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One Steamboat Place logs $15.25 million in 1st round of closings

The Steamboat Springs real estate market received a qualified boost Monday when the first 13 condominium sales closed at One Steamboat Place for a combined $15.25 million.

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Tax credit could multiply home sales

1st-time, current homeowners can take advantage of legislation

Steamboat Realtors are optimistic that the combined effect of twin federal tax credits for homebuyers could unstick a portion of the local real estate market.

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Crafts for the holidays in Steamboat

A few years ago, Diane Davis sat down in her kitchen with a hot glue gun, a pile of holiday evergreen wreathes, a collection of decorations and her forgotten creative side. That craft-a-palooza left her family and friends with holiday wreathes, and it left Davis with what would become the Steamboat Arts & Crafts Gym.

School lunches for Nov. 30 to Dec. 4

School lunches for Nov. 30 to Dec. 4

Steamboat briefs: Horizons services seeking volunteers

Horizons Specialized Serv­ices is seeking volunteers to serve as mentors to individuals with developmental disabilities. Volunteers spend at least three hours a month with Horizons clients. Activities can include hiking, biking, bowling, swimming, fishing, walks and more. If interested, call Rebecca Hanson at 879-4466, ext. 111.

The Jail Report for Nov. 21 to 27

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.

The Record for Nov. 27

8:27 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a car crash in the 2000 block of Pine Grove Road.

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Steamboat ministries take fresh approaches to community

There are two schools of thought with churches today: old vs. new, said Matthias Krier, pastor at United Methodist Church in Steamboat Springs. He described the old as traditional and unwilling to change, while the new offered fresh perspective and shifted some control from clergy to parishioners.

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Logging set for areas hit by pine beetle infestation

A massive tree-removal project will affect areas including Spring Creek, Fish Creek, Burgess Creek and the base of Steamboat Ski Area in an effort to mitigate hazards created by the bark beetle epidemic.

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Search and rescue teams gear up for the winter

Had people managed to get lost last weekend along the stretch of U.S. Highway 40 that crosses Rabbit Ears Pass, or buried under the 2 or 3 inches of snow that partially covered the rocky terrain, there likely would have been good news. The army of search and rescue volunteers that canvassed the area would surely have found them.

Joel Reichenberger: Ski goals revisited

I expect this to become a tradition, at least so long as I never actually fulfill any of the goals I’m about to lay out. I laid out a series of objectives last year as the ski season got under way, and come April, I had not come all that close to fulfilling most of my plans.

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Disorder has made life hectic for Steamboat Springs athlete

Stephen Remillard is a marathon runner. He knocked off his first last year, the San Francisco Marathon. One thing that’s kept him running is his association with the International Essential Tremor Foundation and Remillard’s own drive to raise awareness for the disorder that has affected his own life.

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Steamboat shoppers hit downtown for sales

Number of shoppers high, but Black Friday sales typically small

The idea of Black Friday, with throngs of sales-frenzied, elbow-throwing shoppers beating down retailer doors, doesn’t quite hold up in Steamboat Springs. The kickoff to the Christmas holiday shopping season was humming, however, and business owners reported brisk traffic.

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Tom Ross: Beware the karaoke machine

I tanked as an Elvis impersonator in front of 110 of my colleagues and their significant others Sunday, and I know people never will regard me in quite the same way again.

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Little snowfall predicted throughout weekend

The dreary weekend likely will not include much snow for Steamboat Springs or the ski area, forecasters said Friday. Although National Weather Service forecasters predict a 40 percent chance of snow for the area, that probably won’t add up to many inches.

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