
Suzie Romig
Journalist at Freelance
Reporter at Steamboat Pilot & Today
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
steamboatpilot.com | Suzie Romig
Scientists and graduate students working through Storm Peak Laboratory at the top of Steamboat Resort has examined 45 years of snowstorm data to identify what conditions cause the “big dump” days at the ski area. The “biggest powder days” happen when the snowflakes form during storms between minus-3 and 10 degrees Fahrenheit, said Gannet Hallar, Ph.D., director of Storm Peak Laboratory .
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3 weeks ago |
steamboatpilot.com | Suzie Romig
Ignoring advice to check vaccination status for measles or to get a measles vaccination could be easy to do for adults in the Yampa Valley, especially when medical professionals advocate for other vaccines too, ranging from flu to pneumonia to shingles. But, with the rise in measles cases in Colorado and the nation, public health officials on the county, state and national levels are encouraging residents to talk to their doctors about getting the measles vaccine.
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4 weeks ago |
steamboatpilot.com | Suzie Romig
When Steamboat Springs Water Resources Manager Julie Baxter learned in January that the total required funding of $7.9 million was available for a decade-long goal to restore the highly altered confluence of Walton Creek and the Yampa River, she was excited that the city could move forward. Damage from old gravel pits in the 1960s and a hydrologically unsound reroute of the Yampa River in the 1970s caused multiple river ecosystem problems that city leaders are still trying to address.
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4 weeks ago |
steamboatpilot.com | Suzie Romig
The annual opportunity for local drivers to test drive and ask questions in one hometown location about a variety of electric vehicles ranging from pickups to SUVs is set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 8. Reservations are open for the free EV Ride & Drive event. Participants can sign up for 15-minute test drives for a variety of electrically fueled vehicles such as the Ford F-150 Lightning and Mach E, Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Kia EV 9, and Chevy Blazer, Bolt and Silverado.
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1 month ago |
steamboatpilot.com | Suzie Romig
Hayden town leaders, the nonprofit Yampa Valley Sustainability Council and Routt County commissioners have advocated to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission that coal-fired Hayden Station be transitioned to electricity generation from deep geothermal heat. Xcel Energy, the majority owner and operator of Hayden Station, currently is considering geothermal energy production as an option, according to Michelle Aguayo, Xcel media relations representative, in a May 20 email.
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