By Shannon Lukens.
Plan for delays on Fish Creek Falls Road again Monday, if you’re headed that way. Repaving continues. The crews got a little bit behind last week, so the plan is to finish Fish Creek Falls Road today. Telemark Court and Harwig Circle will be Tuesday. Tyson Waneka with United Companies says they have two crews doing the repaving so he thinks they’ll get caught up and finish everything by the end of this week.
HERE IS THE REPAVING SCHEDULE FOR STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Dust Suppression starts today. It’s a five-to-six week project with Routt County Road & Bridge. They’ll start in Hayden, move east to Steamboat Springs, then south to Oak Creek and finish north of Routt County Road 44. Daily Schedule
- Monday, June 12: CR 78, CR 78A, CR 76, and CR 74A
- Tuesday, June 13: CR76A, CR 80, CR 70, CR 51B. CR 69, United Pit, Hayden Water Treatment, CR 211, and CR 65
- Wednesday, June 14: CR53, CR 59, RB 8, RB 19, CR 55 and CR 29
- Thursday, June 15: CR 67, CR 53 and CR 37
DUST SUPPRESSION PROJECT BEGINS MONDAY IN ROUTT COUNTY
Crack sealing work by the Colorado Department of Transportation starts Tuesday. The first project is on Colorado Highway 14, near Walden, up to the near the top of Cameron Pass. The second project will start in mid-July. That’s 20 miles north of Kremmling on Hwy 40 to the intersection of Colorado Highway 134 which is the turn to Gore Pass. That’s Mile post 165 to 178.
The 3rd annual Yampa Valley Pride Festival was Saturday on the lawn of the historic Routt County Courthouse. Close to 30 groups were on hand. Lexington Gretzky is the treasurer of Yampa Valley Pride. She said the Pride Fest was magical.
“I think it’s really wonderful seeing so many people be here, so many groups so excited to participate. The commitment from the community has just been huge this year. It’s just been so wonderful.”
Steamboat Springs Interim Police Chief Mark Beckett was also at Pride Fest. And Chief Beckett spoke at this morning’s meeting for STAND, which is a group that stands for Steamboat Team to Disrupt Antisemitism and Discrimination.
“The thing about Steamboat is it’s such a small and close community that we have an opportunity to really empower the silent majority to emphasize to everybody how inclusive we are. We have a small handful of people who tend to be very negative with different groups and we’re here to be inclusive to everybody.”
FLYERS FOR “STEAMBOAT TEAM TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM AND DISCRIMINATION” ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN
John Asta with Steamboat Resort has been named the Terrain Park Specialist of the Year by Colorado Ski Country USA.
The “Spur Change” initiative is being launched this summer by the City of Steamboat Springs. It’s a focus on sustainability. There is a Recycling Ambassador program to help with education and outreach on recycling at multi-family housing complexes. The city has a goal to divert 85% of our waste stream through composting and recycling by 2050.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS LAUNCHES RECYCLING AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Winners of this year’s Sandhill Crane Creative Arts Scholarships are Ella Piret from Steamboat Springs High School for Visual Arts and Beck Honebein from Steamboat Springs for Written Arts. Both win a $3,000 scholarship.
CRANE CONTEST WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
Steamboat Springs High School Athletic Director Luke DeWolfe has been recently recognized and honored by the Colorado High School Activities Association. DeWolfe was thanked for being the board president of CHSAA from 2021-2023.
And it’s official… this year’s Rainbow Gathering is in White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, July 1-7. It is 2,152 miles from last year’s gathering which was in Northwest Routt County. That’s a 32 hour and 16-minute drive from here.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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