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COLORADO LOVE – Beth Kelly showed off her signature hats last week in Telluride (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Telluride’s John and Beth Kelly donate 10 percent of profits from their Colorado flag-inspired products to charity.
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Inner Mountain Yoga Studio, a cozy, intimate space in downtown Ouray where studio owner Tracy Lockard and other yoga teachers have nurtured a small but thriving yoga community for several years, ha...
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE LOCATION – Palladin Design has opened its second gallery and shop in Mountain Village.With an emphasis on fine art and handcrafted furnishings for the home. Palladin Telluride is located at 568 Mountain Village Boulevard on Heritage Plaza next to Hotel Madeline, and is open from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. daily. (Courtesy photo)
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Community Banks of Colorado has hired Chad Kusuno as its Telluride Banking Center’s new manager.
DOCTOR DOOLITTLE – Kristine Rosen working with Cider on her new hairstyle at Rosen’s Soggy Dog pet grooming salon in Ridgway. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Soggy Dog Ridgway pet grooming salon reopens in Ridgway’s Trail Town.
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The Sherbino Theater met its fundraising goal in late 2012, earning$25,000 in matching funds from an anonymous Ridgway donor.
IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR – Jarrett Arguelles and his sister Jessie Rae McConnell, with her daughter, Madeline, at Wizard Emporium and Custom Framing. Jarrett and his dad, Chuck Arguelles, will run the custom framing business, while Jessie Rae and her mom, Jackie Arugelles, run the emporium. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Telluride family unveils Wizard Emporium, a locally and sustainably minded gift shop.
ESTATE VINEYARD – The Pritchard Hill Estate vineyard. The smaller vines on the right are Cabernet; the Syrah are to the left. The view is of Lake Hennessy, with the winery residence in the background. (Courtesy photo)
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When Harmon Brown and his wife, Joanne, bought a home in California’s Napa Valley in 2006, they were not thinking of starting a winery.
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EAGLENet Says It’s Just a ‘Temporary Postponement’ WESTERN SAN JUANS – The Broomfield-based telecommunications co-op EAGLENet Alliance is waiting for a determination from the feds in the comi...
JUST ACROSS THE RIVER – Dr. Dave Sherwood, for 16 years a physician at Mountain Medical Center in Ridgway, has left to start his own family-medicine practice across Highway 550 in temporary quarters in the Ridgway Pharmacy building. He and wife Donna will add new office space this coming summer. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Longtime Ridgway doc, Dave Sherwood, has left Mountain Medical to start his own practice.
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While it seeks approval for the proposed Pinon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County, Energy Fuels invests in the largest the largest known uranium deposit in the United States in Virginia.
TIME TO RELAX – Travis and Becky Best, owners of Best Appliance and Home Gallery in Montrose, are closing the retail business’s doors; they opened it in 1995. Their son, Allen, will continue to run the family’s appliance service business. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
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Since 1995, customers from around the region including Telluride, Ouray, Ridgway and Montrose have purchased home appliances – everything from refrigerators to stoves to washing machines – from Bes...
VENTURE ACCELERATORS - Jesse Johnson, right, and Paul Major, in front of the offices of the Telluride Foundation, where they're embarking on a new form of entrepreneurial philanthropy with the Telluride Venture Accelerator. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Many Telluride residents have long dreamed of a more diverse economy, one not entirely dependent on tourism and construction, so that families might live here more comfortably and sustainably.
THE AWARD-WINNING Beaumont Hotel and Spa, all lit up for the holidays. (Courtesy photo)
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Survey ranks Ouray’s historic Beaumont hotel among the “World’s Best Places to Stay.”
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The Bon Ton restaurant reopens under new management this Friday evening, Dec, 21 with a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 9 p.m.
NEW LOOK - Ridgway mom, midwife and rock star Tawnya “T-ré” Singer got a new look last week from stylist Ernst Baer. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Ernst Baer’s career has spanned decades, continents and 24 employment relationships with top salons. He’s just gotten back from an attempt at “retirement,” and is now styling hair at Bernard’s, nam...
READY TO ROLL – Chris Lee and Tim Eihausen, together with Taryn Lee (not pictured), are mounting an effort to reopen the Bon Ton Restaurant in Ouray. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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After the Bon Ton restaurant closed in November, so many people approached former employees Chris and Taryn Lee and Tim Eihausen about reopening it that they finally decided, “Why not?”
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Tomboy Soap Unveils New Name, Packaging at Telluride Holiday Arts Show...Fly Me to the Moon Saloon hires new manager, Crystal Geise.
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Dave Ramirez joins Cornerstone Mortgage Company.
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Local communications firm GrahamSpencer is teaming up with Telluride Ski Area to host a brand/media event called The White Room.
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DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)
GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)
HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)
PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)
TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)