By Shannon Lukens.
A “Safe 2 Tell” complaint to 911 resulted in two arrests at Steamboat Springs High School Tuesday. The complaint was about a male who posted a picture of himself with what looked to be an AR style rifle with a threatening message. Steamboat Police started investigating and identified the suspect as 18-year-old Zachery Durham. Police located Durham and 19-year-old Damion Rhodes in the school parking lot, where Steamboat Police say Rhodes appeared to be loading a magazine into what looked like a rifle. It was an Airsoft gun. Police also found other knives and swords in the car. Both men were arrested. Durham is not a student at the school but Rhodes is. And while this happened, the high school was under an active secure perimeter. All students and staff were in the building and all outside doors were closed and locked. Steamboat Springs Police Chief Sherry Burlingame says, “We take potential threats and threats of violence very seriously.”
Women United with Routt County United Way are presenting Lunch & Learn. The topic is “Fentanyl: The Third Wave of the Opioid Crisis.” Everyone is invited. It’s at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 in Allbright Auditorium at Colorado Mountain College. Register online through their website and lunch is included for free.
A firefighter at the Oak Creek Fire Department has made it on the Colorado Firefighter Calendar for 2023. Nathan Carranza has been a firefighter in Oak Creek for about eight months.
“Kind of surreal to be honest. It was not something that I feel like was real going into it until I saw my image on a calendar.”
Carranza is also a dancer, and was on Season 12 of So You Think You Can Dance.
The calendars are $20 each. All of the money goes to the Burn Center at Children’s Hospital. Carranza will be setting up some public appearances and ways to buy the calendar online. But until then…
“People can also always stop by the Oak Creek Fire Department and they can receive a signed copy from me directly.” (Oak Creek Fire is at 23655 County Road 16 in Oak Creek.)
Carranza is on the month of June.
- To buy calendars directly, message Nathan Carranza on Instagram at Eminate_fitness
- Calendars will soon be on sale through the Colorado Firefighter Calendar website.
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In Craig the Powderpuff Football game is tonight for Homecoming for the Moffat County Bulldogs. The pep assembly is Thursday afternoon, with a soccer game at 4:30 p.m. with the bonfire tomorrow night. The parade is Friday at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs play Rifle at 7 p.m. Friday, and the Homecoming Dance is Saturday night.
The 7th and 8th grade football teams at Steamboat Springs Middle School have their last games of the season on Thursday. Both teams are undefeated and they’ll be playing Meeker. Here’s #26 Sailor Running Back Tyler Grove.
The 7th graders start at 5 p.m. and the 8th graders are right after. The games are being played Thursday at Gardner Field at Steamboat Springs High School. The team hopes to pack the stands.
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