By Shannon Lukens.
A moose died at Steamboat Ski Resort Sunday. It was on the top deck of the parking structure where people were parking to go to the base area. The moose jumped off of the second deck, broke its neck, and died. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers came to remove the moose and they confirm that the animal was donated.
Steamboat Springs is receiving worldwide attention due to a video posted on the Steamboat Radio Facebook page. It’s of a bear in the Blue Sage neighborhood, trying to climb out of a top floor window of a house last Wednesday afternoon. The bear pulled open a window on the lower level and ripped through a screen to get in. It grabbed some food in the kitchen and went upstairs. It tried four times to get out of the top floor window. Neighbors called police. The video from neighbor Heidi Hannah shows the bear hanging against the side of the house from the window sill, unsure of whether to make the jump. It didn’t. It went back downstairs and out the window. The video on our Facebook page alone has reached hundreds of thousands of people, and publications worldwide.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife area wildlife manager Kris Middledorf says this bear has been involved in at least three home break-ins. It has attempted to enter one home multiple times. It has been in multiple garages. A trap has been set at least three times for this bear. Middledorf adds, “If the bear is captured, it will be euthanized.” The bear has been moving between the areas bound by Spring Creek and Fish Creek in Steamboat Springs.
Video of Bear Climbing out of upstairs window
WILDLIFE OFFICERS PLAN TO EUTHANIZED BEAR IN WINDOW
The City of Steamboat Springs is honoring the Juneteenth holiday for the first time today. It’s a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. City offices are closed today.
CITY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS OBSERVES JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY
All streets scheduled for repaving in Steamboat Springs have been repaved. United Companies brought in two work crews to get it done. The City of Steamboat Springs Streets Division is getting an engineering study done on Pine Grove Road to decide how to best improve it. It could include adding crosswalks, a bike path, possibly sidewalks, and repaving. The assessment is happening now and a decision will be made how to best proceed. Street Superintendent David Van Winkle says he hopes the big Pine Grove Road transformation will happen in 2024.
The Steamboat Streets Division crews are repainting crosswalks all over town. They are a bit behind because of the rainy weather, but they’re getting it done so watch for them.
Steamboat Springs School District Board of Education meets at 4:30 p.m., at Sleeping Giant School. Agenda Zoom Link Information
One agenda item includes consideration of approval for the design plans for the new Piknik Theatre Amphitheater Project at Strawberry Park Elementary. The Routt County Planning Commission has unanimously approved the permit.
Approval for construction will be granted by the district upon delivery of a contract from Holmquist-Lorenz Construction Company, laying out the costs for the project, and proof of available funding through bank deposits, foundation grants, and government funding from the State of Colorado.
There is a Community Blood Drive in Craig Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s at the Moffat County Fairgrounds from 12:30-6 p.m. tomorrow, and then 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Details to register are on our website.
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BLOOD DRIVES ARE SCHEDULED FOR MOFFAT COUNTY June 20-21
Summer Kidpreneurs (that’s kid entrepreneurs) returns tomorrow, June 20 through Aug. 15 in Craig. Kids 14 and younger can sell their goods tax-exempt on the lawn of the Yampa Building in Craig, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday. Stop by to support them.
The Players at Perry-Mansfield are holding auditions for their upcoming mystery-satire called “Death by Chocolate,” by Paul Freed. Auditions are at 6 p.m. Monday and Thursday, June 19 and 22, at the Steamboat Art Depot, and at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, at the Hayden Town Center. The show is looking for actors, make-up and hair artists, backstage, props, and set design crew. Performances will be in the Julie Harris Theatre on the Perry Mansfield Campus, Aug. 24-26.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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