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Don Tudor and Cully Kistler get up closer and personal with wildlife
Sleeping Giant Gallery owners Don Tudor and Cully Kistler got a close-up look at wildlife they traveled more than 3,000 miles to see. Tudor's photos and Kistler's paintings will be on display in a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Sleeping Giant Gallery.
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by Margaret Hair
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Huck-a-thon to open ramps
It's the type of event that normally lands in Steamboat Springs in January, but freestyle coach Rob Day is hoping the plastic-covered jumps at Bald Eagle Lake will bring top-level jumping competition here a few months earlier.
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by John F. Russell
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Council candidate: Steamboat 700 questions unanswered
Local builder Ken Solomon is running for the Steamboat Springs City Council on a platform stressing fiscal responsibility, social and moral responsibility and making the best decisions for city residents - traits he thinks are lacking in the current governing body.
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by Brandon Gee
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Hayden school bus plan finalized
District officials revise stops, routes to help save money
Superintendent Greg Rockhold asked Hayden School District Transportation Director Festus Hagins earlier this summer to revise the district's bus stops and routes, in an effort to save money. By changing the routes and reducing the number of in-town stops from about 40 to 16, Hagins said he was able to substitute the use of one bus with a Chevrolet Suburban.
3 suspects formally charged in drug case
All three suspects in an alleged cocaine and methamphetamine distribution ring remain in custody on a $20,000 bond and a hold for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Council candidate: Steamboat 700 questions unanswered
Local builder Ken Solomon is running for the Steamboat Springs City Council on a platform stressing fiscal responsibility, social and moral responsibility and making the best decisions for city residents - traits he thinks are lacking in the current governing body.
Preparing for swine flu
Local school districts taking precautions, developing strategies
Local school districts are gearing up for the possibility of a swine flu outbreak this fall. At a meeting held by the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association last week, school officials were briefed on the current status of H1N1, which puts school-age children in one of the high-risk categories.
Alaskan adventure
Don Tudor and Cully Kistler get up closer and personal with wildlife
Sleeping Giant Gallery owners Don Tudor and Cully Kistler got a close-up look at wildlife they traveled more than 3,000 miles to see. Tudor's photos and Kistler's paintings will be on display in a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Sleeping Giant Gallery.
Work closes Pearl Lake trail
Route across dam temporarily off-limits while repairs are made
The trail over Pearl Lake Dam at Pearl Lake State Park will be closed beginning Wednesday and the lake will be lowered 10 feet while divers repair a leaky outlet gate. The closure will further limit use at the state park; its campground also is closed until May 2010 because of the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
Jimmy Westlake: The quiet sun
A year ago, I wrote in this column about the prolonged solar minimum we were in that seemed to have no end. Now, one year later, astronomers still are scratching their heads about the sun's paucity of sunspots.
The Record for Sept. 1
The Record for Sept. 1
Golf team places 3rd in Delta
Sailors face tough competition at Devil's Thumb course
The Sailors didn't win Wednesday in Delta, but coach Steve Dodson was happy with what he saw from his team on the difficult Devil's Thumb course. "We left a couple of strokes out on the course today, but I was proud of the way our guys grinded it out on the course," Dodson said.
Steamboat tennis team rolls in Wheat Ridge
Sailors blank Farmers, 7-0
The Steamboat Springs High School tennis team had little trouble Wednesday, downing Wheat Ridge, 7-0. The win put the Sailors record at 4-0. Steamboat was so dominant, the team dropped only one set all day.
Golfer sinks an ace
Mary Weiss sinks hole-in-1 Monday afternoon
Golfer Mary Weiss has been waiting for her day since the first time she picked up a club 15 years ago. "I think I always hoped that this day would come," Weiss said of hitting a hole-in-one on No. 3 on Monday afternoon at the Steamboat Golf Club.
Hayden resident's marijuana case again delayed
For a second time, the case of Timothy Nelson, a Hayden resident accused of growing marijuana at his home, was continued awaiting 14th Judicial District Attorney Elizabeth Oldham's consent.
Public gondola going up
Wildhorse towers expected to be installed in October
A new ski lift in Steamboat typically translates into a very large whirlybird hauling heavy iron over the base of Steamboat Ski Area. But there won't be a need for a helicopter in October when towers for the Wildhorse gondola are set. Concrete bases for some of the towers were poured this week.
Huck-a-thon to open ramps
It's the type of event that normally lands in Steamboat Springs in January, but freestyle coach Rob Day is hoping the plastic-covered jumps at Bald Eagle Lake will bring top-level jumping competition here a few months earlier.
Hardage waits for the right shot
Gerald Hardage's photos on display through October at the Depot
When Gerald Hardage gets an image in his head, he doesn't rest until that thought becomes a photograph. An exhibit of Hardage's photographic prints, hand-painted scenes and digitally altered images opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Depot Art Center.
Steamboat briefs: Congressman Salazar to host public teleconference
U.S. Rep. John Salazar hosts a public teleconference at 7:20 p.m. today for Western Slope residents of Colorado's 3rd Congressional District. All are welcome to dial in and discuss local issues. Call 1-877-229-8493 and, when prompted, dial 15148#.
Mary Walker: Drought ravaging Kenya
The Narok area, in fact most of Kenya, is deep into a very serious drought. The long rainy season of April brought no rain to this area and at that time, thousands of Maasais and their cattle were migrating to areas as far away as Mombasa looking for water.
