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Their catchphrase is "Welcome home!" and the moment you drive past one or two people along the dirt road to Adam's Park north of Hayden, Colorado...you will have heard it a few times. It's the 50th anniversary of the Rainbow Family Gathering a loosely organized group of like-minded people. While their webpage specifically says no one person speaks for the collective, it's posted "I think it's safe to say we're into intentional community building, non-violence, and alternative lifestyles. We also believe that Peace and Love are a great thing, and there isn't enough of that in this world."That tracks with what...

When the space that Ani Tikku and Walter Leskiff owned became available this spring, the couple decided not to lease it again, but to pursue their dream of opening their own business, Emerald, and making Steamboat Springs their full-time home. “We wanted to create a warm, welcoming place for people...

Local veterinarians are cautioning area dog owners who might plan to visit the Rainbow Gathering in northern Routt County to leave a puppy, immune-compromised dog or canine not up-to-date on vaccinations safely at home. Veterinarian Susan Colfer at Pet Kare Clinic in Steamboat Springs said based on the previous local...

Fireworks will light up the night sky in Craig on Monday, July 4, in a show set to be bigger and brighter than we’ve seen before. Kris Olsen, Captain with Craig Fire and Rescue, said the expanded fireworks show this year is thanks to the City of Steamboat Springs who is donating some of their stock of fireworks to the Craig Fire and Rescue over the next five years.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife sends a reminder to expect aggressive wildlife as mothers defend their young. New wildlife is definitely in Steamboat Springs so be aware. Here are the two moose twins born this spring in the front yard of a Steamboat home last week. There have been recent moose...

Independence Day marks one of the busiest weekends of the summer in Steamboat. From the classic Fourth of July parade to the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s Jumpin’ and Jammin’ events, here’s what is happening in town for the Fourth. No fireworks in Steamboat this year.

There are so many badass tandems in the world and throughout our history that are well documented and known but there are also many tandems that go unnoticed for their good deeds and overall excellence in this game of life. Two of these fine folks are in Steamboat Springs and...

The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club is hosting a scholarship day at the Howelsen Hill Alpine Slide. The event takes place Sunday, July 3 and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Prices range from $10 to $20 and all proceeds from the event will benefit the scholarship program of the SSWSC which serves 1,400 young skiers, snowboarders and cyclists.

The Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club has already begun its second summer hosting the “It’s a Girl Thing” skateboarding program. The Winter Sports Club has had co-ed skateboarding programs for years, but the female turnout was always considerably low. Maddy Schaffrick, the program director, noticed the low...

Sometime in the late afternoon on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, amid dozens of lightning strikes in the area, a small wildfire broke out north of Hayden along Routt County Road 76. Luckily, it was still sprinkling and the area was relatively wet. Firefighters from the West Routt Fire Protection District...

When the current wastewater treatment plant was put in near Stagecoach, it was done on the cheap. The Woodmoor Corporation — a group of retired Air Force generals, according to Mike Ratliff — bought three ranches in the Morrison Creek Valley south of what is now Stagecoach Reservoir in 1972 and quickly platted hundreds of lots with Routt County near the short-lived Stagecoach Ski Area.

All of the rain in the Yampa Valley has caused problems for those trying to get to the Rainbow Gathering. You have to get there on many miles of dirt roads in northwest Routt County. Those headed to the gathering are being told to go to Craig and head north, then go east to the gathering into Routt County. But wet roads have made them slippery. Moffat County closed County Road 1 up to Routt County Road 82 which also was closed after three cars got stuck Thursday morning and blocked it. Mo Demorat with the Routt County Office of Emergency Management says getting a tow truck up there would range from between $600 and $1000 dollars.

Steamboat Springs Fire and Rescue and the Steamboat Springs Police Department assisted with a gas leak that closed County Road 32, Fish Creek Falls Road, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, and forced one nearby home to evacuate. “You could definitely smell the gas in the surrounding area,” said Travis Wilkinson,...

Despite two new wolf attacks on cows in Colorado’s North Park this spring, state officials can no longer track the pack of eight wolves, leading to speculation that some might have been killed or that a new litter has been born. The wolves live on the outskirts of Walden,...

The morning of Wednesday, June 29, Colorado Parks and Wildlife got a call that a bear had entered a home on Indian Trail in west Steamboat Springs, according to Christy Bubenheim, administrative assistant at CPW in Steamboat Springs. The bear entered the home through an open window and snacked on Nutella, Tostitos and more, tracking its messy paws on the floors, as documented in photos from Bubenheim.

The cavalry has arrived. As part of a prepositioning strategy for the upcoming fire season, two helicopters contracted by the U.S. Forest Service — one from Minuteman Aviation, Inc. and another from Rainier Heli International — were recently stationed at the Steamboat Springs Airport as part of a broader Type 3 Incident Management Team.