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LiftUp seeing more than 300% increase in need for financial assistance as donations are down
Surging food prices and utility costs are fueling the need locally, and are likely leading fewer people to donate. When running the...
Dylan Anderson
May 5, 20234 min read


Steamboat Police working to raise awareness on a variety of teen issues ahead of next week's prom
Topics range from impaired driving and substance abuse to mental health and teen dating violence. With Steamboat Springs High School Prom...
Dylan Anderson
May 5, 20233 min read

Housing Authority adds to Brown Ranch parks plan, but regional park still not included
About 46% of the development is devoted to parks and open space, and adding another 46-acre regional park could lead to the loss of 500...
Dylan Anderson
May 4, 20233 min read

Steamboat Council allows Steamboat Resort's metro district idea to move forward
Proposal would create six metro districts controlled by the resort and allow bonding capacity to fund upgrades to skiers arrival to the...
Dylan Anderson
May 3, 20235 min read

Steamboat's STR tax nets $1.8 million in March; totals $4.4 million year-to-date
March sales tax collections rank as the second highest ever for Steamboat at $5.1 million. Steamboat Springs’ tax on short-term rentals...
Dylan Anderson
May 1, 20232 min read

Steamboat Resort pitching metro district to help fund new transit center gondola
The metro district would include several resort-owned properties that will soon change hands to third-party developers. Steamboat Ski &...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 30, 20233 min read

Project that hopes to revitalize alleys in downtown Steamboat gets Planning Commission's OK
The vision for alleys in downtown Steamboat Springs is evolving after Planning Commission approved a project on Thursday that hopes to...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 28, 20233 min read

Sen. Dylan Roberts sided with three Republicans to kill a bill that would allow rent control. Why?
The bill wouldn't have created rent control, but it would have allowed local governments to do it. Democratic Sen. Dylan Roberts bucked...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 28, 20233 min read


Residential values in Routt County up 82.5%. Assessors office now contemplating security measures.
Assessor says only Aspen’s home of Pitkin County is seeing a bigger jump across Colorado and some condos in Steamboat Springs will see...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 28, 20235 min read

Brown Ranch traffic study shows need for two more stoplights, additional lanes on U.S. 40
Some of these improvements could be needed by the end of the decade while others are likely more than 20 years out. U.S. Highway 40 will...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 27, 20234 min read


STR owners at Ski Time Square Condos will get exemption to city's parking requirements
Short-term rental owners at Ski Time Square Condominiums can continue renting their units despite not fulfilling Steamboat’s parking...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 27, 20233 min read

Steamboat Council delays granting eminent domain to Overlook Park after 11th-hour agreement
If agreement isn't finalized by Friday, council will consider granting the power again next week An 11th-hour agreement led Steamboat...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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