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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.
BUTCHER AND BAKER – Megan Ossola (with the cleaver) and Cinda Simons (with the whisk) at their popular new main street location. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
The all-new main street go-to place is the Butcher and the Baker, with Megan Ossola (butcher) and Cinda Simons (baker) is a Telluride institution in the making.
Ridgway’s Mac Doctor, John Clark can help you with your computer troubles, teach you new skills, and open your world to iTunes, iPhoto, and wide world of social networking.
Chef Ross Martin advances the notion of a local cuisine.
Work-flow processing mandate upgraded by Colorado Department of Revenue will ‘affect citizens’ business with the local Clerk and Recorder’s office, says San Miguel County Clerk and Recorder Peggy N...
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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)
