Stories for December 27, 2008

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Space Station remains vacant

The latest effort to resurrect the Space Station gas station and Go-fer Foods convenience store in downtown Steamboat Springs has failed.

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Reiter keeps Olympic dreams alive despite season-ending injury

This isn't the way Steamboat Springs snowboarder Justin Reiter envisioned the year leading up to his Olympic bid. Reiter spent the first part of the season trying to ignore a persistent pain in his left knee that limited the number of runs he could take.

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Space Station remains vacant

The latest effort to resurrect the Space Station gas station and Go-fer Foods convenience store in downtown Steamboat Springs has failed.

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Rat poison alerts pet owner

Dog returns to Old Town home with laced meat

Sandy Moon is used to her dog, Solomon, bringing home a few treats after a morning out near Butcherknife Creek in Old Town Steamboat Springs. But she was alarmed when Solomon brought home a piece of raw meat with a turquoise capsule of rat poison embedded in its side last weekend.

Rodeo kicks up deals to survive 2009

Skiing brought Rob Powers to Steamboat Springs, but Tuesday evening he wore his allegiance on his head. A brilliant white cowboy hat led the way as he cut across a snowy and dark Lincoln Avenue in downtown Steamboat.

CMC keeps tuition rates steady

Increases at other institutions not expected to affect Alpine Campus

The Colorado Mountain College system is holding tuition rates steady in the face of an economic downturn and likely increases for other colleges throughout the state, CMC officials announced last week.

Brumleve memorial service scheduled

Weather delays NTSB investigation of Monday's fatal plane crash

A memorial service has been scheduled for Joe and Suzette Brumleve, a Steamboat Springs couple killed in a Monday afternoon plane crash in Moffat County.

False reporting leads to arrest

Steamboat Springs man claims he was shot at by passing cars

A Steamboat Springs man was arrested Christmas Day on suspicion of false reporting after he told police he had been the target of drive-by shootings.

Steamboat briefs for Dec. 27

LIFT-UP meets $7K goal for matching donations

Basalt sales tax revenues up 4.4 percent from 2007

Basalt's economy held its own this year even as news on the national front kept getting worse in the fall.

Pitkin County open space may expand

Economy could leave speculators overextended, seeking to sell

At least one entity may be a winner in the real estate downturn - Pitkin County Open Space and Trails.

County schools to hire security project manager

Routt County schools are looking to beef up school security plans in 2009 with the addition of a school security project manager.

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Local businesses make accommodations for wheelchair-bound employee

On the morning of Dec. 19, Bobby Homberg, 29, was hard at work and loving every minute of it. "I didn't do this aisle yet," he said as he peered down a row of merchandise in Walgreens in Craig. He began plucking outdated blue and white sales stickers from the shelves. A bag sat in his lap for discarded labels as he maneuvered down the aisle in his wheelchair.