Photos for February 12, 2009

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Big box retail stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot and Lowes will be the focus of tonight's Steamboat Springs Planning Commission agenda.

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Mitch Doolin wrestles last month in the Western Slope League tournament. He was one of five Tigers to win their weight divisions that day. The team hopes for similar success this weekend as the Tigers compete for a chance to go to the state wrestling tournament in Denver.

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Steamboat Springs High School senior Mick Dierdorff, pictured at Gardner Field during the football season, will be competing at a snowboardcross World Cup event Feb. 28 and qualified for the Junior World Championships in Japan.

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The Lowell Whiteman School students Clare Southworth, right, and Sarah Allan in Sikkim, India, during a Foreign Travel Program trip in 2008.

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The Lowell Whiteman School student Anissa Corser at a school exchange in Bayaan Enjul, Mongolia, in 2008.

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The U.S. Forest Service has logged 40 instances this year of snowmobile tracks entering local wilderness areas, such as this one

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Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel bellman Jonathan Klein, right, and bell captain Martin Dragnev help a guest with luggage Wednesday in the hotel's lobby. Karen Schneider, of the Grand, said Wednesday that fewer companies are booking conferences at the hotel. Ski Corp. President Chris Diamond said flight bookings are picking up.

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Colorado Division of Wildlife fisheries biologist Billy Atkinson stocks young rainbow trout in the Yampa River near 10th Street on Wednesday. Atkinson expects the hatchery trout to quickly adapt to feeding on aquatic insects and perhaps grow another inch by summer.

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A group of tubers head to the Yampa River from the parking lot near Rotary Park at U.S. Highway 40 and Mount Werner Circle. The city of Steamboat Springs is asking tubers to enter the water downriver from Fetcher Park. The Yampa River Management Plan reserved the portion of the river upstream of Fetcher Park for other uses including fishing, paddling and wildlife viewing.

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Wildlife technician Brad Neuschwanger, of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, scoops up 20 pounds of young rainbow trout Wednesday to transfer to fisheries biologist Billy Atkinson for stocking in the Yampa River. Atkinson went before the Parks and Recreation Commission on Wednesday night to seek a recommendation in favor of an ordinance prohibiting private tubing above the Fifth Street Bridge.

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Mike Anderson hangs up the pump Wednesday after filling up with unleaded gasoline at the Kum & Go at 1302 W. Victory Way. AAA of Colorado officials said gas prices likely will continue to climb in coming weeks.

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An aerial view of Craig, with gas prices noted for a gallon of unleaded gas. See box below for names of the gas stations.

Published on February 12, 2009