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Brodie Farquhar
Aug 11, 20233 min read
Routt County Fair starts Friday; Much anticipated Demolition Derby could sell out fast
Tickets are on sale for the popular derby and next Saturday's evening concert. Country-western entertainers come and go, but the real...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 11, 20234 min read
Steamboat-based ice cream company founder Bryan Swintek announces run for City Council
The 33-year-old who has served on the city’s Planning Commission for the last six months, said he wants to be on Council to help people...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 9, 20235 min read
Housing Authority offers to pay per unit, per year fee to close Brown Ranch operational funding gap
The proposal, if accepted by the city, would take care of operational funding shortfalls, but how the city will pay for its share of...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 9, 20234 min read
Routt County Commissioners table letter for $4 million grant over Brown Ranch regional park issue
The housing authority has proposed land in the county north of the Brown Ranch for the regional park that the city has insisted needs to...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 7, 20235 min read
How the deceptively named one-rock dam helps restore a century of abuse in California Park
Volunteers with the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council helped build rock structures meant to restore wet meadows, improve drought...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 7, 20234 min read
Petitions to run for Steamboat City Council are available starting Tuesday; Due Aug. 28
Four of the seven seats are on the ballot in November, three of which will have a race without an incumbent. Petitions to run for one of...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 7, 20233 min read
Housing Authority's, 234-unit Mid Valley project clears Planning Commission; Goes to Council Aug. 22
Project includes 84 for sale units and 150 rental units across four buildings targeting folks of middle incomes from 80% to 140% area...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Routt County Humane Society says cases of dogs being dumped are on the rise
One dog was recently found tied to a tree in the Routt National Forest, while another was left on the side of the road at the base of...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 4, 20234 min read
New Hayden Police Chief has had his eye on the heart of the Yampa Valley for years
New Chief Scott Scurlock was sworn in by Mayor Ryan Banks on Thursday after starting his new job on Monday. Hayden’s new police chief...
Brodie Farquhar
Aug 4, 20235 min read
‘A Matter of Justice:’ Navajo Reservation water an elusive goal, say experts at Steamboat seminar
About 30% of the 200,000 Navajo people in the Southwest lack access to clean, potable water and about 40% of them have no running water...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 2, 20236 min read
Special Steamboat Council meeting results in little progress toward Brown Ranch Annexation deal
Council showed support for allocating 75% of STR tax revenues toward Brown Ranch, but lacked consensus on whether to send the question to...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 2, 20235 min read
Public comment focuses Brown Ranch annexation discussion on Steamboat’s desperate need for housing
About 45 minutes of public comment showed strong support for the project, with most commenters expressing that the most important thing...
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