Stories for May 17, 2006

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Train rides mark Yampa's 100 years

Karen Tussey knew there was one thing she could give the town of Yampa and Routt County residents that no one else could: free train rides.

Library expansion 'on hold'

Rising costs, time crunch jeopardize $11.4 million project

The expansion of the Bud Werner Memorial Library could be in jeopardy, East Routt Library District officials said.

This year's budget less painful

Hayden School District officials don't have to make cuts

Compared with last year, Hayden School Board members and administrators breezed through the first reading of next year's budget Wednesday night.

To sell or not to sell

School Board could decide on community center

The Steamboat Springs School Board could decide tonight whether to sell, lease or retain the George P. Sauer Human Services Center on Seventh Street.

Sailors head to state

Cofer, Hammond and Hill set to compete in 4A field

Preliminary heat sheets are out, and the field at the Class 4A State Track and Field Championships is loaded.

Waiting: It's the hard part

Sorocco, Hayden athletes ready for state meet

The worst part about the Class 2A State Track and Field Championships? Waiting for it.

Briefs for May 18

"Steamboat Seasons: A Medley of Recipes" won second place in the 16th annual Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards. The cookbook is a collection of recipes and anecdotes from Strings in the Mountains.

The Record for May 18

1:39 a.m. A single-vehicle, noninjury accident was reported on U.S. Highway 40 near mile marker 146 west of Rabbit Ears Pass. Police said a driver apparently lost control of his vehicle, which slid off the side of the road and rolled onto its roof. The driver and his two passengers were not injured.

Alpine Mountain Ranch goes to planning

Routt County planning commissioners will review a plan to create as many as 63 luxury home lots on a west-facing hillside just south of Steamboat Springs' city limits.

State Patrol gives cyclists hotline

Colorado bicyclists have been given access to a State Patrol hotline that will allow the riders to report aggressive or threatening drivers from their cell phones.

Scott Stanford: Keeping public records public

I read some distressing statistics in this month's edition of Presstime about attitudes toward public information. A few of the highlights: