Steamboat Springs News

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.- Homeowners may now have a last resort to protect their homes against wildfires, a new thermal gel.

Parents in Steamboat Springs are in a bind after they were given a memo from Laurel Street Preschool's board of directors informing them of a decision to close the facility.

Early Saturday morning, the entrance to Loveland Reservoir is lined with American flags, fishing poles set up for the taking and dozens of volunteers ready to greet warriors as they arrive, one by one, for a day on the lake.

It isn't shaping up to be a good summer for air travelers who are trying to stick to a budget.

Roughly 170 miles separate the city of Vernal, in Utah, and Steamboat Springs, Colo.

It isn't shaping up to be a good summer for air travelers who are trying to stick to a budget.

A former Steamboat Springs woman who police say faked having cancer turned herself in Friday morning at the Routt County Jail.

Elizabeth Emilie Bateman, 34, also is accused of hosting a fundraiser for a fake cancer charity and spending the $7,000 in proceeds on herself, for which she faces a felony theft charge.

When Shell Oil looks to drill four new wells in Routt County this year, at the top of the list will be the Camilletti well north of Milner.

Reps. Diane Mitsch Bush, D-Steamboat Springs, and Assistant Majority Leader Daniel Pabon, D-Denver, celebrate the end of the 2013 legislative session inside the state Capitol on Wednesday.

LOUIS, Mo. - When Bill Sinak runs 22 miles a day for nine days in June, how good he feels will be at the front of his mind more than his life with multiple sclerosis.

Special to the Daily John McKay, a former Eagle County teacher, is part of the Miles 2 Give.

Summit Daily/Jessica Smith Jason Smith sits at his office at the Colorado Real Estate Company.

Bob, dubbed "the godfather of team roping" by his peers, has been instrumental in giving professional team ropers the chance to compete for large purses and achieve great recognition in the sport of team roping by creating and producing the Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping for 34 years.

Put away the snow shovels and grab an umbrella, Denver. After a month of snowy weeks, the city has chances for rain showers each day through next weekend .

Any time there are large crowds outdoors, the weather needs to be taken seriously.

Children, parents and employees will see a new faces at Olander School for Project-Based Learning and Zach Elementary this fall when Mark Strasberg and Aisha Thomas take over for Principals Brian Olver and Will Allen, respectively.

Competitors pedal through downtown Aspen during the start of Stage 4 of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge.

The town of Hahns Peak is the oldest settlement in Routt County. Its school was constructed in 1911 and was discontinued in 1940-41. It was replaced with a portable school on skids.

A fire destroyed a home on Elk Lane near Steamboat Springs early Saturday. There was no immediate word on the fire's cause or whether anyone was inside the structure.