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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
Sen. Dylan Roberts' bill to be proactive on Colorado River crisis clears Senate
The task force hopes to be proactive so that if cuts are needed in the system, they would come from lower basin states first. A...
Dylan Anderson
May 1, 20233 min read
Lukens, Roberts confident wolf bill requiring 10(j) rule will pass. Will Gov. Polis sign it?
The lawmakers are less confident it will get the governor's signature and it would likely be too late to override a veto. Western Slope...
Dylan Anderson
May 1, 20234 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
Rep. Joe Neguse introduces three bills in gun violence prevention legislative package
The bills, one prohibiting gun purchases to individuals with a violent misdemeanor in the last five years, do not have any Republican...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 30, 20233 min read
High temps near 70 this week could accelerate runoff across the Yampa Valley
Warm temperatures in the day and lows above freezing at night are expected in Steamboat, Oak Creek and Hayden this week. Spring runoff...
Dylan Anderson
Apr 30, 20232 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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