By Shannon Lukens.
More than 350 voting centers are opening across Colorado today. That includes at local county clerk’s offices. Ballots are also being mailed in. Once that ballot gets to the local county clerk’s office, it is opened by a signature verification board. That’s a team of bipartisan judges that verifies the signature on the ballot envelope with past signatures on that voter’s record. If there is a problem, the voter has up to eight days after election day to cure that ballot and prove they are the one who sent it. After that, the ballots that have cleared go to an opening board, which is another team of bipartisan judges. Here’s Routt County Clerk and Recorder Jenny Thomas.
Drop off your ballots in the secure dropbox at the county clerk’s office in your county, or the town halls in Hayden, Yampa, and Oak Creek.
CDOT is doing some resurfacing of Hwy 40 at Sand Springs Gulch, east of Craig. That’s about milepost 92. It will last for 12 miles. The project is happening from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today through Friday.
A mandatory full-day fishing closure is in effect on a 0.6-mile stretch of the Yampa River between the dam at Stagecoach State Park, downstream to the lowermost park boundary. It’s because of decreased water flow from Stagecoach Reservoir. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the fishing ban will continue until further notice.
The Steamboat Springs School Board of Education meets at 4:30 p.m. today. The meeting includes a Climate and Culture update, a Northwest Colorado BOCES update, and an update on a Comprehensive Early Literacy Grant. Plus, there will be a celebration of Sleeping Giant School. The school board meeting is at Steamboat Springs Middle School or available via Zoom.
The Moffat County Board of County Commissioners meets Tuesday morning. Commissioners will announce seat selections on the Moffat County Fair Board and Moffat County Tourism Association. Tammy Raschke will report on the General Election from the Clerk & Recorder’s office. HR will present an employment offer for Public Health Director. Tuesday’s meeting starts at 8:30 a.m.
If you’re looking for a pet, the Routt County Humane Society has 16 dogs available for adoption right now.
In football this weekend…
- Moffat County crushed Aspen, 60-14 Friday night with seven touchdowns from Bulldog Senior Evan Atkin.
- The 4-4 Steamboat Sailors lost to Fort Lupton, 52-35.
- The Soroco Rams drop to 2-6 after losing 58-8 to Rangely
- The 5-3 Hayden Tigers shut out Sargent, 56-0 Friday night.
The Colorado State Cross Country Championships are this weekend in Colorado Springs. The Steamboat Sailors Girls team qualified as did sisters Autumn and Ayla Oslowski, individually. Then there’s Sailor Sophomore Xavier Knott who will compete in the Unified division, which is a cross between Special Olympic and para-lympic athletes.
The state meet is this weekend.
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