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Key issues like ballot language, regional park and water rights remain for Brown Ranch annexation
Steamboat Springs City Council and the Yampa Valley Housing Authority are working to have a finalized agreement approved via resolution...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 22, 20239 min read


Steamboat Council meetings lasting nearly 5 hours on average; have been steadily getting longer
Tuesday’s council meeting is starting earlier than normal as it is projected to last seven hours, which would make it the longest meeting...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 22, 20233 min read


Steamboat Resort, City council considers $50M deal to build new transit center, gondola next week
Public Improvements Agreement is part of the resort's metro district funding proposal and includes a provision that pays $13 million of...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 18, 20238 min read


Steamboat-based ice cream company founder Bryan Swintek announces run for City Council
The 33-year-old who has served on the city’s Planning Commission for the last six months, said he wants to be on Council to help people...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 11, 20234 min read


Housing Authority offers to pay per unit, per year fee to close Brown Ranch operational funding gap
The proposal, if accepted by the city, would take care of operational funding shortfalls, but how the city will pay for its share of...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 9, 20235 min read


Routt County Commissioners table letter for $4 million grant over Brown Ranch regional park issue
The housing authority has proposed land in the county north of the Brown Ranch for the regional park that the city has insisted needs to...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 9, 20234 min read


Petitions to run for Steamboat City Council are available starting Tuesday; Due Aug. 28
Four of the seven seats are on the ballot in November, three of which will have a race without an incumbent. Petitions to run for one of...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 7, 20234 min read


Housing Authority's, 234-unit Mid Valley project clears Planning Commission; Goes to Council Aug. 22
Project includes 84 for sale units and 150 rental units across four buildings targeting folks of middle incomes from 80% to 140% area...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 7, 20233 min read


Routt County Humane Society says cases of dogs being dumped are on the rise
One dog was recently found tied to a tree in the Routt National Forest, while another was left on the side of the road at the base of...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 4, 20234 min read


‘A Matter of Justice:’ Navajo Reservation water an elusive goal, say experts at Steamboat seminar
About 30% of the 200,000 Navajo people in the Southwest lack access to clean, potable water and about 40% of them have no running water...
Brodie Farquhar
Aug 4, 20235 min read


Special Steamboat Council meeting results in little progress toward Brown Ranch Annexation deal
Council showed support for allocating 75% of STR tax revenues toward Brown Ranch, but lacked consensus on whether to send the question to...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 2, 20236 min read


Public comment focuses Brown Ranch annexation discussion on Steamboat’s desperate need for housing
About 45 minutes of public comment showed strong support for the project, with most commenters expressing that the most important thing...
Dylan Anderson
Aug 2, 20235 min read
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