S T E A M B O AT
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APRIL 27, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 100
RO U T T
Gas prices Cost of a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Sunday
FREE
C O U N T Y ’ S
DA I LY
N E W S PA P E R
Death penalty debate lingers
The swing of things
Fuel Stop ................... $2.11 West Kum N Go ....... $2.11 7-Eleven ................... $2.07 Western Petro.......... $2.19 Bob’s Conoco ...................... $2.17 Hilltop Sinclair ..................... $2.14 Anglers Kum N Go .............. $2.11 Ski Haus................................ $2.14 Mount Werner Sinclair........... $2.11 Shell ........................................ $2.29 Shop & Hop ............................. $2.11 State Average ................... ...................$2.06 National Average ...............$2.05
DA, local official oppose repeal
S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Brandon Gee
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Looking at annexation Former Routt County planner gives community group advice about growth Page 3
SPORTS
Pistons swept Page 23
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MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
Steamboat Springs High School junior Scott Ptach hits balls on the driving range Saturday at Haymaker Golf Club. The range opened Friday and is open daily until 6 p.m. It is unclear when the course will be ready for play.
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Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 12-20-23-25-30 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
■ WEATHER
Mostly cloudy. High of 50.
Northwest Colorado’s top prosecutor and Rep. Randy Baumgardner, R-Hot Sulphur Springs, oppose a repeal of Colorado’s death penalty that passed the state House of Representatives in a tight 33-32 vote. House Bill 1274 would devote the expected savings of eliminating Baumgardner death as a sentencing option to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s Cold Case Homicide Team. It is sponsored by House Majority Lea der Paul Weissmann, DOldham Louisville. After the House approval last week, the bill was introduced in the state Senate on Thursday and assigned to the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. State Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, did not return a phone call Friday seeking comment. In the House, only one Republican voted for H.B. 1274, and six Democrats voted against it. See Death penalty, back page
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