By Shannon Lukens.
In-person early voting begins Monday, Oct. 21. Here is Routt County Clerk Jenny Thomas with more on the Voter Service and Polling Centers across the state.
“Voter Service and Polling Centers open Oct. 21. At a VSPC, you can update your voter registration, you can obtain replacement mail ballots, or you can vote machines.”
In Routt County, the polling center is at 6th and Oak. The Moffat County Polling Center is in the Moffat County Courthouse, and it also opens today. You can also mail in or drop off your ballot. County clerks say, “Don’t delay… Vote today.”
More on the Story — Election Information 2024
A large mural of Gilpin Lake and the Zirkel Wilderness called, “Moment of Awe” is now on display in the gym at North Routt Community Charter School in Clark. Here’s Principal Dan Kohler.
“As a community school, we thought it was a very nice partnership between Yampa Valley Sustainability Council and North Routt Community Charter School to forge those bonds around this community mural.”
The artist of the mural is Julia Ben-Asher. She set it up as a paint-by-number style painting. People throughout the community added to it at different events.
“I think the community did an amazing job coloring it in and being part of it and being up there it looks better than I ever could have hoped for.”
More on the Story — “Moment of Awe” Mural given to North Routt Community Charter School
A large quilt featuring businesses and leaders in Craig and Moffat County has been given to the city. Lisa Montague designed the quilt with businesses and signatures from owners.
“It says up on top Craig and then it’s got the county, Moffat. And then what I did was I put in the middle, the mayor, and then I branched it out from there. The sheriff, the chief, the captain, the commissioners, the councilors, the judges, the district attorney, schools, the swimming pool, Moffat County High School, the churches, and then all of the local businesses.”
There are 143 squares on the 11×13’ quilt.
Craig Mayor Chris Nichols accepted the quilt with City Manager Peter Brixius, who says he isn’t sure where it will hang but that it will probably travel around town, maybe to the Craig Chamber, the Museum of Northwest Colorado, and possibly to the county. They’re calling it the “Unity Quilt.”
More on the Story — Local businesses are featured on quilt given to to the City of Craig
This evening…
The Steamboat Springs School District Board of Education meets at 4:30 p.m. today. The Steamboat Springs Police Department will have a Safety Presentation. One part of the presentation says there needs to be a better partnership with parents. That meeting is at the middle school. Link to presentation
Be Bear Aware and learn more about co-existing with bears in the Yampa Valley this fall. Keep Bears Wild has a free presentation tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Library Hall.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Colorado has joined the Lights On Afterschool movement. This is for clubs in Craig and Steamboat Springs. It gives kids a safe place to go after school. The Craig Boys & Girls Club will celebrate at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 with ice cream and fun. The Steamboat Club has a scavenger hunt and pizza party at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24.
On Tuesday…
A training session for Non-lethal Wolf Conflict Reduction Training is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the CSU Extension Office in Craig. This is a meeting with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services, and CSU Extension to help producers better understand the non-lethal tools and deterrents available for wolf mitigation.
Meetings will include presentations on the following topics:
- Wolf 101 (scat/track, patterns, habituated meaning, etc.)
- Investigation, Necropsy and Site Assessments
- Potential Funding Sources for Producers
- Depredation Compensation Program
- Carcass Management
- Range Riding and Hazing
- Fladry, Foxlights, Scare Devices, etc.
- Livestock Protection Dogs and Support Group
- Potential of Drone Use and Ongoing WS Research
For more information about the specific trainings, please reach out to Dustin Schiflett. dustin.shiflett@state.co.us
Then there is another meeting at the same time on Wednesday, at the Community Center in Steamboat Springs.
The Moffat County Board of County Commissioners meets Tuesday morning. The appointment of Fair Board members is on the agenda.
There is a new website called YourYampaRiver.org. It has been launched by the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District. It is a central location for water data in the Yampa River Basin to be used by water professionals to help monitor, protect, and enhance the health of the Yampa River.
More on the Story — YourYampaRiver.org is launched
Hayden won their Homecoming football game over Soroco.
Moffat County lost to Basalt.
In tennis, the Steamboat Sailors Doubles Team of Damien Dobson and Matthew MacEntee took 4th place at state.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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