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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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In between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, head out into your own community and do some shopping at local small businesses.
MONTROSE MUSIC owner Ken Crombie sat in his store's showroom Monday afternoon. (Photo by William Woody)
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Owner Ken Crombie opened the doors of Montrose Music in late July, and has been hard at working tearing down the walls to access an adjacent vacant space for the creation of music classrooms and a ...
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Colorado Smiles’ Daniel Clader, DDS, is a man who truly loves dentistry, but he probably loves his patients even more.
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Bon Ton proprietor Tim Tucker alleges that former employees have sabotaged his business by giving the restaurant poor online reviews on sites like Trip Advisor.
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Telluride was chosen to host next year’s annual Governor's Colorado Tourism Conference, on heels of TTI’s win for ‘Outstanding Marketing Award’ at this year’s event, in Steamboat Springs.
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The country’s largest uranium producer will concentrate on mining its lower cost resources in northern Arizona.
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Condé Nast Traveler magazine has released its annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey naming the Fairmont Heritage Place, Franz Klammer Lodge in Telluride as No. 70 in the coveted Top 100 Hotels & Res...
YOUR RIDE AWAITS – Mirek and Jen Saez outside their hot rod shop in Ridgway, God’s Rods. The restored ’39 Chevy is “not really a show car,” Jen said. “We’ve taken it to shows, but it’s more of an every-day, drive-around car.” (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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In the old Sunset Automotive garage in Ridgway, God’s Rods builds one-of-a-kind hot rods, for show, and for driving around.
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Telluride Brewing Co.’s second gold-medal win in less than a year makes the Telluride-born company the stuff of legend.
THE STAFF at the Firehouse II. (Photo by William Woody)
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A new restaurant opens on Main Street in Montrose.
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Ouray Brewing’s Camp Bird Blond Ale received accolades recently… Telluride DMC Realize Planning selects Eileen Burns as new director of sales and marketing.
READY FOR PRIME TIME – Brewmaster Chris Fish ran the Telluride Brewing Co.’s new Wild Goose canning machine Monday. The made-in-Colorado machine, developed especially for small craft brewers, lets TBC automate its canning process, which was formerly done by hand. Developers of the new Telluride Venture Accelerator program plan to “accelerate” the growth of more businesses like TBC, in Telluride. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Telluride Foundation CEO Paul Major asked, “Can you do good and make money at the same time?”
YOGINI REBECCA MAYER blends the physical with the more cerebral yogic teachings, creating individualized
programs for clients. (Courtesy photo)
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Yogini Rebecca Mayer blends the physical with the more cerebral yogic teachings, creating individualized programs for clients.
CUPCAKE, ANYONE? – Megan McCabe sells a tempting selection of cupcakes and cakes to go at Cafe Ridgway à la Mode. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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So far, business is pretty sweet.
Corn Maze – The DeVries Fruit and Veggie Corn Maze, as seen from above, is now open. This year’s design is a Pirate and an Indian, in support of the Olathe and Montrose schools. (Courtesy Photo)
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DeVries Farm’s corn maze and pumpkin patch now open
TOASTING THE OPENING – Sean Murphy (left) and Scott MacLaren celebrated the opening of their wine bar and art gallery in Telluride’s east end. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Art Gallery/wine bar brings low-key ambiance, top-flight art to the Telluride afternoon-evening scene
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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)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)