By Shannon Lukens.
The 16-year-old who is under investigation for stabbing a person in a home last week in Steamboat Springs was in court virtually Tuesday. The juvenile suspect is being held without bond in the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center in Grand Junction. Charges include:
- Count 1 is Attempt to Commit Murder in the 2nd degree – Class 3 Felony, if charged as an adult.
- Count 2 is Assault in the First Degree – Class 3 Felony, if committed by an adult
- Count 3 is Criminal Attempt to Commit First Degree Burglary – Class 4 Felony, if committed by an adult.
The District Attorney’s office has asked that the juvenile be charged as an adult. That has not yet been decided. If convicted as an adult, the sentence could be four to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. The next appearance in court is May 10.
Range Riders are headed to Grand County to help ranchers there with keeping wolves away from and killing their livestock. The Colorado Department of Agriculture says $20,000 will be used for nighttime patrols and other non-lethal deterrence. The press release says they’re working with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Middle Park Stockgrowers. Five yearlings and a newborn calf have been killed in Grand County in April.
More on the story — GRAND COUNTY RANCHERS TO GET HELP WITH PROTECTING THEIR LIVESTOCK
The North Park Stockgrowers in Jackson County have sent a second letter to Governor Polis and Colorado Parks and Wildlife, saying “officials must take action,” on the wolves that are killing cattle in Jackson and Grand counties. The letter says they need to, “Fulfill your leadership duties to all members of this state and not just the pro wolf advocates.”
Jackson County Rancher Don Gittleson also requested lethal management (the 10J Rule) be used on the North Park Wolves and it was denied by Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Dec. 22, 2023.
Dec. 22, 2023 — CPW DENIES GITTLESON’S REQUEST TO IMPLEMENT 10(J) RULE ON JACKSON COUNTY WOLVES
More on the story — NORTH PARK STOCKGROWERS SEND ANOTHER LETTER TO CPW AND GOV. POLIS
Look for a postcard in the mail with details on a community survey. Two-thousand homes in Steamboat Springs have been chosen to receive the bi-lingual questionnaire. The survey is about quality of life, community characteristics, housing, city services, recreation, funding, tourism and more. Responses are anonymous.
Dr. Matt Gianneschi will be the next President and Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Mountain College. He has been the Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff for more than ten years. Dr. Gianneschi replaces outgoing president Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser in August. Colorado Mountain College has 11 campuses in the Rocky Mountains, including a campus in Steamboat Springs.
More on the story — CMC NAMES NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO
The gates are open for the season today at Yampa River Botanic Park. Flowers are blooming and the osprey are nesting along the Yampa River. The Botanic Park is free and open to the public from dawn to dusk, from May through October. For information visit www.yrbp.org, or contact the Yampa River Botanic Park via email at office@yrbp.org or 970-846-5172.
Visit Moffat County and the Moffat County Tourism Association meets at 4 p.m. today in the Yampa Building.
The 42nd annual Cabaret starts tonight in the Julie Harris Theater at Perry Mansfield. It runs through Saturday, with two shows on Saturday. Find out more at SteamboatCreates.org Tickets
In road work…
Routt County Road 18 is temporarily closed as the snow melts. This is below the Stagecoach Dam at the cattle guard to the gate at Pleasant Valley.
Current road closure information can always be found online at: https://www.co.routt.co.us/374/Road-Work-Closures
A new sewer line is going in at Sundance Plaza. The big challenge is getting to the Starbucks Drive-through. You have to go through the Safeway parking lot. Work should be finished in four or five days.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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