Northwest Colorado News for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023

September 12, 2023 Shannon Lukens

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By Shannon Lukens.

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The Bureau of Land Management has gathered 122 wild horses from the West Douglas Herd Area. That’s south of Rangely, near the Utah border. The horses are being taken to the holding facility in Canon City where they will be vaccinated and checked by a veterinarian. They’ll then go into the BLM’s wild horse and burro adoption program. Four of the horses had to be euthanized during the gather. An elderly stallion was lame, another stallion had an infected abscess, one stallion had blindness, and another had a broken leg. The BLM said the horses were gathered because there was limited water and food sources, and they kept going onto private lands.

More information on the roundup from the BLM
Steamboat Radio News Article; Sept. 12, 2023 ALL MUSTANGS HAVE BEEN GATHERED FROM WEST DOUGLAS HERD AREA
Article from The Colorado Sun; Sept. 12, 2023 Entire Western Colorado wild horse herd removed from range in helicopter roundup
Steamboat Radio Story; Aug. 28, 2023 WILD HORSE HERD SOUTH OF RANGELY TO BE GATHERED ON FRIDAY

Be aware of a nationwide social media scam that we just saw on a local Steamboat Springs Facebook page, that has since been taken down. People are posting pictures of a sweatshirt with a Steamboat Springs design with an anchor on it. They say it was created by their autistic son who is looking for encouragement by having people order the shirt. Don’t go to the link. It’s a scam and they’ll get all of your credit card information. Even more, the person posting turns off the comments so others can’t alert you that it’s a scam. Be careful.

United Way of the Yampa Valley is having their big fall fundraising efforts on Thursday. First, it’s 50K Day at Yampa Valley Bank in Steamboat Springs. Skull Creek Greek will have lunch. That’s from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow.

20K Day for United Way in Craig is at the same time, at the Yampa Valley Bank in Craig. City Market is providing a free lunch for those who stop by.

Yampa Valley Bank is matching the first $10,000 in donations in Steamboat Springs and $7,500 in donations in Craig. Donations are also being accepted through UnitedWayoftheYampaValley.org

Helmets are required but are they being worn? Here’s Steamboat Radio News Intern Chloe Sachs.

Steamboat Springs City Council passed an ordinance on April 4^th of this year that anyone under the age of 15 has to wear a helmet when riding an e-bike. City officials have noticed more helmets on young riders. Steamboat Springs Police Commander Rich Brown says the goal is to increase awareness and encourage voluntary compliance. He also says no citations have been issued but Steamboat Police have given some verbal warnings.

Yampa Valley Housing Authority meets at noon tomorrow (Thursday, Sept. 14). Agenda items include a Brown Ranch update and approval of the Executive Director Employment Contract.

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The Steamboat High School Mountain Bike team had seven podium finishes in the recent Showdown in the Boat. The local team took first place in Division two in the Steamboat Springs leg of the Colorado High School Cycling League. Some of the first place finishes were from Anna Rhodes for JV Girls. Whitney Warnke won for all freshmen girls. Aiden Haack won for Varsity boys, and sophomores Mary McLarnon won for Varsity Girls with Eva Minotto in second.

Thirty-four racers compete from Steamboat Springs High School and Steamboat Mountain School. Their next race is Sept. 24 in Leadville.

STEAMBOAT HIGH SCHOOL CYCLISTS DOMINATE AT SHOWDOWN IN THE ‘BOAT

Register today for curling leagues at Howelsen Ice Arena. The deadline to register is Sept. 28. The 10-game curling season starts Oct. 3. More information is at SteamboatSprings.net/curling.

Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.

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