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Tom Ross: Enjoy the balmy weather while you can
We drove to the base of the Thunderhead Express on Sunday morning determined to hike up the mountain through the fresh powder. I would estimate the depth of the newly fallen snow at one-quarter of an inch — wahoo! Rip it up. Just two weeks until opening day!
by New Victory Highway work under way
Despite lawsuit, uncertain future of developments, road takes shape
The ultimate fate of the three residential neighborhoods that could be served by New Victory Highway is unknown. But construction on the arterial road on Steamboat’s west side is suddenly in full swing.
Stories
September sales tax collections off 19.9 percent
Steamboat Springs numbers are down about 17.4 percent year to date
City of Steamboat Springs sales tax collections are down about 19.9 percent for September, totaling $1.15 million compared with $1.44 million in September 2008.
Steamboat Briefs: City will offer RSS feed for local news updates
Lauren Mooney, assistant to Steamboat Springs City Manager Jon Roberts, said Thursday that the city is offering an RSS feed that will provide city news updates.
Steamboat vs. Berthoud to kick off at 7 p.m. Friday
The Steamboat Springs High School football team begins its quest for a Class 3A state championship with a 7 p.m. kickoff Friday at Gardner Field.
The Record for Nov. 8, 2009
Sunday, Nov. 8
Samoan relief event raises $28K
Steamboat Springs resident Pio Utu planning trip to oversee use of funds
Local residents raised so much money for relief efforts in the Samoan islands that Pio Utu suddenly is looking at airfares. Utu said Monday that an Oct. 24 event at Steamboat Springs High School, to benefit Samoan citizens rebuilding after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Sept. 29, raised $28,400.
Woman suffers minor injuries in rollover
A Texas woman suffered only minor injuries after driving off Colorado Highway 131 at about 6 p.m. Sunday. Emergency crews from Yampa and Oak Creek responded and extricated 49-year-old Marcia Lundgren from her car.
White seeks marijuana change
State senator worries medical pot industry will be a ‘free-for-all’
State Sen. Al White wants to change the way medical marijuana is grown and distributed in Colorado, but federal law is standing in the way of his plans.
New council to be sworn in tonight
Engelken, Reisman to take seats
A new Steamboat Springs City Council will be sworn in tonight at Centennial Hall during a short meeting that will include the selection of a new president and president pro-tem.
Tom Ross: Enjoy the balmy weather while you can
We drove to the base of the Thunderhead Express on Sunday morning determined to hike up the mountain through the fresh powder. I would estimate the depth of the newly fallen snow at one-quarter of an inch — wahoo! Rip it up. Just two weeks until opening day!
New Victory Highway work under way
Despite lawsuit, uncertain future of developments, road takes shape
The ultimate fate of the three residential neighborhoods that could be served by New Victory Highway is unknown. But construction on the arterial road on Steamboat’s west side is suddenly in full swing.
Home of ‘South Park’ creators blends East and West
Design features Japanese teahouse, Western styles
A tour of the local house owned by “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone turns up not a single Emmy, Eric Cartman doll or half-drawn cartoon panel. Instead, the timber-frame home near the base of the Steamboat Ski Area is filled with a Zen-like calm and a love of nature.
Whiteman students return from trip with new perspectives
Getting a head start on their Alpine ski racing seasons last month in Patsch, Austria, wasn’t the only thing The Lowell Whiteman School students did on their trip. They had to figure out the conversion rate of foreign currency and interact with people who speak different languages.
Jimmy Westlake: A great year for Leonid meteors
Less than a year after the end of the American Civil War, two astronomers independently discovered a comet that now bears their names: Ernst Tempel, of France, and Horace Tuttle, of the United States. It is the debris shed by Comet Tempel-Tuttle that creates our annual Leonid meteor shower each November.
