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New ad director, editor named
Scott Stanford, Brent Boyer to assume new roles this month
Steamboat Pilot & Today Editor Scott Stanford has been named the newspaper's advertising director. City Editor Brent Boyer will replace Stanford as editor.
Tour de Steamboat rides on
Third annual event pits cyclists vs. mountain passes
Don't expect to see an endless stream of Front Range cyclists crowding the highway during Saturday's Tour de Steamboat.
Bob Cooper: Town still great
My wife, Jean-Ann, and I have been spending vacations in Steamboat Springs for three summers, and I wanted to write and tell all your readers what a wonderful place the Yampa Valley and Steamboat Springs are to spend a few months.
County fire restrictions set to be lifted
A countywide fire ban for landowners in unincorporated Routt County likely will be lifted early next week, officials said Tuesday.
Homemade bombs upset chief
Hayden police chief Birch: 'This went way beyond a prank'
Hayden Police Chief Ray Birch said Tuesday that those who set off crude, homemade bombs last week in the town are fortunate they did not cause more damage.
Officials urge caution around lost serval
African cat last seen in Heritage Park area
A domesticated serval escaped from a motorhome in the Heritage Park area Saturday, and law enforcement officers are urging residents to be careful if they come in contact with it.
Video: Former Steamboat resident Tanner Foust takes rally car gold
Tanner Foust knew he'd have to be warmed up and ready to drive all-out in the semifinal race of the Rally Car Racing Super Special event that closed X Games 13 on Sunday in Carson, Calif.
Summer ceasing for fall athletes
Athletes and coaches are already in the gym and on the fields of Steamboat Spring High School this week for optional conditioning camps. The official start of the fall sports season is Monday.
On the Record for Aug. 6
1:40 a.m. Two men reportedly were chasing a man in the 1800 block of Ski Time Square Drive. The men were gone when officers arrived.
Steamboat briefs for Aug. 8
Hayden juvenile arrested in burglary probe
A burglary suspect who allegedly stole as much as $1,000 worth of property in two recent residential burglaries was arrested Friday night in Hayden. The suspect's name was withheld because the suspect is a juvenile.
Charlene Stees: History dispute
A response to Joanne Palmer's Steamboat Myth Busters No. 3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hung out in Routt County. Ms. Palmer says, Nope. I disagree. If Ms. Palmer will read her history she will find that Butch Cassidy and his bunch passed through and hung out in Browns Park for several years; actually from the 1890s until about 1905. And at that time, Browns Park was in Routt County. Moffat County did not exist until 1911, so at the time the "Wild Bunch" was in Browns Park, it was Routt County. It is well-documented that they stayed with the Bassett family.
John Ameen: Collapse issues linger
The collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis has raised many eyebrows as news coverage has revealed the questionable durability and safety of many bridges across the U.S. To clean up and replace the bridge in Minneapolis will cost upwards of $160 billion (This is obviously an extreme case).
Our View: Clerk's office should embrace records law
The Routt County Clerk and Recorder's Office's response to a new law lowering the cost for copies of public records was disappointing.
Last seminar to focus on health care
A former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation president will discuss the state of America's health care system during the final Seminars at Steamboat presentation of the season.
Sam Bush plays Free Concert Series tonight
He has shared a stage with some of the biggest names in acoustic and folk music, including Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett and David Grisman. He has inspired nationally known bands including the String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band and Nickel Creek.
Mike Lawrence: Start your engines; election season revs up
Former Steamboat Springs City Council President Kathy Connell plans to run this fall for another stint on the City Council.
