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Council elections lining up
There is still a month to go before the deadline to file candidacies for the Steamboat Springs City Council, but five candidates already have announced they will run.
Real Estate Transactions for July 8-15
HANLEY, JOHN to STICH, ANTON G. and STICH, DONNA L. for 585856 HORSEBACK SUBD AT STAGECOACH, LOTS 94, 174, 176, 177, 189 AND A PORTION OF COMMON AREA 2, LOC: SE1/4 SEC 15-3N-84W - $50,000
Back in business
Big Tuna's reopens in Oak Creek
A lot about Big Tuna's restaurant in Oak Creek has changed since new owners John and Michele Barkal, and Fred and Kathy Matzdorf reopened the business on the Fourth of July.
The garden of youth
Study Buddy program creates children's area at Yampa River Botanic Park
Nearly 400 students from the Steamboat Springs and Soroco school districts recently finished creating a Children's Garden at Yampa River Botanic Park.
Business News in Brief
A group of local businessmen with backgrounds in banking, real estate and property management have formed a new direct private lending firm called Capital Funding Advisors LLC.
Letters to the Editor: Ski Town USA
In the past couple of years, there was a large article in the Steamboat Pilot & Today addressing the fact that Utah was trying to claim the title of Ski Town USA. In this article, everyone who was interviewed seemed to have a strong passion for maintaining the town's title rather than allowing Utah to claim it.
Sound Off for July 20
Editor's Note: Problems with the Steamboat Pilot & Today's voicemail system have interrupted Sound Off service. Service to the line, 871-4248, is scheduled to be restored Monday. In the interim, callers may leave Sound Off comments on editor Scott Stanford's voicemail at 871-4221.
Leisure Resprts' parent files bankruptcy
Mego Corp. will likely sell Hilltop and Pine Grove Road suites
A pair of timeshare resorts here are "likely" to be offered for sale after their parent company field for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. A company spokesman said the 56-unit Leisure Resorts Hilltop on Highpoint Drive and 60-unit Leisure Resorts Steamboat Springs Suites on Pine Grove Road will continue to operate normally. However, the local sales office closed on Wednesday.
Pedal the Zirkel Circle
Bike route circumnavigates park range; blacktop kept to a minimum
Neill Redfern and Craig Russell are bicycling buddies, but the truth is one of the two men spends most of his summer on a road bike and the other trains regularly on a heavier mountain bike.
A tribute to a true American -- Melinda Mawdsley
For $47.99 a month -- $42.99 a month because Comcast is running a promotion -- you can get the Outdoor Life Network, the current digital cable home of Lance Armstrong -- America's greatest athlete.
Our View: Broad board
As much as the editorials expressed here reflect the newspaper's stances on specific issues, they also should acknowledge our community's standards, expectations and values.
Safe at home
New businesses aim to create defensible space for houses
The haze in Northwest Colorado's skies this week signaled the return of wildfire season, and the Colorado State Forest Service is offering cash incentives to property owners willing to remove some of the trees and brush surrounding their buildings.
United standing on undefeated record
As Steamboat United's name suggests, it is a soccer team proud to work together toward a common goal.
Making waves
Water skiers prepare for regional championships
Jenni Stanford is 19 with one year of college behind her, but Jerry Stanford is still driving his oldest daughter around.
Teen Style: If we can't vote, why bother forming political beliefs?
Politics are not often discussed among teenagers, but with the right amount of poking and prodding, teenagers are not as apathetic to politics as society assumes. Though the inability to vote is often frustrating, teenagers can be filled with clever insight into the governmental structure that they will soon be a part of.
Teen Style: Choosing to believe something different than your parents
Though many parents want their children to follow in their religious footsteps, not everyone can be like the Flanders family from "The Simpsons."
Teen Style: Choosing what you believe is a proactive decision
A long time ago, but not so very long ago, there was a man by the name of Lucas. He was trapped on the roof of his house surrounded by floodwaters.
Teen Style: My life as a Jehovah's Witness
The number of Jehovah's Witnesses is growing, and I feel privileged to be one of them.
Plane crash still a mystery
Victims so badly burned no identifications can be made
The burned wreckage of Saturday's deadly small plan crash on Rabbit Ears Pass left little clue as to who the passengers were and why the plane crashed.
Plane crash kills 3
Three people died Saturday when their single-engine plane crashed in the Sarvis Creek Wilderness Area near Rabbit Ears Pass, the Routt County Sheriff's Office reported.
Teen suicide rates alarming
Katie said she felt detached last year as she swallowed a handful of prescription painkillers.
Standing tall
Drunken driver took Jodie Spradlin's leg, not her spirit
Jodie Spradlin still has a copy of the police report from Thanksgiving Day, 1988. When she tells the story of that night, it's as if she is reading directly from the report.
MARGUERITE CHAPMAN CRAWFORD 1903-2003
Marguerite Crawford, a former resident of Steamboat Springs, passed away in Mesa, Ariz., on June 29, 2003. She was 99 years old.
Storm Mountain home sites back on the market
Of 14 home sites in the 1,063-acre Storm Mountain Ranch subdivision, three are back on the market with price tags higher than $3.5 million, making them some of the most expensive residential lots in town. Seven miles south of Steamboat Springs, two of the Storm Mountain Ranch home sites are undeveloped: the 70-acre "Homestead Eight" with an asking price of $4.2 million, and the 35-acre "Homestead Four" with an asking price of $3.87 million.
Building Permits for July 7-11
BLT Restaurant LLC 425 Lincoln Ave. Owner/contractor Exterior Siding $1,700
Letters to the Editor: Paving the way
I have not seen coverage in the Pilot or the Today on an issue of great importance to anyone who appreciates our national parks and monuments, designated wilderness areas, national wildlife refuges, and Bureau of Land Management lands for their natural qualities and the relative absence of impact by motorized vehicles and roads.
