In winter, Doc donned a warm bearskin coat, burrowed into blankets and relied on his sleigh driver to traverse snow-covered roads and fields to modest homes.

Turning the valve up to the max I was one click of the ignition away from a six inch tongue of eyebrow singeing, campfire and cigar lighting blue flame. Success!

If you’re hearing a lot more moaning, groaning, sighing and other sounds of bliss coming out of the Yampa Valley, it can only mean one thing. It’s Spa Week in Steamboat Springs! Now through August 10th, a collection of the best spas are offering locals and visitors special discounts on spa packages, facials, massages, manicures, [...]

“Rooooaaaarrrr!” was the sound from the Steamboat and Ski Town Lions Clubs members when they voted on bringing the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus to Steamboat on August 4th & 5th. But after advertising and selling advance tickets for the past several weeks, plans to host the exciting event almost fell apart when the circus announced its intention to drill 52 two inch holes in the Meadows Parking Lot.

The 35th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Wednesday, August 11 at the Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club, with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The tournament is a scramble format for 5-player teams and the pre-registration fee is $140.00, which includes the Deck Party on August 10.

Steamboat once again has a consignment sports store! Boomerang Sports Exchange opened on June 20th on Lincoln Ave between 11th and 12th St. and is currently accepting new or slightly used sports equipment from anyone looking to find a buyer.

So the feedback from our Web/Print Hybrid Format from last issue was not good.  Readers didn’t really like being teased with partial articles and then coerced into checking the website to continue reading them.  In hindsight, we probably could have anticipated this.  We find it annoying too. We have tried a new approach this issue. [...]

As many of you are aware, changes in the publishing industry are forcing newspapers across the country to alter their print and distribution strategies in the digital age.  In an effort to stay ahead of the curve and remain relevant in the 21st Century, The Local is pleased to introduce a new website and a [...]

We have a better quality of life than Kings and Queens did 100 years ago. Petroleum gave us the power and wealth to achieve this. How long can we sustain this lifestyle? It doesn’t matter how much oil is left because the way we are using it is poisoning us and our planet. Extracting, spilling, [...]

It’s been about 10 years in the making but the new Steamboat skate park is finally here and open skaters of all skill levels. Last Saturday organizers of the decade long project held an official grand opening to celebrate the much anticipated skate park that cost about $300,000 to construct. The event drew about 80 [...]

Remember when Dr. McCoy waved his scanner over a person’s body and determined what might be wrong? And the fact that it did not hurt, or make the person glow excited us about the future of medicine. Star Trek had some terrific medical cures, but what triggered our imagination was that a harmless tool could look inside our body.