Skiers and riders enjoy the fresh snow early Thursday afternoon outside Four Points Lodge at Steamboat Resort. (Courtesy photo)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Steamboat Resort reported more than 6 inches of fresh power at midmountain and 10 inches at the summit Thursday morning, as a storm system billed as the most productive so far this season starts to take shape.
“We could have used a little bit more, it is pretty hard underneath, but there is about 10 inches, and it is skiing pretty well,” said Mike Weissbluth, a local meteorologist, as he was riding a chairlift on the mountain.
Weissbluth, who runs the forecasting website snowalarm.com
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested two people on Christmas Eve after two incidents in Oak Creek and Phippsburg.
Odell Rogers, 30, of the state of Nevada, and Chelsey Salazar, 35, of Oak Creek, were charged with second-degree assault, criminal attempt of vehicular assault, violation of bond conditions and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
At about 4:20 p.m. Thursday, an off-duty Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputy, who lives in Phippsburg, called Routt County Communications and reported a 36-year-old man had suffered an injury to his hand, which the man said was the result of Rogers and Salazar jumping out of a Toyota 4Runner and attacking him with a knife.
According to reports, Patricia was already dead when Pollard bound her wrists with plastic zip ties and a leather purse strap and then proceeded to sexually assault her remains.
He then stole several items from the house, which included money, a rifle, and a samurai sword, and fled the scene.
Cole Pollard caught hiding at a campsite
The police eventually caught up to Pollard two days later at a campsite where he was hiding out, about 70 miles from the scene of the murder.
The prosecution argued that the murder was premeditated and intentional and that Pollard intended to rape his victim first and then kill her.
West Routt firefighters injured in engine rollover after leaving scene of structure fire
Lisa Schlichtman / Steamboat Pilot & Today
A West Routt Fire Protection District engine rolled down an embankment Saturday night after leaving the scene of a fire.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS A crew of West Routt Fire Protection District firefighters were injured in an engine rollover Saturday evening. The crash occurred as the crew was returning to the station after extinguishing a structure fire at Canyon Valley Ranch.
The engine they were traveling in went off the edge of Valley Drive, which was steep and icy. The vehicle rolled several times and came to rest approximately 150 to 200 feet down a steep embankment.