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While the town’s budget is not out of the woods yet, increased sales tax and RETA numbers signify that the worst may be over.

Local realtors participated in a tour of vacant land listings on Log Hill Mesa to provide them with more knowledge of what listings are available to this summer’s potential buyers. (Courtesy photo)
At least one broker from every real estate office in Ridgway participated in an April 6 vacant land listings tour on Log Hill Mesa.
Local real estate agents are reporting more interest and activity.
An April 27 Regional Business Expo at the Montrose Pavilion is aimed at boosting small business’s bottom line.
Cornerstone retains Telluride Properties’ Steve Cieciuch and team …KRYD-FM ‘The Ride’ to Sponsor Ridgway Balloon Festival… Latitude 38 Vacation Rentals…Adam Miller Earns ‘Certified Financial Planne...

CHICKEN MAN – No one knows the real identity of the human-size chicken who paces the sidewalk outside of Pollo Azado on Townsend and Seventh avenues, but he's brought lots of business to the newly opened restaurant. (Photo courtesy of Shawna DeVinny)
Townsend Ave.’s Pollo Azado, with its ‘Chicken Man’ mascot, plans a new branch in Grand Junction.
The Delta County Transmission Improvement Project, a consortium of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., the Delta-Montrose Electric Association and the City of Delta, is ready t...
This Saturday its lights-out at the Franz Klammer Lodge in celebration of Earth Hour 2010.
FREE SKIER – An unidentified (and unguided) skier dropped into Bear Creek's Deep and Dangerous route last week. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
U.S. Forest Service approval of guided skiing into Bear Creek raises hackles.

FOUR CORNERS ART SHOW – Featuring “Together We Blossom” by Joyce Heuman Kramer and “Pinyon Jay” by Fiona King among other work by artists living in the Four Corners region, now on display at Capella in Mountain Village. (Photos courtesy East Meets West Gallery)
Meet the artists of the Four Corners Region at Capella’s ‘Four Corners Artists’ Show

NEW BEAN IN TOWN – Meghann McCormick and Brian Werner took over as the new owners of Telluride’s Steaming Bean coffeehouse this week. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Brian Werner and Meghann McCormick to buy the Steaming Bean
The Telluride Medical Center wants a new larger facility in Telluride, but Mountain Village may be offering a warmer welcome.

EAT FOR MUSIC – Chef and co-owner of Smyth’s Pub and Chop House Peter O’Brien dished up Monday’s Blue Plate Special of smoked chicken atop red beans and rice. For every Blue Plate Special sold, O’Brien will donate $2 to help fund the Pickin’ in the Park concert series. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
The Town of Ridgway has signed on to host three Pickin’ In the Park concerts this summer but $20,000 needs to be raised to cover the cost.
Ridgway Apothecary provides delivery service to patients who may not be able to travel far because of ailments.
Hello, Montrose Association of Commerce and Tourism, and goodbye Montrose Area Merchants Association, Montrose Chamber of Commerce and Montrose Visitor and Convention Bureau – three organizations c...

OPEN FOR BUSINESS – Jeff Lessard of Alpine Wellness displays a 7 gram (quarter ounce) sample of medical marijuana available at his dispensary. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Despite its tiny population, Telluride has three medical-marijuana dispensaries open for business, and a fourth on the way.
Inn at Lost Creek incentivizes March visitors with free ski rentals.

CIAO DOWN – Cowboy chow and Italian cuisine might seem an odd combination, but the folks at Damiano’s Cowboy Ciao on North Townsend Avenue are making it work. From left, front, are staff Lisa Damiano, Charley Burch and Brandt Olsen, with Chef Anthony Damiano and Rich Bischak in the kitchen. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
Former executive chef at Cornerstone also plans a second restaurant and culinary school.

STILL STANDING – Bob Harnish refilled the donut stand inside the Village Market store last Monday morning. (Photo by Dale Kondracki)
With Baked in Telluride out of commission following a fire that gutted the decades old restaurant and bakery earlier this month, the Village Market is moving to fill a gap for quick, affordable eat...
The High-Altitude Dixieland Band opens this year’s season Friday, March 5, at the Wright Opera House.
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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
