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Budget cuts forecast
City officials cite need to reduce 2009 spending in uncertain economy
There's always next year. For the second year in a row, city staffers and politicians alike are decrying unsustainable fiscal practices in the city of Steamboat Springs' proposed budget.
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by Brandon Gee
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Stories
Local banks show confidence
Local bankers: Smaller institutions aren't caught up in subprime woes
America's economic challenges have brought forth a whirlwind of words. One of which, some observers said, is misleading: bank.
Steamboat football favored to perform well in final month
Now that the season has passed the halfway point, it will be telling how the Steamboat Springs High School football team addresses the last four weeks.
John F. Russell: Remember football's Walker
He represents all things good about sports.He was an undersized back - 5 feet, 11 inches tall and 173 pounds - who wasn't supposed to have made it in the National Football League.
Golfers Gunderson, Ptach prep for state tournament
Expectations haven't been tempered for the Steamboat Springs High School golf team.
Class notes for Oct. 5
17 Steamboat graduates gather for 50th reunion
Steamboat volleyball wins all 3 matches against Rifle
The Steamboat Springs girls volleyball team played so quickly, it almost seemed as if the Sailors had made other plans for Saturday night.
Getting to the IronMan triathlon was the hard part for Rasmussen
Joy Rasmussen has meant plenty to the Steamboat Springs triathlon community. She's been one of the sport's biggest proponents in Routt County and was one of the main engines behind the annual Steamboat Triathlon, which went off for a fourth time this summer.
Joel Reichenberger: Run across US worth tracking
Cross-country fundraising adventures seem to hit Steamboat Springs like clockwork. Every summer, Joe or Jane Coast-to-Coast comes through town attempting to run, ride, skip, pogo stick or cartwheel across the country.
Budget cuts forecast
City officials cite need to reduce 2009 spending in uncertain economy
There's always next year. For the second year in a row, city staffers and politicians alike are decrying unsustainable fiscal practices in the city of Steamboat Springs' proposed budget.
Moving day arrives at Soda Creek
Students set to begin classes at new elementary school tomorrow
As the seasons change and the air becomes crisp, Camp Soda Creek students and staff will migrate Monday to the new Soda Creek Elementary School, just blocks away from the temporary facility on Seventh Street.
Family, friends remember Kit Rice with humor
In addition to being a great first-base player, hockey goalie and listener, Kit Rice was a gag gifter, Yahtzee player and a proud member of the polar bear club, longtime friend Diane Dwire said Saturday.
Editorial cartoon for Oct. 5, 2008
Joe Roberts draws a cartoon that appears weekly on the editorial page of the Sunday Pilot & Today. This is the cartoon for Oct. 5, 2008.
Best of the Web for Oct. 5
Palin/Biden debate
Janice and Andrew Poirot: 'Yes' on 2A, 2B
Please do not overlook the only local issues on this year's ballot: Referendums 2A and 2B. This is a renewal of the half-cent sales tax for Steamboat Springs that has been in place since 1993. Between 50 and 70 percent of this funding is paid by tourists - funding that directly benefits our local schools.
Jan Vail: Classical returns
Beethoven is back! Along with the New York Philharmonic, Saturday Opera, Classical Guitar Alive, and St. Paul Sunday. If you've missed your favorite announcers and classical music programs on WWFM at 91.1, you were not alone. The West Slope FM Board shared your frustration and is pleased to let you know that the wait is over.
Lisa Foley: Pass host ordinance
It is not a myth that when it comes to tackling our health problems, knowledge is power. The following are some national statistics from the surgeon general about underage drinking in America:
Bill Ritter: Navigating an economic storm
Our country is in the midst of one of the worst economic crises in generations. For months, the national economy has been sliding backwards. Wall Street, Main Street, families, family-owned businesses and retirees all are struggling.
Routt County Spotlight: Tara Chavarria
Occupation: Mom/Co-founder of Christ for Life Sk8 Church
Our View: Vote 'yes' on 2A and 2B
Steamboat Springs voters should renew a half-cent sales tax that generates as much as $3 million a year to improve education in our public schools. Similarly, voters should say "yes" to a measure that would allow some of the proceeds of the tax to be shared with schools in Hayden and South Routt.
Conservative commentary: Business, labor ballot deal a lemon
Colorado's so-called "business leaders" just don't get it but, oh boy, are they about to.
The Record and Jail Report for Oct. 3
The following is a list of people booked into the Routt County Jail on suspicion of the listed charges. The arresting agency is listed in parentheses.
Blacktail Mountain to be burned
915-acre Stagecoach project expected to reduce fuels, improve habitat
A large swath of land along the shore of Stagecoach Reservoir, at Blacktail Mountain, will undergo a prescribed burn next spring carried out by the Bureau of Land Management in coordination with the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
Rural estate subdivision has plenty of room for biathletes
Developer Todd Gilbertson was a biathlete as a young man and didn't fully realize it.
On the Market for Oct. 5
Steamboat Village Brokers has announced that Chuck Armbruster has joined its real estate firm.
Money talks, cash shouts
Buyers who can pay up front are noticed
Given the slow pace of real estate sales in the Steamboat Springs market this fall, it feels premature to label cash buyers a trend - but something is going on out there.
1980s music videos a hit at Noodles & More
As the 25th edition of the MTV Video Music Awards peers over the brink of irrelevancy, there is a place where George Michael's Wham!, Rick Astley, Big Country and other legends of filmed music artistry live on.
Chad Bedell: Harvest time should rekindle memories
In the 1940s and '50s, farmers from Steamboat to Clark grew grain crops to supplement their dairy herds during the long winters.
Jimmy Westlake: Andromeda Galaxy
Topping the alphabetical list of the 88 constellations is Andromeda, the beautiful daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus.
Ski officials address dip in bookings
Wirth: Local figures on par with Vail, but Steamboat has advantages
Local trends in ski season vacation bookings don't stray far from what Vail Resorts reported a couple of weeks ago, Andy Wirth said.
Looking back for Oct. 2, 1958
Vast new ski area progressing
Business File for Oct. 5
This week's Success Steps lunch will focus on helping small businesses get the most use out of Web 2.0, social networking sites and their marketing budgets.
Better times ahead
Economist offers a brighter outlook amid difficult days
Economist Carl Steidtmann analyzed the financial crisis and gave a levelheaded forecast of the U.S. economy Friday morning, predicting a modest recession with a slow recovery that could start late next year.
Censorship not a relic of the past
Banned Book Week promotes awareness of current literature disputes
As Thomas Jefferson said Friday, "Information is the currency of democracy."
