Colorado's House Education Committee passed the measure today, sending it to the full House for discussion and a vote. A hearing date hasn't been set.

Eliza Outtrim skied to the top moguls spot at a race in Spain, setting her up for a strong 2011 season. Olympic gold medalist Hannah Kearney finished fourth.

Violinist Sarah Chang opens the 2010 Strings Music Festival season on June 26, when she?ll join the Strings Festival Orchestra for a concert of pieces by Rossini, Bruch and Beethoven.

A Routt County proposal to allow increased density near population centers is suddenly in the spotlight after city voters? denial of the Steamboat 700 annexation. The county?s proposed transfer of development rights program would allow 5-acre home sites in some unincorporated areas, potentially including about 1,400 acres north and west of Steamboat Springs.

When is the last time you attended a school board meeting, or went down to City Hall to inspect the planning documents of that building project down the street? Have you looked over your city?s annual budget in the past couple of years, or did you take the time to download and read the Steamboat 700 annexation agreement?

Russ Lambert doesn?t personally know any members of the military, but he still has gratitude for the sacrifices soldiers make. Lambert, the general manager at Steamboat Lake Outfitters, along with Rocky Mountain Rentals, will bring eight wounded veterans to North Routt on Friday and Saturday for Operation Healing Snow.