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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.

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Steamboat briefs: City softball tournament set for Sept. 18 and 19

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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 softball@steamboatsprings.net and 970-846-4481. The cost is $195 per team, and the registration deadline is Thursday.

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The Record for Sept. 2

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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.

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Vince Herman jams with Great American Taxi in Steamboat today

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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.

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Steamboat football looks to bounce back

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

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LIFT-UP of Routt County workers prepare for winter needs

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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.

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Tom Ross: 1920s Steamboat mayor knew horse-drawn plow just wouldn’t cut it

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None of the residents of Steam­­­boat Springs ever dreamed of driving their automobiles in the winter until after George Allen was elected mayor. There was a perfectly good reason why folks didn’t take their cars out of the garage during winters here in the 1920s: Horses powered all of the Public Works Department’s equipment.

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2010 coed softball C league playoffs

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Results from Sept. 2, 2010. Boathouse Shockers won the C league championship game, 5-3, against the Routt County All Stars.

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Nice weather predicted for most of holiday weekend in Steamboat

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Forecasters predict nice weather until Sunday afternoon, when clouds and wind will roll into the Yampa Valley. State parks workers also report that nearly every space at Stagecoach, Steamboat Lake and Yampa River state parks is booked for the weekend for camping.

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Steamboat graduate Austin Hinder adjusting well to California

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A year ago at this time, Austin Hinder couldn’t go anywhere without getting attention. But now, after his first fall camp with University of California-Berkeley, Hinder is basking in a little anonymity.

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