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Child care, housing project has steep price tag, but Routt County 'assured' funding is available
Early estimate for building with 10 early childhood education classrooms and 36 housing units is nearly $74 million. Early estimates to...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 19, 20233 min read
Steamboat Council lacks support for recommendation to ban fossil fuel-powered snowmelt
Routt County Commissioners have signaled they support a ban in updated building energy codes. Steamboat Springs City Council indicated a...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 19, 20234 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, 20233 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 12, 20234 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, 20233 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...
Dylan Anderson
Jul 7, 20234 min read
Summer is here. That means the grasshoppers are coming too.
Grasshoppers were shielded from the cold by strong snowpack and spring weather hasn't done much to deter them. Based on last year's...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 23, 20233 min read
Will Steamboat's Fourth of July parade be on Lincoln or Yampa? City to decide later this week.
Council decided Tuesday to delay a decision until they could learn more about what traffic control personnel could be secured to help...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 21, 20234 min read
Steamboat Bear that went viral across the country after dangling from window is trapped, euthanized
Wildlife officers in Steamboat express frustration that many in public seem unaware of the steps they should be taking to avoid bear...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 21, 20233 min read
Capacity limits what local officials can do to mitigate Steamboat's high wildfire risk
Mitigation work planned for Emerald Mountain hopes to add fire breaks to slow a fire and give nearby neighborhoods a "fighting chance."...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 16, 20233 min read
Howelsen Hill's Ski Free Sunday was bigger than ever this year
In its first year, tubing generated revenue despite just 40% of reservations being utilized, indicating room for growth. Ski Free Sunday...
Dylan Anderson
Jun 14, 20233 min read
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