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Grocery enters planning process in Steamboat

Vitamin Cottage could occupy Lincoln space

Company officials aren’t ready to confirm it, but it appears the specialty grocery store hoping to come to downtown Steamboat Springs will be a Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage.

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Yampa River Festival to be held during the holiday weekend

This weekend, Steamboat Springs residents will celebrate 270 miles of recreational opportunities during the 32nd annual Yampa River Festival. Numerous events are planned for Saturday and Sunday leading up to the Paddling Life Open professional kayaking competitions Monday.

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Ghost Ranch in Steamboat Springs to reopen Thursday

Ghost Ranch reopens Thursday with a concert from Missed the Boat, a local bluegrass and mountain rock band that played the final concert Oct. 29 before the venue suddenly closed.

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Steamboat's Town Challenge gears up for another season

The official start to the 2012 Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series isn’t for another week, but things crank up Wednesday night with a sign-up party at The Boathouse Pub.

Steamboat Springs under a red flag warning today

Warm weather, low humidity and strong winds combine with an abundance of dry fuels to pose a significant risk of wildfire today.

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Steamboat's biggest golf event approaching

Annual Ski Town Classic benefits Rotary, Routt County United Way

Billed as Steamboat’s premier golf event, the 15th annual Ski Town USA Golf Classic tournament, will be played June 15 and 16.

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Tom Ross: Pioneer woman chased grizzlies

Have you noticed that the popular imagery of pioneer women in the American West doesn’t do them justice?

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Jimmy Westlake: Partial lunar eclipse on horizon

In an eerie re-creation of last December’s sunrise lunar eclipse, the full moon once again will slip into the Earth’s dark shadow by the dawn’s early light on the morning of June 4.

Deb Babcock: Use tough native plants for tough conditions

When choosing plants for your garden here in Routt County, you’ll have the best luck if you choose plants that already are comfortable with our soil, climate and short growing season.

Ignite Steamboat sparks entrepreneurial spirit

Local networking group Ignite Steamboat aims to connect lone eagles and location-neutral businesses on the premise that putting creative people together can lead to something new and exciting.

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Tom Ross: Workin' on pizza moves

Most of us have amusing stories to tell about our first jobs as teenagers. And if you’re like me, you associate those jobs, which marked your entry into the adult world, with a particular summer.

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Steamboat's Peter Hall designs new stand-up paddleboarding gear

Steamboat local Peter Hall quit his full-time job and committed himself fully to designing and building stand-up paddleboarding gear. Hala Gear isn’t even a year old and most of its first run of products is still being manufactured. So far, so good.

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Lower flows forecast for Yampa River

Forecasts call for the Yampa River to surge one more time before plunging to levels that could allow commercial tubing operations in Steamboat Springs to begin. If the forecast for rains proves accurate, flows on the Yampa where it heads through downtown Steamboat could grow to 1,400 cubic feet per second tonight. But by the end of next week, flows are expected to drop to below 700 cfs and continue a quick downward trend.

Costs soar for Steamboat's ski season flight program

Managers of Steamboat’s ski season flight program expect to spend a record $3.5 million to meet revenue guarantees that brought direct flights into Yampa Valley Regional Airport last winter.

Steamboat writers come up big at EVVY awards

On Thursday in Denver, four Steamboat authors were recognized with the Colorado Independent Publisher’s Association 18th annual EVVY awards.

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Spoke Talk: Safe routes aren’t only for kids

If you haven’t experienced the 8 a.m. weekday rush hour in Steamboat Springs, you might be surprised by its magnitude. Parents dropping off kids at school combined with commuters cause congestion on a daily basis.

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New Colorado hunting website launched

The Steamboat Pilot & Today and the Craig Daily Press have launched www.COHunter.com, a website designed to be the home of the Colorado Hunter magazine produced annually by the newspapers.

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At the Movies: Family devotion is eternal in ‘Dark Shadows’

Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Ichabod Crane, Willy Wonka, Sweeney Todd, the Mad Hatter — they all basically boil down to the same character, a pale eccentric who’s just a few steps out of sync with the rest of the world. Just when you thought we’d seen the last of him, that archetype rises once again in “Dark Shadows.”

Pingpong tournament is Saturday in Steamboat

Pingpong started as a tribute and now has become part of the culture at Vertical Arts Architecture in Steamboat Springs.

Routt County events calendar for May 18 to 24

Routt County events calendar for May 18 to 24

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