Vail possibly could rise in its ranking among top ski towns if simple things like greeters could reach guests as soon as they arrive in town, some Vail Town Council members said Tuesday.
Steamboat briefs: Crocs collections under way across Steamboat
Girl Scout Reagan Mertz is collecting new and used Crocs and other shoes for the nonprofit Amahoro Project 1919, benefiting a Rwandan orphanage. Donation bins are at Bud Werner Memorial Library, Soda Creek and Strawberry Park elementary schools, Steamboat Springs Middle School, Wells Fargo, Alpine Bank, Yampa Valley Bank, Holy Name Catholic Church, the Steamboat Pilot & Today offices, City Market, Safeway and Wal-Mart. Look for boxes of blue, yellow and green: the colors of the Rwandan flag.
The Record for Dec. 7
2:53 a.m. Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue emergency responders and Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a request for an ambulance in the 28000 block of Routt County Road 14. Medical crews took a 46-year-old woman with a medical issue to Yampa Valley Medical Center.
Fund Board to review changes
Bylaws, discussion of policies and procedures highlight meeting
The Education Fund board will decide tonight whether to approve new bylaws that include provisions for how to share revenue from the city of Steamboat Springs’ half-cent sales tax for education with the Hayden and South Routt school districts.
Stuart Orzach: The long run
I am sorry that the Steamboat Pilot & Today takes such an antiquated, anthropocentric and static view of nature (“Our View,” Dec. 6).
Our View: Women’s health should be taken seriously
When a national task force issued new mammogram recommendations last month, it led to an uproar from people concerned about the impacts on women’s health.
Merry Mainstreet adds parade
Holiday celebration includes caroling, Santa, contests
Merry Mainstreet will feature a few new events this year as a downtown parade featuring local organizations and the Joyous Jaunt, a restaurant crawl including seven downtown venues, will join annual events like the gingerbread house contest. The events will kick off at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Documentary features adaptive athletes
Director says film was created to educate and inspire
The audience let out a collective “Whoa!” as they watched an adaptive skier land a big jump. The Strawberry Park Elementary School second- and third-graders had a similar reaction while watching clips of adaptive athletes hitting rails and riding through deep powder.
Jobs, economy top City Council's priority list
Officials cite budget, housing, annexation in goal-setting session
Job creation and economic development topped the Steamboat Springs City Council’s list of priorities in a goal-setting session Tuesday night. In a public meeting with city administrators in Centennial Hall, City Council members held a wide-ranging, open conversation about what issues should be on the table in the months ahead.
Flight For Life expands to 24-hour availability
Summit County service moves to full time
The Flight For Life air ambulance service based in Frisco is going to a full-time operation, offering emergency flights and other services 24 hours a day across the region, including Steamboat Springs.
Routt County adopts building fee increases
Rates effective Jan. 1 in unincorporated areas
County commissioners Tuesday approved fee increases requested by the Routt County Regional Building Department, making the new rates effective Jan. 1 in unincorporated areas and potentially setting the tone for upcoming votes by local municipalities.
