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I can’t forget when I was still a kid; I usually go out on the streets and glimpse upon each moving car. I told myself that I’ll get one someday. I’m not from a very affluent family, we never watched movie together nor did we eat in fancy and expensive restaurants. True, I don’t remember doing...
New SEIU and Priorities USA Action Ads Focus on Medicare and Home Foreclosures WASHINGTON, DC -- The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Priorities Action USA tomorrow will release the third round of television and radio ads in their groundbreaking, joint $4 milli...
Hey everyone. On Wednesday night, I was listening to "Fresh Air" on NPR. Terry Gross was interviewing the investigative journalist Florence Williams about her new book Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History . She did mention some of the leading chemicals that accumulate in the fatty tissue ...
Today , when media maintain enormous effect on community , on the awareness and people's thoughts , in addition to the national language and customs , when most is determined by the effectiveness and adequacy of data transmission - more tha...
NOAA is redesigning their website weather forecast service at http://www.noaa.gov. What are they changing? Well, the main thing is - they are taking away the human detailed point forecaster and it's hard to see where they intend to place the interactive map that is so helpful for back country...
Fellow concerned breathers, I love the hemp wallet I get from Down to Earth. But every now and then I have to let the wallet sit in the sun because it is so saturated with toxic fragrances from the bills and the receipts in it. While this is not a health risk to me, it just reminds me how ub...
Concerned Fellow Breathers, Toxic fragrances in air scent dispensers are on their way out from the bathrooms at my office building! Different floor cleaners are possible also. So if you face the same problem, talk gently to the managers of the properties, show the information about the risk...
Concerned Fellow Breathers, Toxic fragrances in air scent dispensers are on their way out from the bathrooms at my office building! Different floor cleaners are possible also. So if you face the same problem, talk gently to the managers of the properties, show the information about the risk...
Hey everyone, As you may or may not know, I wrote the letter to editor that appeared briefly on the homepage on April 26 & 27 regarding the need for a ban on toxic fragrances in public and commercial indoor spaces. If you want to read it, enter "toxic fragrances" in the search box and you will ...
CBO: U.S. enduring the longest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression by Alex M. Parker February 16, 2012 After three years with unemployment topping 8 percent, the U.S. has seen the longest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression, the ...
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SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
RATS’ NEST – A rack of demo bikes at last year’s Ridgway Area Trails (RAT) Festival in Hartwell Park. This year’s 3rd annual will again feature trail building and skills clinics, along with a new Friday beer-and-shorts film night at the Sherbino Theater. (Courtesy photo)
VOLUNTEER Linda Granzow worked twine through spent round casings at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
WARRIOR WIND CHIMES – Welcome Home Montrose staff Emily Smith painted ceramic part of wind chimes at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
BACK HOME IN TELLURIDE – members of Telluride’s Volunteer Fire Department helped move the Galloping Goose No. 4 back to its home next to the San Miguel County Courthouse on May 16. The railbus spent the last four years in Ridgway while it was refurbished. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)

ROBERT JUSTIS (Courtesy photo)
