letters to the editor
You have excellent programming at the Palm. Use it or lose it.
If the airport were to extend operations from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. they would be adding 180 days more of operations that could use these extended hours.
We have watched the Verizon Tower developments with interest, concern, and now, distress, as the seemingly unthinkable appears to approach reality.
I encourage our commissioners to hold public hearings to discuss our right of eminent domain.
Thanks to the generosity of KOTO...
The assistance from TAR is greatly appreciated and one of the wonderful benefits of living in this town.
I would like to thank everyone who registered to be a bone marrow donor this past weekend. It will be a few weeks before we know if anyone is a good match for 6-year-old Max Scheutz.
Editor:
I would like to thank the Ah Haa School, Between the Covers, Telluride Elementary School, The Mountain School, Taste Buds Catering, and The Hotel Columbia...
To the editor:
The Telluride Mountain Village Tennis Club wishes to thank the Mount Village Owners Association for their support in helping to make our 2010 tennis season successful. Their monetar...
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Thank you for making the 2010 General Election a huge success. San Miguel County has 4,408 active registered voters. Of those electors, 2,444 requested a mail-in ballot and our office re...
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I want to extend a great big thank you for all those in the community that helped make the Mt. Sneffels Education Foundation Auction an amazing success this year. In these difficult econom...
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By all accounts Michael Bennet is a solid, centrist Democrat, helping support and nurture Colorado: the diversity of healthy Coloradans, communities and beautiful mountains.
Ken Buck seems...
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County Coroner Bob Dempsey did not seek the unpaid job when he was asked in 1981 by the County Commissioners to take the job. He reluctantly accepted because the community needed it, and n...
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Politics: a word that puts a bad taste in my mouth even before I say it! I, probably like many of you, have left the ugly game of politics to others. I have shaken my head in disgust at th...
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You recently printed a letter from Dave Calhoon criticizing the BOCC process of deliberation on revisions to Section 9, Visual Impact Regulations, of the Land Use Code. We value Mr. Calhoon...
What does the coroner job have to do with political parties? For us, it’s about keeping the person with proven ability and dedication in office.
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In spite of the sounds bites that constantly bombard us, the language of amendments 60 and 61 and proposition 101 is not simple and straightforward. The Blue Books you have recently receiv...
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Harley Brooke-Hitching is working for my company and I will be sorry to lose her if she is elected County Clerk. Her extensive skills, tact, tenacity and attention to detail have boosted t...
Well, it's been six months now, and I am still going strong. I've had no problems return after the stem cell treatments, and I believe in Aug., I was still receiving some improvement. I still have...
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My family and I have been skiing in Telluride since 1973, only missing a few years between then and now, but not many. I have enjoyed the expansion of the mountain, the addition of the gond...
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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)
