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District Attorney's Office offers budget solution
The Routt County Board of Commissioners can't cut the District Attorney's personnel budget, so Elizabeth Oldham is offering up other areas to be trimmed.
Flood risk still minimal
Howelsen Hill slope failure may challenge already strapped budget
The first few days of May already have brought Steamboat Springs more than half of its average precipitation for the month, but officials still see no heightened flood risk this year.
Stories
School district: No closings planned, but parents should prepare
Superintendent scales down district policy to case-by-case review of confirmed cases, should any occur
The Steamboat Springs School District is not planning any flu-related closings and will review confirmed cases individually, should any occur, its superintendent said today.
Sailors girls kick off playoff home-opener at 6 p.m.
Sailors to take on Thompson Valley at Gardner Field
The No. 11 seed Steamboat Springs High School girls soccer team takes on No. 22 Thompson Valley at Gardner Field. opens up the state playoffs at 6 p.m. today at Gardner Field. Today's winner will play Saturday against the winner of sixth-seed Valor Christian and No. 27 Woodland Park.
Six local skiers named to national squad
U.S. team unveils 2009-10 Nordic Combined roster that includes Lodwick, Spillane, Demong
Todd Lodwick and Johnny Spillane were named to the U.S. Nordic Combined "A" team for 2009-10. Ski officials named Steamboat's Bryan Fletcher, Alex Miller, Taylor Fletcher and Brett Denney to the "B" team.
Flood risk still minimal
Howelsen Hill slope failure may challenge already strapped budget
The first few days of May already have brought Steamboat Springs more than half of its average precipitation for the month, but officials still see no heightened flood risk this year.
Cannon wins bike race in Fruita
Steamboat Springs rider victorious in solo women's division
Kris Cannon is the first to admit she wasn't sure what to expect when she arrived at Highline Lake State Park late last week for the 18 Hours of Fruita mountain bike race.
Jimmy Westlake: Saving Hubble
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble, and NASA is about to launch a repair mission to save it. If all goes according to plan, the Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off from Cape Canaveral on May 11, carrying seven astronauts who will perform a total of five spacewalks to repair and upgrade our aging eye-in-the-sky and give it a new lease on life.
District Attorney's Office offers budget solution
The Routt County Board of Commissioners can't cut the District Attorney's personnel budget, so Elizabeth Oldham is offering up other areas to be trimmed.
Steamboat briefs: Lunch speaker to address economy, local impact
Steamboat Springs resident Steve Hofman, former assistant secretary of labor in the administration of President George H.W. Bush, will talk about the national economy and its local impacts during today's meeting of the Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs. The meeting begins at noon at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel. Anyone interested in attending the meeting as a guest and listening to Hofman's presentation must call Rotarian Suzanne Schlicht at 970-871-4224 or e-mail sschlicht@steamboatpilot.com by 11:30 a.m.
The Record for May 3
Sunday, May 3
Alternative school to double in size
With a waiting list, school to add 2nd class of 14 students
The Yampa Valley School will double in size next year with capacity jumping from 14 to 28 students at the alternative school in Old Town Steamboat Springs, Superintendent Shalee Cunningham said Monday night.
West-side fire station costs debated
Thunderhead, 700 among issues on agenda
Tonight, the Steamboat Springs City Council will be asked to review a draft fiscal impact model for the proposed master-planned community west of city limits.
Panel stalled by eminent domain
Hayden home rule commission moves forward with draft
Eminent domain tripped up Hayden's home rule panel Monday night, leaving one loose end in the first draft of the proposed town charter.
