Steamboat Today: Viewpoints

Jason Patrick: Share the road

This year I repeatedly am finding that although many cyclists demand motorists share the road, they refuse to give the same courtesy.

Kelly op de Weegh: Focus on communities

In Routt and Moffat counties, Shell Oil is focused on responsible oil exploration. And our approach to explore such energy resources is rooted in our core value of personnel and process safety.

Joseph Littlehorn VI: Making roads safer

As more and more young drivers enter the road, and as more bicyclers do the same, people and families everywhere constantly ask themselves: Should bikes and automobiles be allowed on the same road?

Laurie Edwards: Mid-year’s resolution

Without coming down on one side or the other in the fracking debate, one thought does come to mind: If we are concerned about the ramifications of many of these new methods of oil and gas exploration, are we also willing to curb our own voracious appetites for yet more easy energy?

Lynette Weaver: Wrong type of grocer

I am dismayed with city planners for even considering a Vitamin Cottage grocery at the location of the old David Chase Rugs and Furniture.

Danielle Booth: Thank you, Old Town Hot Springs

On behalf of Steamboat Springs High School staff and students, I would like to say thank you to the Old Town Hot Springs.

Megan Walker: Hold Shell accountable

Being citizens of the world, we have a responsibility to advocate for those in Nigeria who have been unable to stop one of the world’s corporate giants from ravaging their environment.

Our View: When working together makes cents

A plan to have the Steamboat Springs School District oversee all of the South Routt School District’s technology needs beginning next school year serves as a model for the efficiencies Routt County’s public schools can achieve through collaboration.

Frannie Johnson et al: Know the risk

Viral hepatitis is a silent epidemic in the U.S. More than 4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis B or C.

Timothy Keenan: Don't ignore case

You may not know it, but there’s a critical hearing coming up June 6. It’s the case of Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of making the largest document dump in history to WikiLeaks.

David Moss: It's in our hands

As we approach the 2012 general election, I think it is important to pay attention to what is happening in California and Greece.

Our View: A win for student-athletes

Kudos to the Steamboat Springs School District and the Steamboat Springs High School Booster Club for solving a $30,000 gap in athletic funding.

Molly Waters: Shame on circus, paper

After watching an Internet video reportedly showing animal handlers from the Carson & Barnes Circus abusing elephants, I decided to dig a little deeper into their practices.

Our View: You can't fix what isn't broken

There isn’t a pressing need for the Steamboat Springs Education Fund Board to change how it doles out money to Routt County school districts each year.