By Shannon Lukens.
Turn in your ballot. It’s due Nov. 5. Here’s Routt County Clerk Jenny Thomas.
“Today is the last day to request that a ballot be mailed to you, through your county clerk’s office. So if you have any changes of address or updates to your voter registration, you’re going to want to go online at GoVoteColorado.gov, or hop into the office to see your county clerk’s and they can update your registration. After this date, you’re going to have to come into a polling center to obtain a replacement ballot or vote a machine.”
More on the Story — Election Information 2024
The new Creek’s End apartments are opening up for employees at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center. A ribbon cutting ceremony was Friday. The apartments are by Walton Creek and Hwy 40, and owned by UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center to be used to house employees.
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical President Soniya Fidler says the Creek’s End is life-changing.
“It’s life-changing for the 69 adults and children that are going to live here in the next few weeks and the 34 pets that they’re going to bring along with them. But ultimately, it’s allowing us to deliver on a mission of we improve lives. And it’s not just delivering on the lives of our patients because we have the talented and skilled workforce to provide that care. But it is also just life-changing to be able to improve lives for our employees and our workforce.”
There are 42 units with one, two, or three bedrooms. Employees must be full-time staff at UCHealth.
More on the Story — Creek’s End apartments are ready for UCHealth employees
Oct. 9, 2023 — UCHealth and Yampa Valley Medical Center to invest in long-term employee housing
Northwest Colorado Health is announcing new staff. The new Chief Operating Officer is Arin Daigneau.(Day-new) Suzi Mariano is the Chief Marketing and Development Officer. Jennifer Mattern is Senior Director of Human Resources, and Jaclyn McDonald is Director of Marketing.
More on the Story — Northwest Colorado Health announces new COO Arin Daigneau
The Community Agriculture Alliance is celebrating 25 years in the Yampa Valley, and the grand opening of Yampa Valley Foods at 35 11th Street in Steamboat Springs, selling all products from Yampa Valley producers and ranchers in Northwest Colorado.
Marsha Daughenbaugh is a long-time Routt County rancher and former executive director of the Community Ag Alliance.
“I think we’ve been really fortunate to have this organization in this community. It’s built a lot of bridges between the urban, the rural, the ski resort, and the businesses and our producers so we’re really lucky that it has come this far this way.”
Store hours for Yampa Valley Foods are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Pictures from the grand opening are on the Steamboat Radio Facebook page.
More on the Story — Community Ag Alliance celebrates new store and new location
Yampa Valley Electric has been selected to be part of the USDA New ERA Grant for about $50 million. The money will go towards buying that power and stabilizing energy costs for members. It also means more jobs will be created. It is the largest grant YVEA has ever received.
More on the Story — YVEA chosen to be part of $50M grant
An Open House for the Mountain Rail Project between Craig and Denver is from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at Hayden High School.
The City of Craig is accepting bags of leaves and tree limbs, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., today through Friday. Take them by the City Road & Bridge Shop at 1710 Yampa Ave. This is for City of Craig trash customers only. Seniors 65 and over are eligible for a free pickup of bagged leaves and tree limbs on their designated trash day. Call Craig Road & Bridge with any questions at 970-824-4463.
The parent education group, Steamboat Kids & Phones, will host its second event from 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, October 28, at Library Hall in Bud Werner Memorial Library. The mission of the group is to educate parents, youth, and the greater community to foster healthy relationships with technology and one another.
It’s Homecoming Week for the SoRoCo Rams. Today’s theme is “Dress Your Type.” Tonight is the Powder Puff Football game.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
For the KRAI Time, Temp, and Weather Hotline, call 970-824-1918.