Steamboat Today: Matt Stensland

Brady Meier died Friday after construction site accident

Brady Meier was pronounced dead at 11:45 a.m. at Yampa Valley Medical Center, Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg said. The cause of his death has not been determined, but Ryg and investigating officers said they think Meier was struck with a fitting from a pressurized water line.

Hayden man dies after construction site accident

Man was working on project next to Slopeside Grill when fatally injured

A 29-year-old Hayden man died today after a compression cap on a water line blew off and struck him. The man was working on a construction project at the base of Mount Werner.

Watch the game LIVE

Steamboat takes on Palisade at Gardner Field. Second half.

Man rescued from Fish Creek Falls ledge

An unidentified man sits stranded on a ledge about three-quarters of the way up the lower falls at Fish Creek Falls on Saturday evening.

VNA plans in limbo

Organization unsure about TMH purchase

The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association may buy its portion of the current The Memorial Hospital campus, or the whole facility or none at all, said Cole White, VNA director of operations.

Photo gallery: Balloon Rodeo Media Day

Members of the media, event sponsors and VIPs got a glimpse of this weekend's Hot Air Balloon Rodeo on Friday morning. The Hot Air Balloon Rodeo is Saturday and Sunday at Bald Eagle Lake. Balloons launch and fly from 7-9:30 a.m.

Search for Rebecca Green scaled back until water levels drop

Search and Rescue to monitor flows in Fish Creek, wait for safer currents

Routt County Search and Rescue is scaling back its search for Rebecca Green until water levels recede to safe flows near upper Fish Creek Falls. Green has been missing since Saturday afternoon. A prayer vigil for the family is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church.

Search area narrowed

Long Lake gate will be closed to slow water in search for woman

Crews have narrowed the search area for Rebecca Green and are continuing their search today of upper Fish Creek Falls, where they hope to locate the Steamboat Springs woman missing since Saturday afternoon.

Logger lauds stimulus

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helps to clear Routt National Forest

A loud diesel engine spews black smoke into the air as the machine it's driving carries a bundle of trees down a temporary logging road, with limbs snapping under its tires. These are the sights and sounds of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Northwest Colorado this summer.

Rescue crews leaving Fish Creek Falls for the day

Plans for tomorrow not yet known in the search for Rebecca Green, 40, of Steamboat Springs

Search and Rescue spokeswoman Riley Polumbus said at 5 p.m. today that rescuers are beginning to pack up and end today's search for 40-year-old Rebecca Green of Steamboat Springs. Green and her 8-year-old son, Kade, fell into Fish Creek below the upper falls Saturday. Kade was safely carried out by rescuers. Green has been missing since about 1 p.m. Saturday. Search plans for tomorrow are not yet decided.

Search for missing woman to continue today

Rebecca Green, 40, of Steamboat Springs, fell into water near upper Fish Creek Falls

Forty-year-old Rebecca Green, of Steamboat Springs, and her 8-year-old son, Kade, fell into Fish Creek below the upper falls Saturday. Kade suffered cuts on his head but was carried out by rescuers in stable condition. Green has been missing since going into the water at about 1 p.m.

Lightning likely is cause of school fire

No students in South Routt Elementary School when blaze broke out Wednesday

A lightning strike is the suspected cause of a fire at South Routt Elementary School in Yampa that kept firefighters busy Wednesday afternoon.

Deputies search home east of Hayden

Officers say marijuana, suspicious chemicals found; no arrests made

A search of a home just east of Hayden along U.S. Highway 40 netted six marijuana plants, an undisclosed amount of cured marijuana and some suspicious chemicals and liquids Friday, Routt County Sheriff's Office investigators said.

CMC holds lively commencement

Graduates flipped their tassels Saturday in a packed ceremony at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel

More than 60 Colorado Mountain College students flipped their tassels and became graduates in a spirited ceremony Saturday, receiving associate's degrees in fields including resort management, outdoor education and the arts.

Flag to fly again at Hayden field

It's been 60 years since the American flag has flown at the Hayden High School football field, and Ron Nereson was not about to let anything happen to the concrete meticulously poured and smoothed for a new flagpole Tuesday morning.

Wildfire threatens homes

A wildland fire burning in thick oak brush spread to within a couple hundred feet of two homes southwest of Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon.

Wildfire threatened homes, but no damage

Crews contain blaze southwest of Steamboat Springs

A wildland fire burning in thick oak brush spread to within a couple hundred feet of two homes southwest of Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters dispatched to ski area

U.S. Forest Service crew responds to tree lit by lightning

Lightning from a strong Monday afternoon storm is the suspected cause of a fire that had at least one tree smoldering Tuesday at the Steamboat Ski Area.

Molly on the mend

Molly showing self-confidence in recovery

Since Jan. 17, 2007, every day of Molly Look's life has been about accomplishments, big and small.

A girl and her Boy

Molly's love for her bunny led to fateful morning

When Kathleen Fitzsimmons drove past a young girl wearing just a shirt sitting on a snowbank along Routt County Road 52E, the child was beyond pain. She wasn't crying.

Search area expanded

Civil Air Patrol looking at 4,000 square miles in 11 counties

Helicopters and planes could be seen and heard throughout the day in Steamboat Springs on Monday, during day two of a search for a downed aircraft carrying a Routt County man and his son.

