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Interstate Stash Express plays two nights at the pub
Boulder-area band gets double billing at OTP this weekend
Boulder-area rock band Interstate Stash Express doesn't mind doing things the way they might have been done 15 years ago - before online promotion blitzes or digitally corrected vocals or anything else that might require a rock band to have more members than can fit in a dirty van.
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by Margaret Hair
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Fundraising concert will be a dance for hope
Come, Let's Dance concert will benefit orphans in Uganda
During her benefit concert for Come, Let's Dance on Saturday, Denver blues singer Hazel Miller will have everyone dancing. If they're not, Miller is going to want to know why.
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by Margaret Hair
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Tobacco tax to increase
Revenue to go toward health care for children; smokers call hike unfair
Smokers and chewers will burn more bucks buying tobacco when a federal tax increase goes into effect Wednesday. The excise tax will increase from 39 cents to $1.01 for a pack of cigarettes, generating revenue for the Children's Health Insurance Program.
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by Blythe Terrell
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Tobacco tax to increase
Revenue to go toward health care for children; smokers call hike unfair
Smokers and chewers will burn more bucks buying tobacco when a federal tax increase goes into effect Wednesday. The excise tax will increase from 39 cents to $1.01 for a pack of cigarettes, generating revenue for the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sports briefs: Winter Sports Club skiers make JO podiums
Michael DeGrandis and Alissa Pinkoski led the way for the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club freestyle team March 11 to 15 at the Freestyle Junior Olympics in Waterville Valley, N.H.
Locals play D-I rugby in Aspen
If it were up to Michael Hurley, every single day would include some sort of rugby.
Chix with Stix ice Vail Breakaways, 5-2
Ask Chix with Stix coach Tim Shorland to name his favorite team to play against, and he will not hesitate. Vail.
Underage buyers denied in liquor checks
A 15-year-old and a 17-year-old were turned down at 13 stores where they tried to buy alcohol March 20, as all establishments checked by the Steamboat Springs Police Department passed alcohol compliance checks.
Swing and salsa workshops feature visiting instructor
When ballroom instructor Roxanne Maier looks out on a dance floor, she doesn't expect to see a particular type of person.
Diann Ritschard: Forest to receive beetle-kill tree removal funds
The U.S. Forest Service has announced its selection of the first 10 percent of projects created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Of this initial round of projects identified, the Routt National Forest will receive $2.2 million in ARRA funds to remove beetle-killed trees from roadsides in Routt, Jackson and Grand counties. In addition to providing the opportunity to create or retain jobs to complete these projects, the removal of the dead trees will maintain access for the public, emergency vehicles, power lines and communication sites, all for greater public safety. These efforts also increase firefighter safety and ingress/egress in the event of forest fires, as well as creating fuel breaks to help contain fires.
Planning Commission OKs extra growth
Commissioners offer target build-out numbers for west of town
When asked to identify a target number of residential units to accommodate in the community's growth area west of the city, Steamboat Springs planning commissioners answered with numbers that varied by about 10,000 units.
Steamboat briefs: Deadline is today for absent voters in Hayden
Today is the deadline for Hayden voters who want to register for an absent voter ballot. The town is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether it wants to elect a home-rule Charter Commission, which would put the town on the path from statutory to home rule.
Court of Appeals: School Board violated Open Meetings Law
The Steamboat Springs School Board violated the state's Open Meetings Law when it failed to properly announce the topic of a closed-door meeting Jan. 8, 2007, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The Record for March 25
1:21 a.m. Police arrested a 32-year-old Hayden man on suspicion of driving under the influence after a traffic stop at Yampa and Ninth streets. A passenger in the car was taken to detox.
Administrators to keep roles
School Board approves contract renewal package, 4-0
All seven administrators in the Steamboat Springs School District will keep their roles for the upcoming school year after the Steamboat Springs School Board approved their contract renewal package in a 4-0 vote.
Rob Douglas: Why no manslaughter charge?
The question being asked throughout the Yampa Valley this week is: Why wasn't Eduardo Capote Jr. charged with manslaughter, instead of assault, for his role in the death of Sgt. 1st Class Richard Lopez?
Fundraising concert will be a dance for hope
Come, Let's Dance concert will benefit orphans in Uganda
During her benefit concert for Come, Let's Dance on Saturday, Denver blues singer Hazel Miller will have everyone dancing. If they're not, Miller is going to want to know why.
On scene: Another year at Rio
When you move to a new spot, it seems as though every experience you have in the first month or so creates a memory. I remember the first lunch I had at Winona's. I remember my first night at the Tugboat with freshly minted friends. And I remember last year's anniversary party at the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant.
Museum shop open to new artists
Botanical illustration exhibit the main theme for summer 2009
The staff of the Steamboat Art Museum's gift shop hopes to have broadened the representation of local artists and craftspeople when the shop opens May 21 for the summer season.
Proud to be a jam band
The Heavy Pets embrace long solos and diverse influences
Traveling in a tour van from Aspen to their next show in Breckenridge, Florida-bred jam rock band The Heavy Pets have one question they want to answer and one they don't.
Margaret Hair: Recent interview highlights
The following are my recent favorite ways a band has expressed the sheer power its Steamboat Springs performance will pack.
Interstate Stash Express plays two nights at the pub
Boulder-area band gets double billing at OTP this weekend
Boulder-area rock band Interstate Stash Express doesn't mind doing things the way they might have been done 15 years ago - before online promotion blitzes or digitally corrected vocals or anything else that might require a rock band to have more members than can fit in a dirty van.
