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Editor’s note: To protect her identity in discussing a controversial and sensitive topic, Steamboat Pilot & Today has changed the name of the woman discussing her abortion.

The first independent commission to redistrict Colorado legislative districts has — for the most part — wrapped up its work, sending final state House and Senate maps last week to the Colorado Supreme Court.

Routt County voters will be asked to consider three statewide questions on their ballots for the Nov. 2 election.

, renamed the Isabella Joy Thallas Act in honor of a 21-year-old woman who was shot and killed in Denver in 2020, requires a gun owner to report their lost or stolen firearm within five days or be subject to fines. The second, House Bill 1106 , mandates that gun owners “responsibly and securely” store their firearms when not in use to prevent juveniles and other unauthorized users from accessing them. It also requires a licensed gun dealer to provide a locking device with each firearm sale ...

Lindsy Manceaux talks to a passing customer as she wipes down tables Friday afternoon outside of Louisiana Lindsys Cajun Provisions in downtown Steamboat Springs. (Photo by John F. Russell) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — After more than a year of masks, social distancing and shifting every aspect of life, the Routt County Board of Health on Friday expressed optimism and voted on a revised public health order that could return the county to complete normalcy — meaning a life without masks, social dista...

Emi Cooper, a Steamboat Springs High School senior STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Emi Cooper was excited to receive a text from the mother of Rep. Dylan Roberts telling her she received the Colorado Democrats Murphy Roberts Award — an award issued to a Democrat younger than 25 years old that has shown commitment and dedication to the values of the Colorado Democratic Party. “It’s really nice to have recognition for work,” Cooper said. Cooper, a senior at Steamboat Springs High School, helped org...