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Steamboat's April sales tax collections set a record for the 26th straight month
Revenues from Steamboat's STR tax totaled $316,00 in April after being over $1.3 million in each of the first three months of the year....
Dylan Anderson
Jun 2, 20232 min read


City, housing authority lack 'common ground' on 46-acre regional park at Brown Ranch
While the Brown Ranch Annexation Committee is in agreement on other parks, open space and trails, a regional park is still an issue where...
Dylan Anderson
May 30, 20233 min read


Two-thirds of young professionals surveyed fear lack of housing will force them from Steamboat
A survey of more than 250 people involved in the Young Professionals Network and local teachers show 63% do not have affordable housing....
Dylan Anderson
May 30, 20233 min read


Updated estimate predicts Brown Ranch infrastructure costs would exceed $355 million
Revenues from taxes associated with building the Brown Ranch and from Steamboat's tax on short-term rentals still leave the balance for...
Dylan Anderson
May 30, 20236 min read


Photos: Routt County's fallen soldiers remembered
64 locals who died fighting for their country were remembered in a Memorial Day Ceremony in Steamboat Springs Members of the Steamboat...
Dylan Anderson
May 29, 20232 min read


Group billing itself as a suicide prevention nonprofit appears to be scammers, Steamboat Police say
Steamboat Springs School District Superintendent Celine Wicks says the group has no affiliation with the district. A group claiming to be...
Dylan Anderson
May 24, 20233 min read


$1.9 million grant ensures Steamboat Schools will maintain, increase mental health supports
Steamboat's program has become a model for schools across the state and schools across Routt County also got funding to increase mental...
Dylan Anderson
May 24, 20234 min read


Updated agreement requires Comcast to maintain service center for at least five years
Need for the service center will be reevaluated by the city and cable provider six months before the five year mark of the new franchise...
Dylan Anderson
May 19, 20233 min read


Price tag for Gondola Transit Center overhaul with new gondola now as high as $50 million
A proposal that did not include the gondola considered just last year was closer to $10 million. The latest estimates show an overhauled...
Dylan Anderson
May 17, 20234 min read


Steamboat Police to start zero-tolerance crack down on traffic violations Memorial Day weekend
Interim Chief Mark Beckett says speeding and red light running is an issue throughout the city, and education and warnings simply are not...
Dylan Anderson
May 17, 20233 min read


Is passenger rail possible in the Yampa Valley? Steamboat Resort is studying if it could be.
With the number of coal trains traveling these lines declining, Union-Pacific has signaled it's open to considering rail both from Denver...
Dylan Anderson
May 15, 20234 min read


Could paying STR owners to convert their units be a Band-Aid on Steamboat's housing crisis?
The idea has been tried in Winter Park and Summit County with some success, but it can be expensive. While the Brown Ranch hopes to solve...
Dylan Anderson
May 15, 20233 min read
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