Tom Ross
Summit Daily News
Steamboat Springs, CO, United States
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Longtime Steamboat ski exec publishes 2nd book
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Former Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. top executive Chris Diamond could not have imagined in late 2016, when “Ski Inc.,” his first book about the ski → Read More
River rafters in Colorado could see reduced flows this summer
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — River-runners and irrigators will want to monitor the progress of spring runoff closely this year after the Denver office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service projected Wednesday that streamflows in the combined Yampa and White rivers this summer are likely to be in the range of 50 to 69 percent of average. The forecast is… → Read More
Steamboat Ski Area opening brings honeymooners back to Mount Werner
Mitch and Chris Maynard were in a nostalgic mood Nov. 22 as they queued up in the lift line at the Christie Peak Chairlift, and prepared to kick off the 2017-18 ski season at Steamboat Ski Area. After all, the Maynards hadn't been to Steamboat Springs in 20 years. Not since they spent their honeymoon… → Read More
Steamboat Springs sees 17 $1M homes sell in September
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The sale of 17 $1-million-plus homes in Steamboat Springs and Routt County in September has added oomph to the local real estate market as it takes aim at the $800 million annual sales mark. Through the end of the third quarter, a total of 86 $1-million-plus homes have sold this year in Steamboat… → Read More
Science writer shares battles to save species with Seminars at Steamboat audience
On Aug. 14, Pulitzer prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert, of The New Yorker magazine, shared with another packed house at the final Seminars at Steamboat her stories of people who have been determined and resourceful in their efforts to save some of the rarest species on the planet from the unintended consequences of previous human migrations. Those… → Read More
Sunlight subdivision offers relief for Steamboat’s tight building lot supply
Among households that have been hoping to build a custom home within the city limits of Steamboat Springs, it’s no surprise that building lots have become very scarce in → Read More
Legion of friends sends Jay Mogil off to the ‘other side’ in style
Jay Mogil, a legendary figure in numerous Steamboat social circles, was one of those rare people who knew how to turn a handful of friends into scores of linked relationships. “Jay was good at connecting people,” Shannon Ford, one of those many friends, said. Mogil was 46 when he died June 26 in a Denver hospice. But… → Read More
Seminars at Steamboat presenter tackles fake news in an era of viral deception
Kathleen Hall Jamieson kicked off the 15th season of the Seminars at Steamboat Monday by kicking the term "fake news" to the margins in favor of a far more → Read More
Steamboat native Dylan Roberts launches run for state legislature
Steamboat Springs native and current Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts announced July 19 his bid to run for Colorado House District 26 in the 2018 election as the Democratic candidate. The path to the Colorado House of Representatives opened up earlier this month when State Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush announced she would step… → Read More
Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts running for state house
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts, of Steamboat Springs, announced Wednesday his bid to run for Colorado House District 26 in the 2018 election as the Democratic candidate.The path to the Colorado House of Representatives opened up earlier this month when State Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush announced she would step down… → Read More
Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts running for state house
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts, of Steamboat Springs, announced Wednesday his bid to run for Colorado House District 26 in the 2018 election as → Read More
Steamboat School Board will ask voters to approve $12.9M bond, $1M annual mill levy for upgrading facilities
The Steamboat Springs School Board voted unanimously July 18 to direct Superintendent Brad Meeks to draft ballot language needed to go to the district’s voters in November seeking approval both to take on $12.9 million in bonded indebtedness and a $1 million ongoing capital construct mill levy. The former would target district facilities in disrepair,… → Read More
Yampa River’s flows below par in Steamboat, Elk River is running above average
The two-day rain total of about two-10ths of an inch of moisture in the Steamboat Springs area July 11 and 12 gave the Yampa River a boost, but the river’s flows are still well below what’s typical for the middle of July. Streamflow data gathered remotely by the U.S. Geological Survey where the Yampa flows… → Read More
Seminars at Steamboat presenter tackles fake news in an era of viral deception
Kathleen Hall Jamieson kicked off the 15th season of the Seminars at Steamboat Monday by kicking the term “fake news” to the margins in favor of a far more loathed affliction – VD. “By virtue of saying ‘fake news,’ we ask the question, ‘Well, what is real news?’ and you invite people to label everything they… → Read More
Diane Mitsch Bush, who represents Eagle County, will run for Congress
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Former Routt County Commissioner and current Democratic State Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush of Steamboat Springs has announced plans to challenge Republican Congressman Scott Tipton for Colorado’s → Read More
Diane Mitsch Bush, who represents Eagle County, will run for Congress
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Former Routt County Commissioner and current Democratic State Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush of Steamboat Springs has announced plans to challenge Republican Congressman Scott Tipton for Colorado’s → Read More
State Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush announces plans to challenge Tipton for 3rd Congressional seat
Former longtime Routt County Commissioner and current Democratic State Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush of Steamboat Springs has announced plans to challenge Republican Congressman Scott Tipton for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat in the 2018 election. Mitsch Bush was first elected to the statehouse in 2012. She currently serves as chairwoman of the House Transportation Committee and… → Read More
Steamboat developers considering ‘entry-level’ condo project on Hilltop
Peter and Kim Kreissig, of K and K Builders, Inc., the successful developers of Rocky Peak Village townhomes on Willett Heights Trail, are shifting their focus to a different category of housing and studying the feasibility of developing up to 48 “entry-level,” two-bedroom condominiums on a parcel of land set back from the intersection of U.S. Highway… → Read More
Steamboat school board conflicted over funding maintenance over new classrooms
A conflicted Steamboat Springs School Board wrestled Monday night with the balance between the school district’s responsibility to catch up with long-deferred maintenance – old roofs and a deteriorating outdoor athletic complex – and the higher calling of building new classrooms to enhance the delivery of education to the community’s children. The calendar for putting… → Read More
From Soroco to Georgetown University, teacher earns prestigious fellowship
Soroco High School social studies teacher Jill Duplessis is in Washington, D.C. this month where she is among distinguished school teachers from all over the United States, who are immersing themselves in an intensive study of American history at Georgetown University with the help of a James Madison Fellowship. Reached between classes June 22, Duplessis acknowledged the… → Read More