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Lodwick, Fletcher win July 4 Nordic events
In front of more than a thousand downtown spectators, Steamboat's homegrown Olympians capture the Nordic combined and special jumping events Sunday. The events featured Nordic athletes of a variety of ages, abilities and even gender.
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by Joel Reichenberger
at 5:12pm
Early Morning
Steamboat could see shift to walkable urban environment
An expert on the vitalization of urban neighborhoods told a Steamboat Springs audience last week that voters probably got it right last fall when they rejected the Steamboat 700 annexation. Christopher Leinberger said Wednesday that it makes more sense to concentrate on downtown Steamboat.
Bedells to serve as grand marshals for 4th of July parade in Steamboat
Orval “Junior," Chad and Travis Bedell, whose family represents more than a century of the Yampa Valley’s Western heritage, will serve as grand marshals for today’s Fourth of July parade. They’ll ride together, leading the 64 floats, fire trucks and others, on horseback through downtown Steamboat Springs.
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by Jack Weinstein
at 12:00am
Vacation rental issue returns to Steamboat
Opinions flare ahead of vacation home review Tuesday night
One of the city’s most emotionally charged issues returns to Centennial Hall on Tuesday night, and some hope to expand the discussion of vacation home rentals beyond the three topics slated for review.
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by Mike Lawrence
at 12:00am
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Results from Saturday's Mountain Madness 10K and Half Marathon
Results from Saturday's Mountain Madness 10K and Half Marathon
2 taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center on Sunday
Steamboat Springs Police Department officers and Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue emergency responders dispatched to two medical calls Sunday afternoon.
Block Party in Steamboat 'just good fun'
It took 36 gallons of vanilla ice cream and 80 two-liter bottles of root beer for John Marshall and other volunteers to serve about 1,200 “Routt beer floats” during Sunday’s Pioneer Days Block Party in front of Tread of Pioneers Museum. Marshall, a museum board member, joked that it was quite a mess serving the floats, which have become a staple of the Fourth of July event hosted by Tread of Pioneers.
Steamboat's Fourth of July parade full of tradition, hometown spirit
Thousands of people lined Lincoln Avenue in downtown Steamboat for the Steamboat Springs annual Fourth of July parade Sunday morning, part of the 107th annual Cowboys’ Roundup Days and Fourth of July festivities.
Lodwick, Fletcher win July 4 Nordic events
In front of more than a thousand downtown spectators, Steamboat's homegrown Olympians capture the Nordic combined and special jumping events Sunday. The events featured Nordic athletes of a variety of ages, abilities and even gender.
Steamboat could see shift to walkable urban environment
An expert on the vitalization of urban neighborhoods told a Steamboat Springs audience last week that voters probably got it right last fall when they rejected the Steamboat 700 annexation. Christopher Leinberger said Wednesday that it makes more sense to concentrate on downtown Steamboat.
Steamboat 7th- and 8th-graders study energy at CMC camp
About 25 Steamboat middle school students participated last week in an alternative energy summer day camp at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus.
Joel Reichenberger: Working my way up
So I’ve started riding up the Zig Zag trail at Steamboat Ski Area to the top of the gondola. That I cut 20 minutes off my time on my second trip says a lot more about my first trip than it does anything else, but that I’ve done it twice and figure on keeping it up as the summer rolls on says something significant about my biking ambitions this summer.
Triple Crown softball players crave time to play some ball in Steamboat
The best ball being played in Steamboat took place Saturday at Howelsen Hill. There, traveling softball teams took the field as part of a Triple Crown tournament. Although the tournament was absent from Steamboat last year, the allure of softball never left.
Steamboat's 16-year-old Erik Lynch shows Nordic combined promise
Kerry Lynch, one of the U.S.’s first big things on the Nordic combined scene, had no intentions of having his son follow in his tracks. But Erik had other ideas, and it’s no wonder now. At 16, Erik is part of a new and upcoming crop of Nordic combined skiers.
John F. Russel: Inspiring us to dream
What kid in America hasn’t looked up to a cowboy at one point in his life, and who hasn’t watched a rodeo at Brent Romick Rodeo Arena and wondered — even just for a second — what it would be like to climb on the back of a 2-ton bucking bull and attempt to hold on for eight seconds?
