Dylan Roberts: Support for first responders to make our communities safer

Colorado officials have drafted a bill aimed at addressing a tension between stream restoration projects and water rights holders. The draft clarifies that restoration projects do not fall under the definitions of a diversion, storage or a dam and do not need to go through the lengthy and expensive water court process to secure a water right.

Despite 33 medal opportunities, no American has ever stepped on the podium for biathlon in the Winter Olympic Games. In fact, biathlon is the only sport in all 15 Winter Olympic disciplines for which Team U.S.A. has yet to medal in. In hopes of changing that history, a group of Steamboat parents are searching for ways to start up a local biathlon club for their young athletes.

High on a mesa where everyone can see it, a trophy house is going up in the northern Colorado valley where I live. Some of my neighbors hear that the house will be as big as 15,000 square feet. Others say it will take three years to complete. Whether that is valley gossip or truth, the house is now the center of everybody’s attention.