Stories for January 28, 2009

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Afternoon

Storm could bring as much as 2 feet of snow

A winter storm pounded Steamboat Springs and much of Routt County on Wednesday, and snowfall was forecast to continue until this afternoon.

Early Morning

Steamboat beats Moffat County, maintains league advantage

Some things may have changed about the program, but the philosophy and foundation of the Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball team still revolves around defense.

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Storm could bring as much as 2 feet of snow

A winter storm pounded Steamboat Springs and much of Routt County on Wednesday, and snowfall was forecast to continue until this afternoon.

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Snow expected through Thursday

Steamboat Springs is under a winter weather advisory until Thursday afternoon. The slopes of Mount Werner could see between 1 and 2 feet of snow before all is said and done.

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Bulldogs girls basketball tops Sailors, 55-48

Moffat County girls basketball coach Craig Mortensen has seen enough games and enough bad halves to know it's never a good idea to panic.

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Steamboat beats Moffat County, maintains league advantage

Some things may have changed about the program, but the philosophy and foundation of the Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball team still revolves around defense.

Steamboat briefs: Police still investigating death of Richard Lopez

Police still investigating death of Richard Lopez

The Record for Jan. 28

Monday, Jan. 26

Robert Sharpe: Police and health

Police and health

Steve Lewis: Keep eye on the ball

Keep eye on the ball

Morwenna Schifter: Dear Ms. Brown

Dear Ms. Brown

Our View: Detectors a life-safety issue

Steamboat Springs and Routt County officials would be wise to consider amending local building codes to require the installation of carbon monoxide detectors.

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Tigers girls take bite out of Rattlers

The game was closer than Hayden girls basketball coach Eric Hamilton had hoped, but when the final buzzer sounded Tuesday, the Tigers had improved to 11-1 on the season.

Unemployment affects middle-class workers, social services

Architects, accountants, managers and other middle-class workers are increasingly swelling Routt County's unemployment and social services lines, as figures released Tuesday put Colorado's jobless rate at more than 6 percent.

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Tigers play Smartt, roll past Rattlers

Most of the players on the Little Snake River Valley High School boys basketball team are too young to remember the television show "Get Smart," but that's exactly what they needed to do Tuesday night in Hayden.

Warming weather may harm forests

Study links high temperatures to tree deaths in western US

A study published last week pinpoints regional warming as the most probable explanation for tree death rates that have more than doubled in recent decades in the western United States.

County, TMH further building sale talks

Every local real estate agent should have a chance to earn a contract with The Memorial Hospital to sell its existing facility at 785 Russell St., Moffat County Commissioner Tom Mathers said.

Fund Board to hear technology requests totaling $1.13M

The Hayden and South Routt school districts each have $75,000 in technology funding requests being presented to the Steamboat Springs Education Fund Board tonight. The requests will be presented as first readings.

County approves transfer of development rights

Deal will preserve tracts on Thorpe Mountain, allow expansion of subdivision near city

Routt County commissioners gave their enthusiastic approval Tuesday to a plan to transfer development rights from a working ranch on Thorpe Mountain to the previously approved Alpine Mountain Ranch subdivision close to Steamboat Springs.

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House OKs slow-driving bill

Proposal would penalize drivers who delay 5 or more vehicles

Slow drivers who fail to pull over and let faster vehicles pass could be penalized under a proposal that passed the state House on Monday by a 37-27 margin.

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Celebrations may say goodbye

Party store owner holds out hope as she prepares to close shop

Sandy Pugh, who owns Celebrations with her husband, Billy, is holding out hope that someone might be interested in investing in the shop. She opened in 1992 at 13th Street and Lincoln Avenue, moving to Riverside Plaza before ending up in Central Park Plaza a year ago.

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Middle school students offered chance to learn guitar

Preston Anderson wants to learn how to play the guitar for the same reason generations of rockers have picked up an axe - so he could form a band with his friends. On Tuesday afternoon at the Steamboat Springs Middle School, Preston, a sixth-grader, sat down to learn how to rock.

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Joanne Palmer: Calling the hardship department

I hate this economy. I hate thinking about money, worrying about money and talking about money.