Our View: Move to at-large districts is a smart move
The Steamboat Springs School Board should move forward with a plan to make all five of its seats at-large positions instead of seats tied to specific geographic boundaries within the school district.
Our View: Can't discuss police station without addressing fire department needs
Importantly, any decision about building a new police station shouldn’t be made without clarity on what the implications are for the city’s fire department.
Our View: Keep it rolling, Steamboat
Four years into the Bike Town USA initiative, it’s hard to see anything but positives about the long-term vision as well as the specific projects that have been completed and the many more on the to-do list.
Our View: Springtime gardening of the economy a worthwhile effort
Recognizing the growing influence and potential of location-neutral businesses in Steamboat Springs and Routt County is becoming increasingly essential to our economic health.
Our View: Despite flaws in process, county's Yampa Valley Regional Airport decision was right
While Routt County may have been justified in its decision to stand by an RFP process that ultimately re-awarded an exclusive Class One service contract to longtime local shuttle and taxi service Go Alpine, county officials didn’t emerge from the process unscathed.
Our View: Steamboat Springs Education Fund Board should keep merit in mind
There’s merit to the Steamboat Springs Education Fund Board’s recent decision to establish a minimum level of funding for the Steamboat Springs School District this year, but we hope such a move doesn’t come at the expense of evaluating individual funding requests on their merit.
Our View: Spillane’s career noteworthy even by Steamboat standards
Even in a city that bills itself as Ski Town USA and is home to more Winter Olympians than any other community in the country, Johnny Spillane stands out above the crowd.
Our View: A special graduation for CMC
College officials will tell you that all commencements are special, but there’s no denying that Colorado Mountain College Alpine Campus’ spring 2013 commencement ceremony is of particular significance.
Our View: Ski season success a tribute to resort workers
With another ski season in the books, it’s appropriate to stop and thank the personnel at Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. for a job well done in this the 50th anniversary season.
Our View: School district should fully fund athletics
The wide array of sports offered at Steamboat Springs High School is one of the school’s greatest attributes, and we urge school officials to work diligently to solve a funding shortfall without cutting such activities.
Our View: Library delivers on public promise
In 2005, the East Routt Library District asked voters for what amounted to $29 million throughout 20 years to expand the Bud Werner Memorial Library and hire additional personnel to staff the new facility.
Our View: Adapting to the new normal for water in the West
Don’t be fooled by the rain and snow of the past couple days; Northwest Colorado remains very much in the midst of extreme drought conditions. And absent historic levels of moisture throughout the next few weeks, nothing can change that reality.
Our View: Sheriff’s gun law enforcement concern valid
Routt County Sheriff Garrett Wiggins has taken a lot of heat in the past two weeks for his take on two of Colorado’s new gun control laws, and we think unfairly so.
Our View: Steamboat Springs Education Fund Board changes are welcome
In the case of the Steamboat Springs School District and the Education Fund Board, a fundamental change in the granting process is long overdue, and we support the efforts of Fund Board members to push the district in that direction.
Our View: Trails project deserves funding
A long and thorough process to identify the next recipient of the city’s 1 percent tax on nightly lodging accommodations is coming to an end, and one project stands above the rest as most deserving of the annual revenue stream.
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