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Local restaurateurs are reducing costs, seeing diners order less
As Steamboat Springs sales tax revenues continue to slide - showing an 8.6 percent decline in December 2008 compared to the same month in 2007 - local restaurant owners are bracing for a decline in business. "Since the beginning of January, we're down a little less than 6 percent, so we're doing pretty well," said Kristi Brown, owner of Cantina restaurant on Lincoln Avenue.
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by Margaret Hair
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Demong races to gold
Nordic athlete tops Gundersen podium 2 days after jumping mishap
U.S. Ski Team member Bill Demong wrapped up the 2009 Nordic FIS World Championships on Saturday by slipping past Germany's Bjoern Kircheisen in a thrilling race to the finish of the individual Gundersen competition.
Local restaurateurs are reducing costs, seeing diners order less
As Steamboat Springs sales tax revenues continue to slide - showing an 8.6 percent decline in December 2008 compared to the same month in 2007 - local restaurant owners are bracing for a decline in business. "Since the beginning of January, we're down a little less than 6 percent, so we're doing pretty well," said Kristi Brown, owner of Cantina restaurant on Lincoln Avenue.
Sailors prep for today's matchup against Trojans
Steamboat boys basketball faces Longmont at 6 p.m. on the Front Range. Longmont comes into the game at 18-5 overall after playing in the tough Northern League.
70-43 loss in semifinals stuns Hayden girls
Tigers drop district game to Meeker
The Hayden High School girls basketball team has closed many games this season with its bench players on the court. But it's been a long time since the Tigers reserves took the floor like they did Friday night.
Water district opposes Shell Oil request
Yampa River rights under contention would be used for oil shale development
The Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District filed a statement of opposition on Friday to Shell Frontier Oil and Gas' Dec. 30 request for substantial water rights on the Yampa River. "We're in it to look after the constituency and our district," Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District General Manager Kevin McBride said.
Tigers boys come up just short in district bid
The Tigers led through most of Friday's game against Plateau Valley High School in the district tournament, but lost, 55-52, to fall to a third-place game today in Meeker.
Steamboat Pilot & Today wins 25 awards
The Steamboat Pilot & Today won 25 awards in the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters annual awards contest. The awards were presented during a banquet Friday night at the Brown Palace hotel in downtown Denver.
Teams need to take plunge for fundraiser
Registration for Healthcare Foundation fundraiser ends March 16
When Traci Day-Fenton looks back at videotape of the 2008 Penguin Plunge, she keeps count of how long participants stay in the icy cold pool at Catamount Ranch & Club.
Steamboat briefs: School District to fund 1 year of credit monitoring
The Steamboat Springs School District has agreed to pay for one year's worth of credit monitoring for all current employees after the Tuesday night theft of a district laptop containing the Social Security numbers and names of 1,300 past and present employees.
The Record for Feb. 26
12:53 a.m. A drunken pedestrian was reported at 12th and Yampa streets where an extremely intoxicated woman was lying on the ground and said she was concerned that she wouldn't make it home. The woman was transported via ambulance to the hospital. She later was taken to detox.
Oak Creek proceeds with grant applications
DOLA funds requested for water meter study, tank repairs
After consulting with a regional representative from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs on Thursday night, the Oak Creek Town Board opted to proceed with filing grant applications to fund a water meter study for the town and make needed repairs to Oak Creek's water storage tank.
Brent Boyer: A word about the Pilot & Today
The timing of Thursday's announcement that the Rocky Mountain News would publish its final edition on Friday was, on some level, symbolic.
John Temple: Why Denver can't support 2 papers
Now that we have come to the end, I think it is important to share with you a few thoughts about how we got here.
