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Mike Lawrence is the city editor for the Pilot & Today. He began working at the paper on Oct. 31, 2005, as a reporter. (His first story in Steamboat was about Halloween trick-or-treating on Lincoln Avenue.) Mike has a masters degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a bachelor of arts in philosophy from St. Mary's College of Maryland. He has worked as a reporting intern at the Rocky Mountain News, Boulder Daily Camera, Longmont Times-Call, Gunnison Country Times and the Colorado Statesman, a weekly political newspaper based in Denver. Mike's hometown is Dover, N.H. He enjoys hiking, reading, soccer, spending time with friends, listening to music, cheering for the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox and the three-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.

Recent stories

Colleagues praise Taylor

Steamboat Springs senator reflects on career at state Capitol

By Mike Lawrence

June 22, 2008

During 16 years at the Capitol in Denver, state Sen. Jack Taylor was the prime sponsor of 211 bills and 39 resolutions or memorials.

Hundreds gather to mourn Mark and Levi Klapperich

By Mike Lawrence

June 1, 2008

The overflowing bleachers and bright sunshine at the Hayden High School football field would have made Mark and Levi Klapperich smile.

Rancher asks for water funds

Request raises eyebrows at Yampa/White River Basin meeting

By Mike Lawrence

May 9, 2008

A leading Northwest Colo­rado water official received initial support Wednesday to use state funds for a study assessing a potential private reservoir on his family ranch.

South Routt takes energy lead

Overhaul includes biomass heating

By Mike Lawrence

April 26, 2008

The South Routt School District could be the last in Colorado to heat its schools with coal. In a matter of months — after the hazardous coal boilers installed in 1970 are removed and replaced — it could also be the first Colorado school district to heat a school with biomass, using wood pellets from plants in Kremmling or Walden.

Fund Board sales tax idea raises some eyebrows

City officials undecided about whether to share revenues with Hayden, South Routt districts

By Mike Lawrence

March 29, 2008

City officials were undecided Friday about whether to share revenues from the city’s half-cent sales tax for education with school districts in Hayden and South Routt.

Man dies in fall from roof at Steamboat Grand

By Mike Lawrence

04:27 p.m., February 28, 2008 Updated 10:51 p.m.

A Steamboat Springs High School graduate who served in Iraq with the U.S. Army died Thursday after falling six stories off an icy roof at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel.

Crash victim had ties to Steamboat Springs

Man was Balloon Rodeo participant

By Mike Lawrence

November 18, 2007

A man who died in a hot air balloon crash Friday morning in Iowa was a frequent visitor to Steamboat Springs and a longtime participant in the annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo.

Water rights making waves

Lawmaker considering state authority on future allocations

By Mike Lawrence

October 22, 2007

A Western Slope lawmaker is considering legislation that would give the state of Colorado authority over all future water rights.

Howelsen, Hot Springs still on table

Split recreation center at sites not yet ruled out

By Mike Lawrence

August 23, 2007

City officials might, just might, ask Steamboat Springs voters to approve new recreation facilities at Howelsen Hill and Old Town Hot Springs, despite expressing support last month — and this week — for a consolidated facility at Ski Town Fields.

Colorado Water Congress in town

Two-day event brings Sen. Salazar, Rep. Udall to Steamboat

By Mike Lawrence

August 23, 2007

Water buffaloes are coming to Steamboat Springs Today and Friday, the Colorado Water Congress is holding its 2007 Summer Convention at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort. The event features a series of seminars and discussions about water policies and strategies, supply forecasts, bark beetle impacts, and water-related legislation passed this year and coming up in 2008.

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