By Shannon Lukens.
Craig Emergency Dispatch services for Colorado State Patrol aren’t being done in Craig at night right now. Dispatch for northwest Colorado is being rerouted to the Alamosa and Montrose Regional Centers at 6:30 p.m. each evening. It started Monday. Here’s Sgt. Patrick Rice with CSP.
“Absolutely, service will continue for all the agencies to include in State Patrol and all the citizens we provide service to up there. They people won’t even notice a difference. It’s going to come just the same. It will just be happening from somewhere else in the state.”
Staffing is the issue. There are six dispatch employees in Craig and they need four more to get back to having dispatch locally at night again. Craig Dispatch would need 16 employees to be at full-staff. Check the Colorado State Patrol website to apply, if you’re interested. The website is CSP.Colorado.gov.
If you do call the non-emergent number at night, it sounds like it is hanging up with a dial tone, but it is a transfer process to the other dispatch center, so stay on the line. They’re working to get that fixed.
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Waste Management and Twin Enviro Services have both been purchased by Apex Waste Solutions out of Parker, Colo. The sale went into effect on July 1. A person at Apex says they will be reaching out to all customers, which is mostly in Steamboat Springs and Routt County. Business will operate as usual with no disruption to service. This is for waste and recycling.
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It includes residential and commercial trash and recycling, rentals for roll-off containers, portable restroom rentals, and the Milner Mall and Landfill.
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Casey’s Pond Senior Care Center has gone into receivership. In a letter to residents and families, the Casey’s Pond Board of Directors said they have not been able to find a buyer so a group has been appointed by Routt County District Court to oversee the sale and day-to-day operations of the community. A press release says there will be no changes to staffing or operations, and that the future of the community is unknown. Casey’s Pond opened in Steamboat Springs in 2013.
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Events on Wednesday…
The 139th Annual Range Call begins today in Meeker with activities throughout downtown Meeker and at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds. One event is tonight at 8:45 p.m. at the fairgrounds. It’s a pageant about the history of the White River Ute Tribe and their interaction with the white settlers, miners and ranchers. It’s called, “The Twilight of the UTE Empire.”
In Yampa, there’s a BBQ at Yackey Park at 5 p.m. followed by the Classic Car Show at Montgomery’s and a Street Dance at Antlers.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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