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Dr. Suzanne M. Hazen has opened a new Optometry Office in Telluride... Alpine Hospice is now Harden Hospice Colorado.
A FAMILY AFFAIR - Hallie Coulter Conlin (left) and her mother, Maura Coulter, behind the counter at Over the Moon, a new charcuterie in Telluride. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Over the Moon co-owners Maura Coulter and Hallie Coulter Conlin bring a far-ranging assortment, from gourmet cheeses to meats to hard-to-find delicacies (rose-petal confit, anyone?) to Telluride.
BOOTDOCTORS STARS – Bootdoctors of Taos and Telluride staffers (front, left to right) Penelope Gleason; marketing director/co-owner; Kyle Remiger, co-owner, buyer, inventory controller; (back, left to right) Becky Reimann, bike czaress, buyer; Bob Remiger, co-owner, bootfitting guru; Linda Mogetz, co-owner, financial director; Kelli Gleason, Oak Store manager, ski buyer; Galena Gleason, softgoods buyer, purchasing director; Bob Gleason, co-owner, bootfitting guru; Ryan Dionne, Skiing Business editor, on Jan. 31 at the Skiing Business Awards Ceremony in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
The Bootdoctors of Taos and Telluride were voted Top Stores with “Most Knowledgeable Staff” in the U.S. by Skiing Business Magazine at its 2013 annual Skiing Business Awards on Jan. 31, in Denver.
HOLISTIC COUNSELOR Brianne Beauregard at her Lawson Hill office. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Ayurvedic counselor and holistic esthetician Brianne Beauregard brings whole-body healing to Telluride.

COLORADO LOVE – Beth Kelly showed off her signature hats last week in Telluride (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Telluride’s John and Beth Kelly donate 10 percent of profits from their Colorado flag-inspired products to charity.
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)
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)
Soggy Dog Ridgway pet grooming salon reopens in Ridgway’s Trail Town.
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)
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)
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.
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)
Longtime Ridgway doc, Dave Sherwood, has left Mountain Medical to start his own practice.
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)
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)
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)
Survey ranks Ouray’s historic Beaumont hotel among the “World’s Best Places to Stay.”
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)
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...
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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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
