By Shannon Lukens.
The Moffat County Courthouse Dedication and Cornerstone Ceremony was Saturday. Here is Moffat County Commissioner Tony Bohrer.
“We’re so thankful for it to be done. Staff has been awesome. We’re just thankful for the community support and I hope they enjoy it as much as we do.”
Ray Beck was a Moffat County Commissioner when the courthouse project started. He’s proud of the new county building which has the courthouse and all county offices in it, except for the Sheriff’s Office and Road and Bridge.
“When I was elected to be a county commissioner, I came in without an agenda. My only agenda was to leave it better than I found it. And I can honestly look you in the eye and say we left it better than we found it. And here we are today, and I just think this is a great day for Craig, Colorado, and Moffat County.”
Here’s more on the dedication ceremony — THE MOFFAT COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED
Work begins today on an Environmental Study for the property at the original Moffat County Courthouse on Victory Way, which will be removed. It was built in 1917. The study should take about three months. Here’s Moffat County’s Director of Development Services, Roy Tipton.
“It will be removed and the idea is that will be given to the Economic Development Council with the city so that they can go to a developer and say, ‘Look, we’ll give you this ground if you come in here and build something.’ Because our goal was to put properties back on the tax rolls to help the offset from taking this property off the tax roll.”
The original Moffat County Courthouse was out of compliance with things like the Americans with Disabilities Act, problems with HVAC, electrical, and plumbing, and no fire sprinkler system.
The lap pool at Old Town Hot Springs is closed to the public as of Monday, Sept. 18, for a $10 million reconstruction project. No lap swimming until summer next year. All other pools are closed this week for maintenance. The slides are also being re-done for the next two weeks.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will have increased management flexibility when gray wolves are reintroduced in Colorado this year. It’s called the 10(J) Rule, which has now been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It involves lethal management for wolves that might be chronic depredators, like the ones killing cattle and not wildlife.
IKON Pass holders can experience more than $1 billion in new terrain, lifts, dining, and skier services at Alterra owned resorts this winter. Steamboat Resort is owned by Alterra, which has released an update on what winter will bring for IKON passholders.
In Steamboat Springs, it’s 650 new acres of advanced and expert terrain at Mahogany Ridge, plus Greenhorn Ranch for beginners. The second leg of the Wild Blue Gondola will open in December, becoming the longest and fastest 10-person gondola in North America, taking guests from bottom to top in 13 minutes. Steamboat also has the new Range Food & Drink Hall at the base, and upgrades in snowmaking.
Here’s more — HERE IS WHAT IKON PASSHOLDERS GET THIS WINTER
United Way of the Yampa Valley exceeded expectations at last week’s fundraising for fall campaign. Routt County raised $52,523 and Moffat County raised $21,085. Of that amount, $20K was matched by Yampa Valley Bank in both communities.
The Steamboat Springs School District has a new website. It is at SteamboatSchools.net
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
In football, Moffat County beat Rawlins, 37-3. Hayden and Soroco lost their games. The Sailors had the weekend off.
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