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Land long known as the defunct Stagecoach Ski Area now has seven yellow Routt County Planning Department signs surroundi...
11/09/2025

Land long known as the defunct Stagecoach Ski Area now has seven yellow Routt County Planning Department signs surrounding the property after officials officially accepted the development application for Stagecoach Mountain Ranch on Wednesday.

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Steamboat Springs City Council signaled the are okay with a funding pledge from Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. for a Regio...
26/08/2025

Steamboat Springs City Council signaled the are okay with a funding pledge from Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. for a Regional Transportation Authority in a special meeting on Monday, making way for five other jurisdictions to move forward with ballot questions to form an RTA this fall.

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25/08/2025

Steamboat Springs City Council just signaled they are okay with Steamboat Resort's three-year funding pledge for a Yampa Valley RTA, in a special meeting on Monday. This allows other jurisdictions to move forward with approving RTA ballot questions, which starts tomorrow morning with the Routt County Commissioners.

Whether they will move forward with a Lift Tax next week still seems in question, and some members specifically said they were looking forward to that discussion.

The resort's funding pledge was updated, so it only cancels if voters approve a lift tax, not just if one is referred to the ballot. The RTA agreement now includes a clause saying that if the city passes a lift tax, $1 million of that would go to the RTA, to replace the resorts pledge.

Council considers second reading of a Lift Tax on Sept. 2.

After Steamboat Springs City Council revived the idea of sending a Lift Tax to city voters at its Tuesday meeting, Steam...
21/08/2025

After Steamboat Springs City Council revived the idea of sending a Lift Tax to city voters at its Tuesday meeting, Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. quickly committed to a three-year funding pledge for a Yampa Valley Regional Transportation Authority by the end of the day on Wednesday.

The funding pledge meets the terms of what the Routt County Commissioners called a “reasonable compromise” in a letter to Formation Committee members on Monday. Whether this agreement is enough for Steamboat Springs City Council to back off sending a Lift Tax proposal to voters remains to be seen. They will consider the second reading of a Lift Tax on Sept. 2.

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Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp.’s unwillingness to commit $1 million a year for 20 years to a Yampa Valley Regional Transpo...
19/08/2025

Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp.’s unwillingness to commit $1 million a year for 20 years to a Yampa Valley Regional Transportation Authority has become an eleventh-hour hurdle in the RTA formation process and may even imperil the city of Steamboat Springs' recently approved lift tax deal with the Resort.

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The Crosho Fire burning west of Phippsburg triggered more evacuation orders on Thursday, with residents in three zones n...
14/08/2025

The Crosho Fire burning west of Phippsburg triggered more evacuation orders on Thursday, with residents in three zones now being told to leave, according to an update from Routt County just before 4 p.m.

14/08/2025

Several large aircraft after working the Crosho Fire, including this tanker dropping slurry on the edge of the blaze. You can see the first plane release white smoke ahead of the slurry plane making its drop.

Video by Kari Dequine Harden

13/08/2025

This was 20 minutes at the Crosho Fire in South Routt County. Evacuation orders are in place.

Video from Bugle freelance reporter Kari Dequine Harden

Routt County Emergency Management has issued mandatory evacuation orders for two zones to the east of the growing Crosho...
13/08/2025

Routt County Emergency Management has issued mandatory evacuation orders for two zones to the east of the growing Crosho Fire on Wednesday, as weather is ripe for fires to spread and aerial crews work to slow the spread.

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The Crosho Fire burning in South Routt County is now 500 acres, according to an updated estimate published to InciWeb on...
13/08/2025

The Crosho Fire burning in South Routt County is now 500 acres, according to an updated estimate published to InciWeb on Wednesday, with more mapping to get an accurate assessment of the fire planned for later in the day.

Two pairs of fire suppression aircraft worked the Crosho Fire into the evening on Tuesday, making several runs between the fire area eight miles west of Yampa and Stagecoach Reservoir. Nearly 200 resources are working the fire, a term that covers firefighters and support staff.

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Routt County Commissioner Sonja Macys said she learned of ICE’s presence in Steamboat through the Facebook video, which ...
13/08/2025

Routt County Commissioner Sonja Macys said she learned of ICE’s presence in Steamboat through the Facebook video, which was sent to her by several constituents. One constituent expressed concern to her about whether their workers will show up to work on Wednesday.

“What does a day without the people who make this community work look like?” Macys asked. “We might see it real soon.”

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Federal Agents in masks arrested at least two men as part of a traffic stop on the property of Alpine Mountain Ranch nea...
12/08/2025

Federal Agents in masks arrested at least two men as part of a traffic stop on the property of Alpine Mountain Ranch near Steamboat Springs just on Tuesday, just after 7 a.m., according to a video of the arrests live-streamed on Facebook Live.

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