Explore Steamboat, Staff: Alexis DeLaCruz

Alexis DeLaCruz

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Alexis M. DeLaCruz covers cops/courts, South Routt and obituaries for the Pilot & Today. She has worked for the newspaper since May 2005. Alexis has a bachelor of science degree in journalism and a bachelor of arts in Spanish language and literature from the University of Colorado. She worked as an intern at the St. Cloud Times in St. Cloud, Minn., and at the Colorado Daily in Boulder. Alexis is from Northglenn. She is an avid reader and will read pretty much anything she can get her hands on. She hates television but loves Netflix. She mountain bikes, lake kayaks and is eagerly awaiting her second Steamboat winter so she can perfect her snowboarding technique. She likes to drive and travel around the world. She also likes to randomly organize things that probably don't need it. Obviously, she likes to talk and socialize. She likes to make vegetable soup and Mexican food using her grandmother's recipes.

Recent photos:

Missouri resident Vickie Bohannon, right, laughs with her sister LeeAnn Yeargain after flying in a hot air balloon Saturday. Bohannon is dying of pancreatic cancer and had one last dream of seeing the Colorado Rockies before passing away.

Yampa artist NIta Herold Naugle has dabbled in all media, although she prefers oil. Naugle’s art is a “huge part” of her life, and she said she is glad to be a member of the South Routt art community.

Yampa’s Leisure Mountain Studio Gallery Coffee features an artist once a month. Longtime Yampa resident and artist Nita Herold Naugle’s work is being featured in July.

Yampa artist Nita Herold Naugle’s work is being featured this month at Leisure Mountain Studio in Yampa. Naugle said her art is inspired by living in Northwestern Colorado.

Soda Creek Elementary School third-grade teacher Holly Curtiss was named Wal-Mart’s 2007 “Teacher of the Year” on Friday. Curtiss was chosen for the honor because “she stood out above the rest.” Soda Creek also received a $1,000 gift certificate to Wal-Mart.

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