By Shannon Lukens.
A 34-year-old woman from Steamboat Springs died in a two-vehicle, head-on collision Sunday, just west of town, near Mile Post 126. Routt County Coroner Mitch Locke has confirmed that Emily Tintrup Dealy died in the accident. Colorado State Patrol says she was a passenger in a truck that was hit by a 65-year-old man from Littleton, who caused the accident. Both drivers were taken to the hospital. Colorado State Patrol said the Vehicular Crime Unit was called in to investigate the crash, which closed the highway in both directions for most of the afternoon Sunday. Our deepest condolences to the family.
Colorado State Patrol also says to not “Act Ugly” behind the wheel. Aggressive driving is the top reason for lane violation crashes, which are usually caused by human factors like aggressive driving, driver inexperience, daydreaming, distracted driving, or the driver being tired or falling asleep. CSP says to always avoid an aggressive driver and just get out of the way.
AGGRESSIVE DRIVING TOPS CSP’S HUMAN FACTOR LIST IN LANE VIOLATION CRASHES
Be safe and buckle up. The mid-summer seat belt enforcement period starts today with Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Department of Transportation and participating law enforcement agencies across Colorado. It runs through Aug. 4. Seat belt citations are up 52% this year.
STAY SAFE BY BUCKLING UP, AND YOU COULD AVOID A TICKET
U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet are announcing $38 million in improvements for Colorado Airports. This includes $5,836,775 to the regional airport serving Craig and Moffat County. The improvements include navigation, reconstructing the taxiway, improving drainage and erosion control, and reconstructing the runway lighting and expanding the runway apron.
Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden is also receiving $585,000. Airport Manager Kevin Booth says it is to purchase two replacement snow plow trucks and a liquid de-ice applicator. A separate grant award is expected in the next couple of weeks that will pay to reconstruct the taxiway lighting, and rehabilitate the taxiway.
AIRPORTS IN CRAIG AND HAYDEN TO RECEIVE $$ FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Right now, a paved employee parking lot is being built at the airport in Hayden, as is a rental car storage lot. It will move the employees out of the west end of the paid parking lot and add 172 new parking stalls for passenger parking. That is expected to be finished in mid-October.
Evening taxi service is back in Steamboat Springs. GO Alpine Taxi has brought back the evening service for an on-call taxi. They say it is due to growing demand during non-traditional hours.
Yampa Valley Electric wants to let people know about some door-to-door sales that they are NOT associated with, that are happening in Steamboat Springs and possibly the surrounding areas. It is from a company selling solar. One of the pieces of information they are showing people has a screenshot from the Yampa Valley Electric website showing the recent press release of the partnership with Guzman. YVEA says they are not associated with these door-to-door salespeople or their installers, and neither is Guzman. A co-owner of Go Brite Solar told Steamboat Radio News that his sales people have the press release to show that energy rates are being increased, and that his sales representatives are instructed to make it very clear that they do not work with local power suppliers.
YVEA knows this is happening because the salespeople stopped at the home of the YVEA Public Relations Specialist Thursday night. https://gobritesolar.com/
“YVEA highly recommends that members be diligent with any person or company they engage with when it comes to solar installations. For more information on solar, including installers who have gone through YVEA’s qualified solar installer program, please visit https://www.yvea.com/member-solar”
YVEA SAYS THEY ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SOLAR DOOR-TO-DOOR SALESPEOPLE
YVEA REACHES AGREEMENT WITH GUZMAN ENERGY
The Moffat County Board of County Commissioners meets Tuesday morning. One general discussion item is on modifying the hours for Loudy-Simpson Park. Staff reports will be from Natural Resources, the County Clerk’s Office and Elections, Road & Bridge, Office of Development Services, and Planning and Zoning. Also, Stephanie Einfeld from Northwest Colorado Health have a program update. The meeting at the new courthouse building in Craig starts at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Routt County Board of County Commissioners also meets Tuesday morning. Agenda items include reports from Planning Director Kristy Winser, grant administration, also County Clerk Jenny Thomas, and Julie Kennedy with Purchasing. Todd Hagenbuch also has a presentation from the Routt County CSU Extension Office.
Water main lines along Saratoga Avenue in the Fairview neighborhood of Steamboat Springs are being replaced. Work begins today. It should take about six weeks.
WORK BEGINS MONDAY TO REPLACE FAILING WATER MAIN IN FAIRVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD
The Google Street View car has been in Northwest Colorado, spotted zipping along streets in Steamboat Spring, and spotted in Craig and Kremmling. It’s a mapping vehicle that Google uses for mapping streets across the world. Google says it has captured more than 10 million miles around the world. You can see it through Google Earth.
THE GOOGLE STREET VIEW CAR IS IN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Women United with Routt County United Way are collecting school supplies for schools across the community. The deadline has been extended to a week from today. It’s easy because you can order through a shopping list on Amazon or Walmart’s websites. Those links are on our website and on the Routt County United Way website under the Women United tab.
- Amazon shopping list
- Walmart shopping list
- Sign up for sorting and packing supplies
Two Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club athletes placed in the top five today at the Mountain Bike State Championships in Copper Mountain. Eva Minotto was 3rd and Anna Rhodes finished 5th in the Category 1 – 15 to 18-year-old division. The 11-mile course had 2,000 feet of climbing. Both of the girls are 15, and soon to be sophomores at Steamboat Springs High School.