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Attackin' Akron puts end to Hayden's historic playoff run
The No. 1-ranked, defending state champion Akron Rams rolled over Hayden 55-6 on Saturday, ending a historic season for the Tigers. It was the first time Hayden reached the state semifinals in football.
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by Dave Shively
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School officials discuss options for all-day kindergarten
In JoAnne Hilton-Gabeler's office, a pyramid of binders and folders is filled with just about every fact anyone would want to know about all-day kindergarten.
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by Mike McCollum
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Attackin' Akron puts end to Hayden's historic playoff run
The No. 1-ranked, defending state champion Akron Rams rolled over Hayden 55-6 on Saturday, ending a historic season for the Tigers. It was the first time Hayden reached the state semifinals in football.
Wal-Mart supercenter now open
Moffat County store offers competition
Steamboat Springs' Wal-Mart has gained a super-sized competitor, of its own kind, with the recent opening of a new Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Craig.
Hunt of the week
Peter Doran
Stephen M. Dearholt: Timing suspicious?
I believe the old City Council closed the purchase of the Iron Horse Inn on Oct. 31 for the sole reason of being able to ensure the purchase could not be reversed by a new City Council. I guarantee delaying the closing by only one week would not have turned off the seller.
Curator aims to educate
Teaching and learning never stop for Tracks and Trails Musuem's Laurie Elendu
Laurie Elendu says she felt like she was walking into a very exciting adventure last March, when she became curator of the Tracks and Trails Museum in Oak Creek.
Best of the Web for Nov. 18
Be thankful this season for what you've got and where you live. We really have so many reasons to be joyful at this time of Thanksgiving, here in Routt County!
Editorial cartoon for Nov. 18
Joe Roberts draws a cartoon that appears weekly on the editorial page of the Sunday Pilot & Today. This is the cartoon for Nov. 18, 2007.
Students rushing to finish college applications as deadlines near
In Gayle Dudley's perfect world, Steamboat Springs High School seniors would turn in their college applications well before Thanksgiving. But in reality, the high school's career and college adviser knows there will be a flurry of last-minute, panic-stricken students popping into her office this week.
School officials discuss options for all-day kindergarten
In JoAnne Hilton-Gabeler's office, a pyramid of binders and folders is filled with just about every fact anyone would want to know about all-day kindergarten.
Dave Shively: Things for the Springs
It's easy to pick on people from Pagosa Springs. The Pagosans just seem so very content living in their stunning physical surroundings, and the ones I know have no problem inviting doses of self-deprecating humor.
Katherine Ingalls returns from devastating accident, sets sights on another national title
The weirdest part was that the truck hit her on her left side.
John F. Russell: Race for the jumps
Every fall there's a race in the United States.
Vision 2030 Spotlight: Summer Laws
Vision 2030 is a collaborative citizens effort to define the future of the Yampa Valley. Vision 2030 intends to gather the wisdom of valley residents to update the 1994 Vision 2020 Report of Recommendations and create a community vision that will define the "heart and soul" of the Yampa Valley and develop specific, doable, measurable strategies for ensuring that the "heart and soul" are successfully stewarded from one generation to the next.
Lori Jazwick: Looking at the 2008 Farm Bill
The new year promises to bring lots of changes for all USDA Service Centers. Unfortunately, we do not know what any of those changes will be until the new Farm Bill is signed. Government employees optimistically hope the bill will be signed shortly after the first of the year.
Pete Waller: Need to consider the big picture
Much has been written about the turmoil in the subprime mortgage market, and consumers may understandably be worried about what it means to them. Will prospective homebuyers be able to get a loan? Can those with adjustable rate mortgages refinance before the interest rates reset? Is my bank affected by the market correction? Will the subprime market send the economy into a recession?
Real estate transactions for Oct. 31 to Nov. 13
Real estate transactions for Oct. 31 to Nov. 13
Alpen Glow and siblings provide glimpse of future
The views from Alpen Glow are beginning to snap into focus this month as construction crews from Drahota Construction and its subcontractors prepare to transition inside for the winter.
Steamboat, Routt County cultivate energy-efficient building program
Routt County and Steamboat Springs officials are collaboratively investigating how to boost municipal green building efforts.
Democratic convention to boost economy, voter interest
The Colorado Democratic Party is expecting increased political participation in Routt County leading up to the 2008 presidential election, due to Colorado moving up its caucus date and Denver hosting the Democratic National Convention in August 2008.
Winter reservations down
Holiday period strong, but overall figures lag in Steamboat Springs
Steamboat's winter resort and lodging properties are optimistic about the rapidly approaching ski season, but overall reservations are slightly down compared to last year.
Business File for Nov. 18
Help-U-Sell office opens in Steamboat
Twin Miller brothers shooting for World Cup A
Nordic combined skier Davis Miller estimates that he made more than 370 jumps in competition and training last summer.
Carol O'Hare: Thanksgiving greeting from France
Naysayers shout that the United States is "the big bad wolf" around the world. Doomsday carpers rail that the nation's leadership and political image is at an all-time low. If we are to believe all these negative sentiments, for Thanksgiving, we should retreat into caves and feast on humble pie.
The Record for Nov. 16
Keith Montgomery Allen, 30, Steamboat Springs - Unlawful possession of a Schedule I controlled substance, distribution of a Schedule I controlled substance, unlawful possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, distribution of a Schedule II controlled substance, driving under the influence, open container (Steamboat Springs Police Department)
Routt County budget in a pinch
Finance official says growth in area outpacing revenues
Despite an expected 19 percent increase in revenues - and spending that will exceed those revenues - Routt County will struggle to meet anticipated needs next year, according to a proposed 2008 budget.
Karen Gordon Schulman: Be 'trash aware'
In June of 2006, after working on the city' Clean-Up, Green-Up Day, I wrote a letter to the editor explaining my concern regarding the trash along the roadsides in both the city of Steamboat Springs and Routt County in general. I also made a number of suggestions of various ways in which we and our city and county governments could help keep Routt County clean. Below are the points I included in that letter:
Our View: All eyes on Antonucci, council
New Steamboat Springs City Council President Loui Antonucci says Nov. 6 marked the first time in city history - or at least since Steamboat became a home-rule charter - that residents elected five new council members.
Kerry Hart: College policies based on moral values
The once-forbidden topic of teaching values in public educational institutions is not as prevalent today as it was a couple of decades ago.
Routt County Spotlight: Susanmarie Oddo
Routt County Spotlight on Susanmarie Oddo.
Pinch of this, handful of that
Best Thanksgiving recipes are about what tastes good
On Friday afternoon, like most afternoons in longtime Routt County resident Elaine Gay's kitchen, something's cooking.
Crash victim had ties to Steamboat Springs
Man was Balloon Rodeo participant
A man who died in a hot air balloon crash Friday morning in Iowa was a frequent visitor to Steamboat Springs and a longtime participant in the annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo.
