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Dylan Anderson
Jul 12, 20233 min read
Emerald Park will stay off limits for organized adult use despite short supply of fields
The complex is the only city park that restricts how adults can use fields. Steamboat Springs City Council balked at a proposal to allow...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 12, 20233 min read
Steamboat Springs will keep collecting sales taxes on diapers, period products
A Colorado law went into effect in January exempting these products from state sales taxes, but most municipalities haven't adopted the...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 12, 20234 min read
Steamboat voters to see accomidations tax update, council pay raises on November ballot
Council granted first of two approvals needed to place questions on ballot Tuesday, and more measures could be coming. Steamboat Springs...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Commissioner Tim Corrigan won't seek a fourth term in 2024
Corrigan, who represents District 1 including South Routt County, was first elected in 2012. Routt County Commissioner Tim Corrigan will...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 7, 20233 min read
One of the nation's largest affordable housing firms tapped to serve as Brown Ranch master developer
An Urban Land Institute panel recommended the Yampa Valley Housing Authority bring on a development partner last year. The Yampa Valley...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 7, 20234 min read
Housing Authority wants to put Brown Ranch funding on the ballot
The question, if referred to the November election by Steamboat Springs City Council, would dedicate future STR revenues toward the Brown...
Meghan Lukens
Jun 30, 20233 min read
Lukens: Congratulations to the Class of 2023, and Here’s to the Future of Education
Each year, our communities come together to celebrate the accomplishments of our youth who have graduated high school. I am so proud of...
Melina Bricker, Routt County CSU Extension
Jun 30, 20235 min read
The Heart of South Routt Sits in a Saddle: The Soroco Ranch Rodeo
The Soroco Ranch Rodeo returns the Sunday after the Fourth of July. There is something incredible about a kid raised ranching. Not...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 30, 20236 min read
There are 41 Climate Action Plan recommendations. Which are easiest to do? Which are most impactful?
Experts who helped craft the recommendations share which they feel will be the simplest to accomplish and which will do the most to...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Community Foundation launches fund to support Hayden flood recovery
Roughly 50 homes saw damage, with for half of those being considered major to moderate damage. The Yampa Valley Community Foundation has...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 30, 20233 min read
Routt County Commissioners show interest in ban on snowmelt systems, no matter how they are powered
Current recommendations from the Building Department would only allow for snowmelt systems if they were powered 100% by renewables. Each...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 23, 20233 min read
YVEA Board Chair Tom Fox wants one more term. His challenger has extensive utility experience.
Candidate Lisa Rosintoski has spent her entire career in the energy utility industry, including stints in Colorado Springs and Fort...
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