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Introducing “Brown Ranch — Explained”
Reporting series aims to layout various aspects of the Brown Ranch project and annexation agreement in effort to inform voters ahead of...
Dylan Anderson
Feb 2, 20242 min read


Where did the Yampa Valley Housing Authority come from and what has it built?
After being formed in 2003, voters approved dedicated revenue for YVHA in 2017. Since, the housing authority has leveraged $4.5 million...
Dylan Anderson
Feb 2, 20243 min read


Steamboat has been talking about affordable housing for more than 50 years
Housing woes in the Yampa Valley are not new. Some people were talking about it in the 1970s Editor's Note: This story is part a...
Dylan Anderson
Feb 2, 20243 min read


Routt Commissioners will hold another work session to hone in updated large special events policy
Commissioners expressed support for the general concepts of draft policy but felt some of the details needed more work. The Routt County...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 24, 20242 min read


‘You went there’: Council member wants Steamboat to explore property tax to fund Parks and Recreation
Steamboat Springs City Council spent a year considering a property tax to help fund the city's Parks and Recreation efforts in 2021 but...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 24, 20243 min read


Despite slow fundraising, Steamboat Council doesn’t want momentum for second sheet of ice to melt
Council members want to renegotiate the fundraising agreement for the Howelsen Ice Pavilion and showed a willingness to back the project...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 24, 20243 min read


Draft events policy would cap SBT GRVL at 3,000 riders, require commissioner approval for some events
Commissioners are set to review an updated special events policy on Monday that would require some special events to obtain commissioner...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 22, 20242 min read


Snowy start to 2024 increases basin’s snow-water equivalent, leads to 31 avalanches
Avalanche risk is considerable on Monday, but is forecasted to decrease to moderate for most of the mountains around Steamboat Springs on...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 22, 20242 min read


Five strategies to improve housing availability in Steamboat Springs that aren’t Brown Ranch
Steamboat's Housing Opportunities Strategic Plan prioritizes Brown Ranch while trying to make other short and long term investments in...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 22, 20244 min read


Does Steamboat's process to permit outfitters on the Yampa River need an overhaul?
The practice since 2004 has seen outfitting companies buy each other seeking more tubing permits while preventing any new tubing...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 17, 20242 min read


Steamboat Council supports ban on local sale of low-quality river tubes that often become trash
Council members showed support for requiring all tubes sold in town to have a thickness of at least 28 gauge after the parks department...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 17, 20243 min read


Public facing forecast model hopes to set better expectations around Yampa River recreation closures
After the summer of 2022 saw the river close, reopen and close again in the span of two weeks, officials have crafted a river reopening...
Dylan Anderson
Jan 17, 20244 min read
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