Watch as almost 100 dogs compete by chasing, herding and cutting flocks of sheep in an open field at the Steamboat Stock Dog Challenge from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday. There will be educational activities for children demonstrating the rich heritage of the sheep industry in Northwest Colorado.

The city of Steamboat Springs will host a men?s 12-inch double elimination softball tournament Sept. 18 and 19. Registration forms are available at www.steamboatsprings.net, or contact Colleen O?Gorman at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and 970-846-4481. The cost is $195 per team, and the registration deadline is Thursday.

5:23 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a report of a burglary alarm in the 500 block of South Lincoln Avenue. An employee accidentally set off the alarm.

It?s been more than 20 years since Vince Herman played his first show with Leftover Salmon, a band that would go on to become a jam-grass legend of the 1990s. Now, back on the road with his band of five years, Great American Taxi, guitarist and singer Herman admitted that he?s an ?old curmudgeon? in the Colorado music scene.

Steamboat Springs High School football (0-1) prepares to meet Holy Family (0-0) at 3 p.m. today in Broomfield.

Even in lean times, the food bank and thrift store at LIFT-UP of Routt County need to fatten up for the coming winter. With children who need clothes to keep them warm and workers and families who need food to fuel their bodies, LIFT-UP officials say now is a particularly important time to keep the organization in mind.