By Shannon Lukens.
All are invited to a free Christmas dinner today, on Christmas Day. It’s the 38th Annual Realtor Community Christmas Dinner. Dinner is served from 1-5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. It’s the 38th year for the annual event, which is sponsored by the local realtors in the community. To-go boxes are also available. For questions, or to donate food, call 970-819-2034.
St. Michael’s Church in Craig is hosting a Community Christmas Dinner. Enjoy a delicious holiday meal from 2:45-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Christmas Day. Grab-n-Go boxes are also available until five p.m.
Most offices and businesses are closed for the holiday today. Yampa Valley Electric is closed today. LiftUp of Routt County is closed through Sunday.
All city, county, state and federal offices are closed.
In Craig and Steamboat Springs and other surrounding communities, City Hall and City Offices are closed today for Christmas Day.
There is no residential trash service in Craig or Steamboat Springs today. Pickup will be on Friday, instead, for Craig and Saturday for Steamboat Springs.
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If you have to travel today, traffic shouldn’t be as bad as it will be tomorrow. Colorado Department of Transportation says all statewide construction projects are stopped and there will be no work today. Last year, CDOT says on the day after Christmas, 46,011 vehicles traveled through the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels. The I-70 Mountain Express Lanes are open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. for westbound traffic and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for eastbound traffic.
Always check COtrip.org or the COtrip Planner App for updates and alerts.
- Road conditions and travel information: COtrip.org
- Download the COtrip Planner app: bit.ly/COtripapp
- Sign up for project or travel alerts: bit.ly/COnewsalerts
- See scheduled construction lane closures: bit.ly/laneclosures
- Connect with @ColoradoDOT on social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
CDOT warns travelers to anticipate heavy holiday traffic statewide
Christmas Trees can be recycled at Emerald Park, starting tomorrow. Just drop them off in the southwest corner of the parking lot.
More on the Story — Recycle your Christmas Tree at Emerald Park
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club athletes had top finishes at the first Junior National Qualifier in Winter Park recently. Thirty local cross country athletes competed.
Some of the top finishes were in the Classic Interval Start Race. Georgia Bishop and Lylah Keller took first and second for U16 women. The U16 men swept the podium with Sawyer Landers, Bode Rhodes, Conor Devin, and LP Brinkman in the top four spots.
Similar results were Sunday in the individual freestyle skate race with Georgia Bishop winning again, and Bode Rhodes taking first this time.
Full results and more on the story — SSWSC Nordic athletes have top finishes at Junior National Qualifier
Tune in to Easy 94-1 at 6 p.m. today to hear this year’s recording of “Finding Christmas Home for the Holidays” with the Steamboat Symphony Orchestra.