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Play well, look better
Crestone Construction sets goals and looks good doing it.
Pen Pal rewrites history
Clark gelding becomes state's top racehorse
Like snowflakes or fingerprints, each quarter horse's name is unique.
New complex pushes lux price point
Elkhorn townhomes to be offered in $2M range
A new luxury slopeside development is pushing the market for what buyers are willing to pay for high-end townhomes. The five units -- a duplex and a triplex -- sitting under the gondola, below Bear Claw Condominiums and above Chateau Chamonix will be 4,200 square feet each and priced in the $2 million range.
Big change in insurance
Steamboat agents question savings
Consumers in the Yampa Valley can begin right away to take advantage of a change in Colorado law that will allow them to save up to 25 percent on their automobile insurance. But insurance agents are dubious about how real the savings are.
Ranchland being sold out of traditional use
Income isn't chief concern for many new ranch owners
Five generations of Luanna Iacovetto's family have lived on the Saddleback Ranch property south of Milner. There have been times she and her husband thought about moving off of the property, she said, but they always changed their minds.
Outdoors: Trout make come back
Early signs: Yampa River fish populations have survived the drought
Fishing guide Daren Mangiaracina took a couple from France down to the Yampa River in town Thursday and even though his clients had never fly-fished before, he got them into trout. Not just any fish, but one plump rainbow after another, all of them wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the logo "I survived the drought of 2003."
Spring Creek worth drive
Jenna Gruben is a commuter runner.
Mortgage rates edge up, homebuyers undeterred
Home mortgage rates inched upward by a little more than an eighth of a point this week. For consumers contemplating borrowing $270,000 in a conventional 30-year mortgage, that could translate into an additional $20 on their monthly payment.
Routt County rebounding from construction lull
Single-family home construction reached 10-year low in 2002
In the boom and bust boogie of the construction world, Steamboat is still adjusting to a change in tempo. Construction value dropped 18 percent in 2002 and first-quarter numbers for 2003 continued to decline by19 percent.
Real estate market entering new era
Location, construction soon may supersede square footage in setting price
David Baldinger Jr. is convinced Steamboat is about to broach a new real estate market segment where location and high construction values will supersede sheer square footage in determining price.
Luxury-home buyers returning to valley
Million-dollar home sales picking up
Buyers drive the real estate market, and broker associate Susan Wilson believes buyers interested in the $1 million-plus market are returning to the Yampa Valley.
Editorial --wapping Ideas
At issue The proposed Emerald Mountain land swap Our view Citizens to Save Our Public Land would be wise to develop a set of criteria for identifying ideal acreage.
Summer sees 'resurgence of the buyer'
Condo sales strongest at low and high ends of market
Low interest rates, a good selection of units and a changing economic climate has condominium buyers returning to Steamboat Springs this summer in search of deals.
Simms' tenure in Steamboat comes to a close
Superintendent moving on after 20 years in school district
Twenty years ago, as she drove over the Colorado River near State Bridge, Cyndy Kaufmann got a strange feeling.
Residents get Taste of South Routt
Fifth annual Oak Creek event evolves into festival
Oak Creek Police Chief Tim Willert sat anxiously on a metal seat suspended above a dunk tank. He was still dry. He gripped the fence in front of him and grimaced as each pitch came.
Of Pedals and Paws
Yampa resident Jimmy Westlake and his cat Dixie Doodle are headed north to Alaska
Dixie Doodle curled tightly in her pet carrier. She peered cautiously out of the grated door. She was in for a ride longer than some cats have in all nine lives.
Births for June 29
Andrew Jon Van Treese, son of Tevis and Jon Van Treese of Peoria, Arizona, was born at 8:28 a.m. May 20, 2003. He weighed 8 pounds and was 21 inches long. His sibling is Taylor Rae. His grandparents are Raeanna and Jim Ellis of Steamboat Springs and the late Phyliss Van Treese of Speedway, Indiana.
Roberts secures place in history
After 36 years at Lowell Whiteman, teacher receives school's first excellence award
Joe Roberts can hardly believe it.
Education Briefs
Jordan Shackelford gets highest honors steamboat springs
South Routt Briefs
The Yampa Board of Trustees has a vacancy. Call Janet Ray at 638-4511.
Dealing with the pain
Women trapped in abusive relationships search for answers
She never saw it coming. One day Alex, who had been married for about a month, said her husband picked her up from work.
New construction projects on the horizon
The days when residential developers here plunged into major projects without waiting to build up pre-sales have receded into turn-of-the-century memories.
Behind the headlines: Chuck Vale
Q..What precautions should people be taking around their homes to help protect them from wildfire?
Summer smells
The Fourth of July has always been a big holiday in my family.
GLENN HOUSTON DANIELS
1963 - 2003
Former Hayden and Steamboat Springs resident Glenn Daniels died of natural causes June 20, 2003, in Paonia. He was 39.
Sound Off for June 29
Triple Crown has a positive impact on Steamboat.
RUTH HENDRICKS GREFFENIUS:1916 - 2003
Former Routt County resident Ruth Hendricks Greffenius died June 10, 2003. She was 87.
Yampa Fourth: A family celebration
Parade, picnics involve 'just about everybody'
For the size of the event, Yampa's Fourth of July celebration is unusual because it is free from modern commercialism. There won't be any corporate-sponsored booths or floats in the parade. There won't be hundreds of tourists lining the streets. The celebration is made simply of the families who call South Routt home.
Outdoors: Briefs
Colorado is fortunate to be the summer home for many species of migratory birds, including several species of swallows, notably the barn swallow and cliff swallow.
Fishing Report
In downtown Steamboat, fishing is getting better as water levels are dropping and clearing. Pale Morning Duns are hatching and fish are starting to look up.
LAVERNE LUCILLE BABCOCK: 1927 - 2003
Former Routt County resident LaVerne Babcock died May 24, 2003, at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. She was 76.
Commerical vacancies disappearing
Lower rents help fill long-empty office, retail spaces
The abundance of vacant commercial properties in Steamboat Springs that existed a year ago has slowly dried up despite -- or perhaps as a result of -- an economy that continues to struggle, according to some in the commercial real estate community.
Hayden on edge of boom
Planned developments could triple town's size
Hayden has the potential to become the fastest growing community in the Yampa Valley, planners say.
Self-help housing arrives
Program makes home ownership affordable
People who wish to participate in a federal program that will make affordable home ownership in Steamboat Springs a reality must throw their back into it -- literally.
Community plan update could shape future development
The directions given in the Steamboat Springs Community Area Plan Update have the potential to shape real estate and development decision in the coming years. Focusing on issues such as land use, economic sustainability, historic preservation and growth management, the document will create planning policies for the city and county to follow.
South Routt offers affordability, slower pace
New developments expand opportunities in Stagecoach, Oak Creek
The major draws to South Routt County are the tightly-knit communities of Oak Creek, Phippsburg, Yampa and Toponas; the scenic views of the Flat Tops Mountain Range; and the area's affordability compared with Steamboat Springs or Vail.
Housing authority
A plan to create affordable housing options in Routt County is still on the drawing board. When -- and if -- taxpayers will give it the go-ahead is still in question.
Letters to the editor
Letters to the editor June 29, 2003
