Dylan Anderson

The Yampa Valley Bugle asked Routt County Commissioner Candidates to answer eight questions about a variety of issues. Here's what they said. In an effort to inform voters ahead of this year's Routt County Commissioner election, The Yampa Valley Bugle asked candidates to respond to eight issue focused questions in writing. The questions were devised through conversations with local leaders and observations about issues facing the county.Here is how the candidates for District 1, Democrat Ange

The Yampa Valley Bugle asked Routt County Commissioner Candidates to answer eight questions about a variety of issues. Here's what they said.In an effort to inform voters ahead of this year's Routt County Commissioner election, The Yampa Valley Bugle asked candidates to respond to eight issue focused questions in writing. The questions were devised through conversations with local leaders and observations about issues facing the county.The Bugle set a deadline to respond to these questions of Oc

Dedicated commuter train line in Yampa Valley likely requires additional study, local operations funding to become reality.Colorado’s top rail official said Monday that the state may forgo applying for federal funding to start mountain rail service if they could speed up implementation of the project, as a 2026 goal set by Gov. Jared Polis to start some level of mountain rail service looms.When announced, the prospect of federal funding was one of the reasons that passenger rail service to commu

Three local races to keep an eye on as the country waits for results of the 2024 Presidential Election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. 1. Campaign contributions have exceeded $100k in Routt County's District 1 Commissioner race. How will it end up? Routt County Commissioner – District One - Brent Romick(R) vs. Angelica Salinas (D)The race for the District One seat on the Routt County Board of Commissioners is the race I will be watching closest on Tuesday

West Routt Fires request for additional funding was headed toward defeat, with between 800 and 1,000 votes left to count. • Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse cruised to reelection in the Second Congressional District, which includes Routt County, beating his Republican opponent Marshall Dawson 69% to 29%. This will be Neguse’s fourth term in Congress. • Danny Hayden (641 votes), Ryan Bell (615), Camilla Haight (574), Melinda Carlson (546) and Elaine Hicks (529) are leading in the race for Hayden T

Once thought to be a highly competitive district, Lukens just may have proved that is no longer the case. Rep. Meghan Lukens cruised to reelection in Colorado House District 26 on Tuesday and is currently winning Routt County by roughly 40 percentage points — by far the biggest win of any Democrat in the Yampa Valley. The Associated Press called the race for Lukens at 10:17 p.m. on Tuesday night. Lukens currently leads Republican Challenger Nathan Butler 58.7% to 41.3% with an estimated 91% of v

YVHA’s Cottonwoods at Mid Valley will deliver 86 condos next year. STR Taxes could add 63 more to the market, starting in the mid-$200,000sAnother 63 condos could be for sale as part of the Yampa Valley Housing Authority’s Cottonwoods at Mid Valley development after Steamboat Springs City Council signaled interest in backing the project with $5 million in short-term rental tax revenues on Tuesday. Two of the four buildings that make up the Mid Valley project are under construction currently on t

Funding from city's accommodation tax could be used to build 32 miles of trails and improve three trailheads along U.S. Highway 40. The U.S. Forest Service asked the Steamboat Springs City Council for more than $1.6 million in accommodations tax dollars on Tuesday that would be used to build 32 miles of trails and improve three trailheads on Rabbit Ears Pass.The trails are part of the now approved Mad Rabbit Trails Project that has been in the works since 2018. The plan will build or designate 4

Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Airport will use $492,000 from the city’s general fund in 2024 to support operations, up from $174,000 in 2020. Sidestepping a nearly half-million-dollar operating deficit at Steamboat Springs Bob Adams Airport in 2024, City Council signaled it would renew a ground lease for one of the oldest hangars on the field Tuesday — a move that mirrors a decision from a year ago that lost the city grant funding. The city has the option to take ownership of the hangar, called C

Commuter line would benefit from infrastructure upgrades to support regional rail to Denver, but local operations likely need local funding. Paying for the operations of a commuter rail line operating within the Yampa Valley is likely going to fall on local sources, Steamboat Springs City Council member Michael Buccino, who sits on the Mountain Rail Coalition, said last week. A service development plan outlining the first estimates of what it would cost to start Mountain Rail Service between Cra