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Margaret Hair covers arts and entertainment for the Pilot & Today. She started working at the paper in August 2007. Margaret has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she minored in music performance. She completed news and feature writing internships with McClatchy-Tribune News Service in Washington, D.C. and the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., her hometown. She also worked as the entertainment editor for her college newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, and is a contributing music writer for the Independent Weekly in Durham, N.C.

Recent stories

Snow will dissipate today

By Margaret Hair

January 7, 2008

A storm that brought 9 inches of heavy snow and wind gusts up to 55 mph Saturday and Sunday is forecast to continue to affect the region through this afternoon, with an additional 5 to 9 inches of accumulation possible in the city of Steamboat Springs.

Storm Peak opens today

Snowfall allows summit access at Steamboat Ski Area

By Margaret Hair

December 8, 2007

The Storm Peak Express chairlift opens today, giving Steamboat Ski Area top-to-bottom skiing for the first time this season.

Bhutanese Buddhist figure to visit Steamboat

By Margaret Hair

December 7, 2007

When His Holiness Lopen Ngawan Tenzin Rinpoche first came to Steamboat Springs in 2004, it was not only the first time he had come to the United States.

Marching for awareness

Candlelight vigil recognizes adults, children impacted by domestic violence

By Margaret Hair

October 22, 2007

When she started Advocates Against Battering and Abuse 24 years ago, Diane Moore said women used to ask her, “You mean this happens to others, and I’m not crazy?”

The Food Mill set to close

Hayden eatery will be replaced by Mexican restaurant

By Margaret Hair

October 20, 2007

Kevin and Alaine Mont­gomery, owners of The Food Mill restaurant in Hayden, say they just want to “have a life.”

Steamboat residents work together to save injured pet

By Margaret Hair

September 24, 2007

When Dancy St. John got home from picking up her children at school Tuesday evening, she heard yelping and barking coming from her backyard, where the Elk River runs at the bottom of a 40-foot drop.

Coming to Search and Rescue’s aid

By Margaret Hair

September 24, 2007

Randall Hannaway, president of Routt County Search and Rescue, figures his group of 50 rescuers puts in as many or more volunteer hours as any organization in the county.

D.A.R.E. vehicle changes hands

Routt County Sheriff’s Office donates drug education car to Moffat County

By Margaret Hair

September 21, 2007

The Routt County Sheriff’s Office gave away one of the last remnants of its Drug Abuse and Resistance Education program on Thursday. The Sheriff’s Office donated its D.A.R.E. vehicle, a repossessed Chevy Blazer, to the still-running program in Moffat County.

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