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Flooding swamps North Routt
Cottonwood Creek overflows banks; Elk River a concern
The swollen water from Cottonwood Creek is rising to houses in North Routt County, which faces a weekend due to bring wet and warm weather that may exacerbate conditions.
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The Record for May 7
12:09 a.m. A bear was reported in the 40500 block of Steamboat Drive. The Colorado Division of Wildlife was notified.
Steamboat briefs for May 9
United Way seeks Day of Caring volunteers
Routt County United Way's 12th annual Day of Caring is May 21. Projects and volunteers are needed for the event, which facilitates service activities throughout the community.
Students swap studies for service
Instead of breaking out the books in language arts and social studies classes Thursday, Soroco Middle School seventh-grader Brittney Romero got a hands-on lesson in tree planting and high-water avoidance.
Staying close a focus of annual event
Frontiers' Mother-Daughter Day helps to keep communication open
As the mother of a 10th-grade daughter and a fifth-grade daughter, Marci Mattox has an idea of what she can expect when the younger one makes the transition to middle school.
Booco prepares to take reins
Sergeant will fill in during Hayden chief's Iraq deployment
The fellow who will fill in for Hayden's police chief wears a necklace made of elk teeth and once sold a motorcycle to take his children to Disney World.
Incubating awareness
Egg art event raises money for ovarian cancer education, detection
For the inaugural Eggs 2 Ovaries fundraiser, event organizer Traci Clark doesn't want to focus on any one of the 22 local and regional artists who contributed their designs.
Sailors have one chance for state track
Tyler Hutson, John Cutter, Peter Daley and Charlie Stoddard have trained six months for one day.
REL-I-ant on world beats
California-bred musician takes cues from Paul Simon
Dub musician Matthew Relis knows he's not the first person to think of using West African rhythms in pop music.
CD review of Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The guys in Does It Offend You, Yeah? - a quartet of electro-rockers from Reading, England - are kind of full of themselves. And that works for them.
On Scene for May 9
High costs yield free furniture
Chamber prepares TV programming
If the general consensus among Craig Chamber of Commerce board members holds true - that Steamboat tourists are fruitful marketing targets for Craig - then a recent deal could prove valuable for the area.
Steamboat in title hunt
Sailors girls tennis team advances five to semifinals
Steamboat Springs' Molly Weiss always talks to herself when she plays tennis. The habit grew even more pronounced Thursday in Pueblo under the bright lights of the first day of the state tennis tournament.
Margaret Hair: Fighting for a funktified universe
"That's a good question," Steamboat music producer Todd Leestma says, trying to buy time to arrive at a reasonable response to, "Why did you decide to record music as the Intergalactic Funk Cowboy?"
Tigers hope to load up at regional meet
At the start of the season, Hayden track coach Barbara Manzanares didn't set a goal for the number of athletes she wanted the Tigers to qualify for the state tournament.
Rob Douglas: Horrific crime rekindles debate
She was 8. I was 26. She was calm, and her answers were matter-of-fact. I was nervous, and my questions showed it.
Flooding swamps North Routt
Cottonwood Creek overflows banks; Elk River a concern
The swollen water from Cottonwood Creek is rising to houses in North Routt County, which faces a weekend due to bring wet and warm weather that may exacerbate conditions.
Rancher asks for water funds
Request raises eyebrows at Yampa/White River Basin meeting
A leading Northwest Colorado water official received initial support Wednesday to use state funds for a study assessing a potential private reservoir on his family ranch.
'Professional' parodies
Cabaret celebrates 25 years of making jokes at 'Boat's expense
Tickets to the 25th anniversary of Cabaret sold out in nine days. That's 1,000 seats for the Steamboat Springs Arts Council's annual sketch comedy fundraiser at the Steamboat Mountain Theater, gone in just more than a week.
There's no place like home
Middle School theater production builds love for arts in Steamboat
In the Steamboat Springs Middle School cafetorium Tuesday, Rusty deLucia was busy organizing chaos.

