KRAI & 55 Country

12/18/2025

UPDATE at 11:15: Everything is fixed and we're back on the air.

A number of our stations are off the air because of wind damage at one of our tower tower sites. Our engineer is busy trying to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

12/18/2025

Thursday's news has a wolf letter to Gov. Polis, a matching grant for RCSAR, the hunt is over for the Yule Log, and the Nutcracker starts Thursday night. That and a lot more.

By Shannon Lukens. Letter courtesy Grand County Board of County Commissioners. Photo courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The Grand County Board of County Commissioners say the re-release of Wolf 2403 back to Grand County violated the

12/18/2025

We will update this post with power outage alerts from Yampa Valley Electric. (as best we can, unless we lose power, too.)

Yampa Valley Electric Association is updating power outages throughout Northwest Colorado. Follow their post for more updates. LINK: Yampa Valley Electric Facebook 9:16 p.m. Yes, a Public Safety Power Shutoff is happening for the immediate Steamboat Springs

12/18/2025

Yampa Valley Electric Association is updating power outages throughout Northwest Colorado. Follow their post for more updates.

YVEA that they could be implementing a public safety power shutoff for Steamboat, which means turning off electricity. We'll keep you posted.

Also, YVEA writes, "We have almost 3,000 members out currently. We will work on restoring the larger outages first, and working our way through the remaining outages. We are asking members to prepare for longer duration outages as we are chasing a lot of outages throughout Steamboat, Clark, South Routt now. We are calling in additional crews to help with restoration."

12/18/2025

The re-release of Wolf 2403 in Grand County violated the Colorado Wolf Management Plan, according to the Grand County Commissioners. They sent a letter to Gov. Polis today saying the decision, "demonstrates a dangerous lack of respect for the plan." Here's more.

By Shannon Lukens. Photo courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The Grand County Board of County Commissioners say the re-release of Wolf 2403 back to Grand County violated the Colorado Wolf Management Plan. They wrote a letter

12/17/2025

A Pine Beetle Outbreak is causing concern on the Front Range, and Gov. Polis is starting a task force to help with forest health and wildfire mitigation.

By Shannon Lukens.   There is a new Pine Beetle Outbreak. This time it is more on the Front Range instead of the Western Slope, which happened back in the late 90s, through about 2013. Governor Polis

12/17/2025

Wednesday's news has an arrest in downtown Steamboat Springs Tuesday, toys are needed for Mickey's Fund, the 2026 Dancing with the Steamboat Stars are announced, and more.

By Shannon Lukens. Courtesy photos. A 33-year-old man living in Oak Creek was arrested at 10th and Lincoln Ave. Tuesday afternoon. Steamboat Police says Cory Silvia was causing a disturbance at Old Town Hot Springs. Officers contacted

12/16/2025

Tuesday's news has GOCO grants for Northwest Colorado, an honor for Dr. Kirk Henwood with the Soroco School District, more on the winter concert in Yampa and a movie screening with Brighter World Child Advocacy. And GIRLS WRESTLING!

By Shannon Lukens. Projects in Northwest Colorado have been awarded $10,574,056 from Great Outdoors Colorado. They’ll support major land conservation, outdoor recreation, and collaborative efforts across the region. Highlights include: $7.5 million to Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land

12/15/2025

Over $10M has been awarded to Northwest Colorado to support land conservation, outdoor recreation, and collaborative efforts across the region. The money is from GOCO funds. Here's more.

By Shannon Lukens. File photos. Projects in Northwest Colorado have been awarded $10,574,056 from Great Outdoors Colorado. They’ll support major land conservation, outdoor recreation, and collaborative efforts across the region. Highlights include: $7.5 million to Colorado

12/15/2025

Monday's news has the ribbon cutting for Yampa Valley Autism, the Routt County Fair Board is looking for sponsors, there's a Pop-up Mobile Food Pantry this Friday, and the school board and BOCC in Moffat County meets Monday. That and more.

By Shannon Lukens. The new offices for Yampa Valley Autism were celebrated Friday with the official ribbon cutting. Here’s Executive Director Heidi Mendisco. “So what this means to the community is that we are just able to

12/15/2025

This week's Mental Health Minute is about men working together and helping each other through the holiday season.

(Graphics provided to Steamboat Radio.) This is a weekly update. Visit YampaValleyResources.org today to explore all the resources available for you and your household. Together, we are working to create a stronger, more resilient Yampa Valley where everyone has

12/14/2025

Thank you to all local law enforcement and Walmart.