By Shannon Lukens.

 

There is a new scam to report. Routt County Clerk & Recorder Jenny Thomas says residents are buying cars through social media. Then they get a fake title to that vehicle. Once the buyer pays the money and gets the title, it turns out it is forged, or altered, or linked to a stolen vehicle. When they try to get tags in the Routt County Motor Vehicle department, they discover that the title isn’t valid. Local law enforcement says to be especially cautious when purchasing a vehicle through social media. For more information, you can email the County Clerk’s office at info@co.routt.co.us  Or reach out to local police at 970-879-1144.

More on the Story — Routt County warns of fraudulent vehicle titles

 

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office has updated number of ballots turned in to each county. Regionally, Routt County had 16,795 ballots, Moffat County had 6,808 ballots returned, and Rio Blanco County and 3,769 ballots counted. Colorado Election Results

  

 

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is reminding Colorado residents to get your vaccinations for COVID-19 and flu, as there is an increased risk this holiday season.

More on the Story — CDPHE sends immunization reminder for holidays

 

Courtesy photo. Pictured L-R: UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center’s senior leadership team – Anita Becker, chief nursing officer; Soniya Fidler, president; and Dr. Laura Sehnert, chief medical officer.

UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs has been awarded the 2024 Excellence in Patient Experience in the small hospital category. This is from NRC Health. The high score was in response to the question, “How likely would you be to recommend this facility to your family and friends.”

 

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission meets today and tomorrow, down in Lamar. A Wolf Update is at 10:30 today. Right after that, Tim Ritschard with the Middle Park Stockgrowers out of Grand County will present with more on a Citizen Petition for Rulemaking. That’s to stop the reintroduction of the next round of wolves until things like the 10J Rule for Chronic Depredation is defined. Another agenda item is development of a range rider program to minimize livestock-carnivore conflicts. The meeting will be livestreamed on the CPW YouTube page.

Parks and Wildlife Commission Meeting Agenda

Colorado Parks and Wildlife YouTube page

 

 

Routt County Cattlewomen have named Connie Boudreaux of South Routt County as the 2024 Cattlewoman of the Year.

“I stand with so many other cattle women in this county, that I have learned a lot from, I admire and respect, and for them to choose me as this year’s CattleWoman of the Year is a real honor.”

Boudreaux and her husband raise Scottish Highland cattle on a ranch in South Routt.

New officers for the Routt County Cattlewomen are Krista Monger as president, VP is Hayleigh Aurin, Secretary is Hallie Myhre, and Adonna Allen is treasurer.

 More on the Story — Connie Boudreaux named Cattlewoman of the Year in Routt County

 

 

Steamboat Ski Resort has hired Josh Miller as Lodging Operations Director. It’s a newly created position to oversee daily operations of lodging and vacation rental management and affiliated HOAs.

 

 

Moffat County High School Theatre presents the school play, “Murder by the Book” on Thursday and Friday nights with two shows on Saturday. Tickets are $8 at the door. The play is about several famous authors who are in a secret society to pick the best and worst books of the year.

“I am Cheyenne Grivy and I play the role of Shakespeare. I think you should come to the show because there is huge plot twists and really funny moments. I’m Marie Roberts and I play the role of Emily Dickinson and I think you should come to the show because it’s family friendly and interesting for all audiences. I’m Keylee Bower and I play the role of Louisa May Alcott. I think you should come see our play because it’s really fun to watch and it’s really good, and it’s funny and it’s a bunch of different kinds of genres all mixed in there.”

The first performance is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday at 5 p.m. with shows on Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. There are many more pictures of dress rehearsal on the KRAI & 55 Country Facebook page.

More on the Story — “Murder by the Book” is the fall play at MCHS

 

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

 

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