Steamboat News

Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club member Jarryd Hughes registered a 10th place finish at the first World Cup start of his career.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued an avalanche warning, which is in effect through 6 p.m. Wednesday.

During a week when white once again has become Steamboat’s favorite color, the community is fortunate there were a few among us who had their minds on the reds, pinks, greens and yellows of summer.

The Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team (12-10) opens the first round of the Class 4A State basketball tournament at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain View (11-12).

The Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball team couldn’t overcome a slow start Tuesday, falling, 42-37, to Evergreen in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs.

Despite twice rolling over rival Soroco earlier this year, Hayden High School boys basketball coach Mike Luppes made sure his team was focused on Tuesday’s opening round of the district tournament.

Now, that is a rivalry game — the grandeur, both sides decked out and the gym so loud no one could hear. And unlike the first two matchups between the Hayden High School and Soroco High School girls basketball teams, this one lived up to the billing.

Thom Kerr, the interim director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, told a group of about 80 people at the Routt County Courthouse on Tuesday night that baseline testing of groundwater quality is in the best interest of energy exploration companies.

1:14 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to help Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters with a request for an ambulance on Pine Street. A 21-year-old Steamboat woman was arrested on suspicion of being a fugitive of justice.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday morning concluded their on-site inspection of the plane that crashed Sunday at Yampa Valley Regional Airport, killing two people.

Steamboat Smokehouse owner Fritz Aurin said the snowstorm that has left behind more than 3 feet of snow in the past two days is nothing but good news, not only for him but also for many local businesses.

Emily Krall recently moved back to Steamboat to launch an environmental education program. Called BookTrails, the organization aims to foster a love of reading, as well as outdoor recreation and stewardship.

How can it be that a year has passed since Mom died? After a two decades-long descent into dementia, dependence and debilitation, Dorothy is free from Alzheimer’s, but her survivors aren’t.

Put me down as being very disappointed in the new commenting policy on SteamboatToday.com.

Thank you to Brent Boyer and the Steamboat Pilot & Today for taking a stand by eliminating the anonymous commenters.

Thank you for having the courage to eliminate anonymous posters from SteamboatToday.com.

The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club freestyle moguls team notched a pair of podium finishes during the weekend at the Durango Freestyle Open.

I have been reading the comments on the Steamboat Pilot & Today’s new online policy, and I wanted to say that, as an elected official, I totally agree with the new policy.

Sheraton Steamboat Resort has partnered with Clean the World, a charitable organization that recycles discarded hotel soap and bottled shampoo products, according to a news release.

A prospective Steamboat Springs resident challenged the community to raise the funds needed to save the downtown flower baskets. A handful of community members and businesses delivered.