By Shannon Lukens.
It has been a snow globe of a weekend. Steamboat Springs residents woke up to nearly a foot of new snow on the mountain on Sunday and it kept falling. Rabbit Ears Pass was closed for awhile Sunday morning. Many folks stayed home and shoveled out. Sign up for emergency alerts from your county to know when roads are closed.
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A vehicle that was being driven erratically eventually was stopped in Steamboat Springs late last week. It was first reported in Moffat County where deputies tried to stop it, but had to end the pursuit as it headed towards Hayden. Routt County Sheriff’s officers and Steamboat Police were ready when it pulled into Steamboat. They were eventually able to disable the driver who has been identified as Nellie Rodriguez, who is from Rawlins, Wyoming. She was arrested and has multiple charges, and has a court date this afternoon.
A traffic stop near Curve Court in Steamboat Springs resulted in a find of 5.8 pounds of suspected cocaine. The Sheriff K9 Winston gave the alert on the vehicle and the subsequent search. The driver was arrested and booked into the Routt County Jail for possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, and received a $250K bond.
Tri-State Generation & Transmission has announced it will close the three units at the Craig Station in September 2028. Originally, Unit 3 was supposed to close in 2030. But now the timeline for the shutdown of the coal-fired power plant has been accelerated.
The Bear Creek Animal Shelter in Craig says they have 21 new cats and kittens available for adoption. They’d love your help in finding homes for them. You can see the cats on Petfinder.com Search Moffat County.
Historic Routt County will be designating the Veterans Center Building as an historic landmark today. The plaque will be presented at 4 p.m. at the Veterans Center, 924 Lincoln Ave., in recognition of the building’s historic and architectural importance to the City of Steamboat Springs.
The Steamboat Springs School District Board of Education meets at 4:30 p.m. today, at Steamboat Springs Middle School. The board will select officers.
The 2024 Winter Carnival poster has been unveiled by Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty. It was designed by local artist Susan Gill Jackson. Posters are $15 each and will benefit Steamboat Springs Winter Sports. They’ll be available starting Dec. 11, at local businesses around town. The original is on display at Pine Moon Fine Art Gallery.
- Yampa Valley Bank
- FM Light & Sons
- Lyon’s Corner Drug
- Off the Beaten Path
- Pine Moon Gallery
- Steamboat Sotheby’s Realty Offices
- Steamboat Specialties/Pro Shop
- SSWSC Office
Steamboat Sotheby’s is also accepting toy donations to benefit those spending the holidays at Children’s Hospital in Colorado. Take new and unwrapped toys to the Sotheby’s office at Wildhorse or Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club office by Dec. 18. They call it Snow Pile at the hospital, and it was started by Steamboat’s Moose Barrows, to honor the memory of his son. For more information, call 970-879-8100.
Thank you to all who support the 25th annual KRAI Holiday Drive on Friday, sponsored by Yampa Valley Bank and Memorial Regional Health. Here is hospital CEO Jennifer Riley.
“Our EMS crew and the employees from our hospital put together lots of donations for our kids and our seniors because we know that there are people who are struggling at this time of year and we are doing everything we can to support the community that supports us all year long.”
Final numbers are still coming in but we think over $20,000 was raised for Christmas for Kids, Christmas for Seniors, the Interfaith Food Bank, and Open Heart Advocates, with many many toys and bikes and balls and games and food and gifts donated. There are all kinds of happy pictures on the KRAI & 55 Country Facebook page.
Routt County is offering Contractor Training Courses as there are changes in some of the building and energy codes that go into effect Jan. 1. These training courses are good for electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and General Contractors, as well as Design Professionals. The training classes are the week of Dec. 11-15.
Here is more from Todd Carr with the Routt County Regional Building Department.
The Routt County Building Department will be offering Free Training for all Contractors including Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, and General Contractors as well as Design Professionals the week of December 11th-15th that will cover significant changes between our current Building, Energy, Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas Codes for both residential and commercial buildings, and will also offer a class on the new State adopted Colorado Model Electric and Solar Ready Codes. Please contact the Routt County Building Department at 970-870-5566 for information on how to register, class sizes are limited to 60 people and filling up quickly, you may visit the Routt County Building Department website and click on Building Codes and Polices for more information. Classes are a total of 4 hours and offered in the morning and afternoon, we appreciate your interest in advance.
The 44th Annual Yule Log Hunt starts this Wednesday, Dec. 6. It is sponsored by the Tread of Pioneers Museum and the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association. We’ll share the clues each weekday morning and on Social Media. They’ll also be on the Tread of Pioneers Museum’s website and Facebook page. The 3-foot long, 25-pound Yule Log will not be physically placed in the hiding place until after Clue #6 is released. It has big red letters on it and it says YULE LOG.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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