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Steamboat Springs — Just one campground in the Routt National Forest will be available for Memorial Day weekend. Big Creek Lakes Campground, which is 35 miles northwest of Walden, will be open for campers but will not have water or trash available, according to a Tuesday news release from the U.S. Forest Service.

Most roads and campgrounds in the Routt National Forest still are closed, and many are covered in snow, according to the release. Those who want to visit the forest this weekend are advised to watch out for falling trees that might have been weakened by mountain pine beetles.

Several campgrounds are open in the Laramie and Brush Creek ranger districts of the Medicine-Bow National Forest, about 2 1/2 hours north of Steamboat Springs.

For more information and for updated campground conditions, go to www.fs.fed.us/r2/mbr.

Pilot & Today Editorial Board seeks new members

The Steamboat Pilot & Today is accepting letters of interest from readers who would like to serve as community representatives on the newspaper's Editorial Board. Those representatives will be asked to serve a four-month term from June 2 to Sept. 29.

The Editorial Board includes two community representatives and four members of the newspaper staff. Newspaper staff members on the board are Publisher Suzanne Schlicht, Editor Brent Boyer, City Editor Mike Lawrence and reporter Tom Ross. The Editorial Board formulates the Our View opinions expressed on the ViewPoints page of the newspaper. The Editorial Board meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays.

Readers interested in serving on the Editorial Board should send a letter of 500 words or less expressing their interest to Boyer at bboyer@steamboatpilot.com or P.O. Box 774827, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Letters also may be dropped off at the Pilot & Today office at 1901 Curve Plaza. Call Boyer at 871-4221 with questions.

Workforce Center offers free computer sessions

Colorado Workforce Center is offering free computer sessions for job-seekers needing to learn new skills or to update existing computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel or Outlook. Each free, three-hour session will be held at Colorado Mountain College's Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs. A beginner session in Word and Outlook is from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, and intermediate Word and Outlook is from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday. For those with computer experience, Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks is from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday; Excel Tips and Tricks is from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday; and Outlook Tips and Tricks is from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. Contact the Workforce Center at 879-3075 or steamboatsprings@cwfc.net for details and to sign up.

County issues vehicle late fee reminder for June 1

Effective June 1, new legislation will require Colorado motor vehicle owners to pay a late fee on delinquent registrations. The late fee will be assessed at $25 per month, to as much as $100, and will apply to renewals past the 30-day grace period, expired temporary permits, new vehicles not registered within 60 days of purchase and vehicles not registered within 90 days of residency in Colorado. State law requires vehicles to be currently registered whether the vehicle is used or not. Call the county's motor vehicle department at 870-5412 for more information.

Law enforcement conducts 'Click It or Ticket' checks

The Steamboat Springs Police Department is joining with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Colorado Department of Transportation and other state and local law enforcement organizations to crack down on low seat belt use with a special enforcement mobilization effort, "Click It or Ticket," through tonight.

The effort is intended to increase seat belt use among drivers and passengers and to reduce fatalities.

Colorado has a secondary enforcement law for adult drivers and front-seat passengers. Drivers can be ticketed for violating the seat belt law if they are stopped for another traffic violation. "Click It or Ticket" enforcement focuses on speeding and aggressive drivers. Drivers who are stopped for a traffic violation and aren't using a seat belt will be ticketed.

"Research shows us that if people would just take two seconds to buckle up, it could help save their life," Steamboat police Sgt. Rich Brown said. "That's why we'll be out in force making sure that all passengers, in all vehicles, are buckled up."

For more information on "Click It or Ticket," visit www.nhtsa.gov/link/ciot.htm and www.dot.state.co.us.