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Ouray Chamber members can save significant money on propane... Grand Junction’s Penny Hardrick recognized...
Telluride can look to its own backyard for a holistic approach to health.
Telluride dentist Terry Brown, DDS, has partnered with StemSave, Inc., for stem cell collection.
The addition of a former Cotter Corp. executive to the Energy Fuel payroll as a part-time consultant signals little change to one uranium industry critic.
The addition of Ross Reels builds on 3M’s core fly-fishing portfolio and further expands the business.
HAPPY DIRECTOR – Lloyd Arnold, director of aviation at the Montrose county airport, is finally getting to see his hard work come to fruition with current construction to expand the passenger terminal by 11,000 square feet. Construction will be complete by June, Arnold says. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
The Montrose Airport’s $3.2 million expansion should be completed by next summer.
It has been a long time in the making, but Telluride now has the state’s first law banning the distribution of most plastic bags.

HOLDING ON – The Montrose Holiday Inn Express was recently placed in receivership in Montrose District Court and will now be operated by a court-appointed trustee.
The motel will continue to operate under the control of the receiver.

The treatment room at Elyse Rothschild's new business, Amala. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Amala, which in Sanskrit means “most pure,” is Telluride local Elyse Rothschild’s answer to toxic skin care regimes
While negotiations between Montrose County and Extra Air drag on, officials promise that the process is on track and ongoing.
Owner-chef Luis Bolaños stands ready behind the counter of Ridgway’s newest eatery, Land & Ocean, which specializes in colorful dishes from Bolaños’s native Costa Rica. (Photo by Cecily Bryson)
A new restaurant with a Costa Rican flair is opening in Ridgway’s Riverview Plaza.

VALUABLE HARVEST – Mature flowering Cannabis ready for harvesting at a grow operation on the Western Slope. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
The Colorado Medical Marijuana Code requires medical marijuana centers to cultivate at least 70 percent of their own crops, putting pressure on San Miguel County to approve “optional premises culti...
Prices remain low and the market is not stable.
Montrose County Hires Due-Diligence Consultant for aircraft manufacturing…Merle’s Brown Bag Sells Out First Order of Reusable Carryout Containers… Dave’s Mountain Tours a Fodor’s Choice.
A new massage therapy school opens up career opportunities for Montrose area residents.
ESPRESSO WITH THAT TATT? – (Above) Johnny Chimpo whipping up a coffee drink at Montrose’s Fifth Street Tattoo and Café. (Bottom) Artist/co-owner Zach Zombie puts some ink on business partner Erick Stylez. (Photos by Brett Schreckengost)
Fifth Street Tattoo and Café in Montrose is open. Grab a coffee, a tattoo or a piercing.
Though its funding was cut off, Montrose’s ‘Main in Motion’ has its most successful year.
TELLURIDE – Merle’s Brown Bag, a favorite main street breakfast-and-lunch counter/carryout, is selling out of its green, corn-based reusable salad containers faster than customers can write up thei...
Doug Kiesewetter, president of BrightLeaf, shows one of his company’s solar collectors that will soon be manufactured in Montrose, and will be affordable to the average homeowner. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
New plant in Montrose to make high-tech, low-cost ‘concentrated solar’ panels for homes – and they’re portable.
GALLERY GATHERING – Pausing for a chat at the new Canyon Gallery during the Business After Hours event on Tuesday were, from left, Katie Smits, gallery owner Amy Harmsen, Lu Anne Tyrrell, and Ken Brengle, CEO of the Montrose Association of Commerce and Tourism. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
The new Canyon Gallery in Montrose is a dream come true for the couple who owns it. The photo-focused gallery will also print customer’s digital photos.
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BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday. (Courtesy photo_

ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013
