
By Shannon Lukens for Steamboat Radio/Blizzard Broadcasting.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has recognized employees statewide, including five from our area. District Wildlife Manager Evan Jones from Moffat County is the Wildlife Officer of the Year.
Those others honored are Seth Schwolert and Jared Lamb, also from Moffat County, and Julie Arington and Elijah Columbia (not pictured) from Routt County. Details on each CPW officer and why they were recognized are on our website.
More on the Story – Colorado Parks and Wildlife has honored employees from Northwest Colorado

Steamboat Springs High School has been named a Silver-level school on the 2025 AP School Honor Roll. It’s a national recognition from the College Board for the 2024-25 school year, when the high school offered 17 AP courses with 310 students enrolled.
Press Release — Steamboat Springs High School Earns Silver Recognition on 2025 AP School Honor Roll
Sandrock Elementary Principal Julie Spencer in the Moffat County School District has announced her retirement. Recruiting for a new principal has begun. A Community Focus Group for input on a new principal is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Sandrock Cafeteria.

The plan for the relocated Marshall House was approved by Steamboat Springs City Council Tuesday night. Right now, the house is up on stilts on Oak Street, between 11th and 12th streets. Joella West is a co-owner with her family on the project. She says they’ll pull a permit to get the lower level foundation built. Then the house can be lowered onto it and interior work can begin. There will be a cigar lounge, tavern and speakeasy, with historic walking tours.
“If we are able to have tours come inside, the tour guide can talk about not only the city of Steamboat but more about what life was like to live here at the turn of the 20th century.”

The Marshall House was built in the late 1800s. It’s one of the oldest surviving structures in Steamboat Springs. It was moved a few lots down on Oak in April 2024. West hopes to get the foundation permit approved and construction to start next month.
More on the Story — Plans for the Marshal House have been approved by the city

Winter Carnival Royalty for the 113th annual Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival was introduced Wednesday night in Olympian Hall. Grand Marshals this year are Roger and Nancy Perricone.
Winter Carnival continues today with activities throughout the day today at Howelsen Hill. Snow sculpture teams are busy carving their designs on the lawn of the historic Routt County Courthouse today.

Then tonight is the Steamboat Symphony Winter Concert. The Symphony of Champions starts at 7 p.m. at Strings Music Pavilion. Link to tickets
The full schedule of today’s activities is on our website. That includes traffic detours and closures you can expect this weekend.
More on the Story — 113th Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival is Feb. 3-8
Hayden Town Council meets tonight, followed by a meeting with the Hayden Municipal Housing Authority, and the Northwest Colorado General Improvement District. Those meetings start at 5:30 p.m. in Hayden Town Hall.
The Group Real Estate is hosting a happy hour networking event to discuss the 2026 Real Estate Forecast. It starts just after 4 p.m. today at the Steamboat Grand. Speakers include Dave Hunter with Steamboat Resort and Kerry Shea with Steamboat Mountain Village Partnership. All are invited but they ask that you RSVP through TheGroupRealEstateSS.com

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Fourth graders at Sleeping Giant School participated in a Ski-A-Thon Wednesday at the Steamboat Touring Center. They raised money for a group called Kiva which helps provide microloans to people and groups around the world.
The State Speech/Debate Tournament is Friday and Saturday in Pueblo. Hayden High School is sending five students.
- Miguel Perez – Informative
- Amara Brown and Ashley Koop – Duo
- Fabian Frentress – Congress
- Charlotte Alexander – Program Oral Interpretation, Poetic Interpretation
The Hayden Girls Basketball team plays Lake County tonight.
The Moffat County Girls Wrestling team is hosting Olathe tonight at 5 p.m.
The Sailors Alpine Ski Team has a meet against Nederland at Eldora today.