By Shannon Lukens.
Fill out your ballot and turn it in. You can still mail it in, or drop it off at a ballot drop box.
Sarah Colding is the Elections Coordinator for Moffat County. Part of her job is coordinating about 13 Election Judges in the county, who oversee each ballot that comes in. Colding says if you come in, you’ll recognize them.
“They might be your friends, they might a family member, they might even be a neighbor. But all of us here in the election office are what makes our democracy work. And it’s the reason why our elections are so strong.”
Colding says the election judges are trained to insure that voters are able to cast ballots without problems. Some also undergo background checks. She says being an election judge is very admirable.
Routt County has about 45 election judges, most of whom are returning. Election judges in Routt County are paid $13 dollars an hour. In Moffat County, it’s minimum wage, which is $12.56 an hour.
A condominium complex at Ski Time Square no longer has any parking. It’s the Ski Time Square Condos. The parking structure they have been using was causing concern so the HOA there had two safety assessments and structural studies done, both of which failed. Those studies were forwarded to DBT Thunderhead LLC out of Washington DC, which owns the property. Here’s Marcus Fresques, who is on the HOA Board for the 80-unit building.
We also reached out to DBT Thunderhead and did not hear back. Another engineering study was done in 2022. The HOA forwarded the engineering studies to DBT, who then sent them to the City of Steamboat Springs and Routt County, and they then did an inspection and sent notice to DBT Thunderhead LLC that the property is in violation of municipal codes and that the underground parking structure is unsafe to occupy and should be vacated immediately. It was blocked off with fencing last Friday.
In a letter to DBT Thunderhead, the building department said the owner can make corrections to the parking structure to make it safe or submit a Demolition Permit to remove it.
Until then, the condo owners at Ski Time Square Condos still have nowhere to park their cars.
Fresques has been a resident owner there since 2006.
The Haunted House at Colorado Mountain College is back for a 23rd year of frightening ghouls, goblins, and zombies. It’s from 6-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and on Halloween night. Tickets are $20 per person at the door. All of the money raised goes to the CMC Astronomy Club.
In Craig, there is a Hunting Information Open House Friday. It’s from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Craig Sportsman Information Center/Chamber of Commerce. Free breakfast, snacks, and lunch for hunters.
For the KRAI Time, Temp, and Weather Hotline, call 970-824-1918.