Search area expanded

Civil Air Patrol looking at 4,000 square miles in 11 counties

The Civil Air Patrol expanded its search Monday for the pilot and passenger of a downed aircraft, to an area encompassing 4,000 square miles in 11 counties. Levi Klapperich, 26, of Durango, and his father, Mark Klapperich, 56, of Hayden, have been missing since Sunday morning after their twin-engine Cessna 310 left Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden and flew east toward Fort Collins.

Sixth annual cattle sale supports local beef producers

Viewing of the animals at the sixth annual North Western Colorado Bull Sale begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Routt County Fairgrounds in Hayden.

Mudslide closes River Road

Homeowner's property washing away

A mudslide Tuesday afternoon closed River Road in both directions about three-tenths of a mile north of the Routt County Road 14 and Mount Werner Road intersection.

Deadline day

Federal, state returns due today; post office expects crowds

The state and federal tax deadline is today, and last-minute filers have been crowding the post office to get their envelopes postmarked in time.

Winter makes slow exit

Mount Werner sees more than 10 inches; warming trend begins today

Spring officially began March 20, but Mother Nature has other ideas. A strong winter storm dropped more than 10 inches of snow on Mount Werner overnight Sunday and Monday morning, delighting skiers and riders and adding to the season's record-setting total. And there's more snow in the forecast as Sunday's closing day approaches.

Spring is under way, but winter still looms

Steamboat Springs under a snow and blowing snow advisory until 6 p.m.

Steamboat Springs is under a snow and blowing snow advisory until 6 p.m. today, with 5 to 10 inches expected by early evening. Meanwhile, it's another powder day on the mountain. The ski area reported 10 inches of snow this morning.

Dan Smilkstein

Constantly in search of new challenges, two summers ago Dr. Dan Smilkstein found himself climbing a 19,785-foot mountain in the Peruvian Andes.

Tradition spared the knife

Company steps up to help snow sculpting contest go on

A longtime Winter Carnival tradition was nearly broken this year because of too much snow in Steamboat Springs, but a local company has stepped up to ensure snow sculptures will again grace Lincoln Avenue.

A neighborhood divided

North Routt subdivision split on snowmobile use

For more than 30 years, snowmobiles had been a common sight on the county roads that wind through the Willow Creek Pass subdivision. That changed last November, when officials realized state law prohibited snowmobiling on county roadways.

Slope safety stressed

Autopsy reveals cause of man's death was asphyxiation

The Steamboat Ski Area's first on-mountain death in nearly two years is bringing increased attention to skier safety and awareness.

Tree wells pose hidden danger

Deep or unstable snow can cause sudden, severe risks

Steamboat Springs snowboarder Dan Tullos knows firsthand how too much powder can quickly create a deadly situation. About this time last year, Tullos was cruising down the Priest Creek lift line at the Steamboat Ski Area when he dropped 15 or 20 feet off a rock. It almost cost him his life.

Global warming happens today

That's the headline New York Times Science Editor Andrew Revkin says you will never see in his newspaper.

Old Town Hot Springs grand (re)opening set

After months of complicated construction, Old Town Hot Springs plans to open its renovated hot pools and two new water slides during a celebratory event Monday.

Verizon says glitch is fixed

A weekend of dropped cell phone calls, frustration and headaches for some Steamboat Springs Verizon Wireless customers was cured after a quick dose of *228 on Monday, Verizon officials said.

More jets coming to YVRA

United and Ski Corp. deal will increase seats year-round

Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. has struck what many call a long-overdue deal with United Airlines.

Local experts begin hosting Real Estate Apres Ski

Tom Seyfried and Tina Chavez are firm believers that too much information is rarely a bad thing, especially when it comes to buying real estate.

Homes for the holidays

Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter seeking owners for pets

Dogs and cats may be cute and cuddly, but local animal workers say they aren't necessarily the type of gift to surprise someone with this holiday season.

Consumers take lower rates to bank

With mortgage rates hovering around a two-year low, local lenders have been busy locking in low rates for their customers.

Keeping warm is a dirty job

Maintaining coal boilers in South Routt schools reminiscent of former times

Sometimes, Larry Radford's job reminds him of what it must have been like to work on a locomotive in the early 1800s.

South Routt residents say 'ahhh'

Visits to medical clinic have more than doubled in recent months

The doctor will be in five times a week at the South Routt Medical Center as early as Jan. 1. It was less than a year ago that the clinic was open only two half-days a week. But that all changed after South Routt residents in May 2006 voted in favor of a mill levy to subsidize the expense of operating the medical clinic.

Development signals end for rancher

South Routt County rancher Cynthia Crawford says she has had enough. Even with more than 2,100 acres of property to herself, she says there is no escaping the vehicles that speed down Colorado Highway 131. Crawford says development is pushing her out.

Curator aims to educate

Teaching and learning never stop for Tracks and Trails Musuem's Laurie Elendu

Laurie Elendu says she felt like she was walking into a very exciting adventure last March, when she became curator of the Tracks and Trails Museum in Oak Creek.

Lunch brings sense of community to South Routt

Three times a week, meal brings seniors together for socializing, fun and food

The senior citizens in South Routt County know a good deal when they eat one.

Ball sparks WWII memories

Museum exhibit opening in time for Veterans' Day

For Oak Creek resident Lorraine Gregory, a deflated football recently found upstairs in her farmhouse brings back memories of rationing food and purchasing bonds to support Americans fighting overseas in World War II.