Bedells to serve as grand marshals for 4th of July parade in Steamboat
Orval “Junior," Chad and Travis Bedell, whose family represents more than a century of the Yampa Valley’s Western heritage, will serve as grand marshals for today’s Fourth of July parade. They’ll ride together, leading the 64 floats, fire trucks and others, on horseback through downtown Steamboat Springs.
Steamboat museum honors Ute history
Tread of Pioneers exhibit features Native American tribe
According to Ute tribe history, the Ute people have lived in their region, including the Yampa Valley, since the beginning of time. Unlike many other tribes where migration routes can be traced from a place of origin, there is nothing to contradict this history of the Utes’ arrival in the Yampa Valley.
Our View: Leave well enough alone
Few issues ignite the passion of some local residents like that of vacation home rentals. The existing vacation home rental ordinance seems to have achieved a respectable balance of allowing such businesses to operate while minimizing impacts on neighbors.
Millennium Bank’s Steamboat branch opens doors at new location
Four years of planning and nine months of construction culminated in Tuesday’s opening of the new Millennium Bank in Wildhorse Marketplace. Bank President Paul Clavadetscher said the new building is a significant upgrade from the bank’s former location.
Steamboat native completes master's thesis about growth
Gates Gooding MIT report explores the impacts of local development
Steamboat Springs native Gates Gooding, 27, recently completed graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wrote his thesis about growth and development in Steamboat Springs.
Routt County Spotlight: Kyle Paolantonio
Occupation: Events coordinator for Off the Beaten Path Bookstore; waitress at 8th Street Steakhouse
Looking Back for July 5, 1935
Robert Wither captured the Class A ski jumping event at the Estes Park meet Sunday. Gordon Wren won the Class C event, and Douglas Armstrong was winner in Class D. John Steele was winner of the long standing jump of 89 feet and Everett Hudspeth second. Everett came second in Class A and Donald Wither third.
Hayden Reader of the Week: Dustin Sullins
The Hayden Public Library proudly announces that Dustin Sullins is the Reader of the Week. Dustin is 11 years old and will be a sixth-grader at Hayden Middle School in the fall. His parents are Shanda and J.D. Sullins, and he has a 6-year-old sister, Ashlyn.
Laurie Hallenbeck: Hayden news for July 4
Candy, Terry and Cody Powers moved to their new home in Hayden this past week. Congratulations on your new home.
Lila Rider: Oak Creek/Phippsburg news for July 4
The nurses and assistants here at the Doak Walker Care Center were loading up residents for a walk out at Fish Creek Falls on Wednesday.
On the Market: Randy Rowe talks about downtown parking need
Randy Rowe, chairman of Green Courte Partners, the developer of Alpenglow and Howelsen Place, told a small gathering Tuesday that walkable urban environments are the key to fostering and preserving a sense of place in communities like Steamboat.
Vacation rental issue returns to Steamboat
Opinions flare ahead of vacation home review Tuesday night
One of the city’s most emotionally charged issues returns to Centennial Hall on Tuesday night, and some hope to expand the discussion of vacation home rentals beyond the three topics slated for review.
Routt County real estate transactions for June 25 to July 1, 2010
Routt County real estate transactions for June 25 to July 1, 2010
The Jail Report for June 26 to July 2
The following is a list of people booked into the Routt County Jail on suspicion of the listed charges. The arresting agency is listed in parentheses.
Steamboat briefs: Several churches shift services for holiday
Some Routt County churches have changed their service dates and times for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Pools make for a perfect reward after ride on Hot Springs Trail
Many of the best mountain bike rides in and around Steamboat Springs have an element of reward tied in with them. However, the deliciously cool pool at the Strawberry Park Hot Springs make a perfect reward for battling up the Hot Springs Trail.
Business File: Chamber’s Brewing up Business event Tuesday
The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association presents Brewing up Business, a coffee-fueled business networking event, at 8 a.m. Tuesday at City Café in Centennial Hall on 10th Street. Participants will have a chance to give a 30-second introduction and meet other members of the local business community. The $5 cost includes coffee and a pastry. Space is limited. To reserve a spot, e-mail RSVP@steam boatchamber.com or call 970-875-7000.
Class notes: O’Leary-Brennan awarded Strong scholarship prize
Andrew O’Leary-Brennan was selected to receive the Strong Insurance Scholarship for 2010. O’Leary-Brennan is the sixth recipient of the scholarship, created in 2005 to honor and encourage college-bound students faced with perceptual or communicative disorders who have taken steps to overcome the challenge.
