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You meet the most amazing people on chairlift rides, especially long, slow doubles.
A NOMAD GIRL herded sheep and goats with her mom. Elisabeth Gick stopped her car to let them cross the highway safely and she came up to the car window to peek in. (Courtesy photo)
In June, Elisabeth Gick heads up in eastern Tibet, traveling with Conscious Journeys, the for-profit arm of Tamdin Wangdu’s Tibetan Village Project, a humanitarian aid organization.
A report from Telluride School Board President Paul Reich on “three areas that you may have heard about, or are concerned about,” including “the allocation of 3A monies, the use of technology in o...
Ours has to be the most irresponsible, reprehensible, irrational generation to ever populate the earth.
I’m delighted to take a poetry tour with my friend and rising national poetry star from Grand Junction, Wendy Videlock.
The 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion sparked some difficult memories from the author’s past.
Dr. Christopher Crockett answers two questions most of us don’t know the answer to: How long would it take to travel to the nearest star? And what is the most distant object visible to the naked eye?
Getting conscious of my energy use and working to reduce it, I’ve been able in three years to cut my energy guzzling by more than half. Imagine the carbon footprint savings we’d have if everyone in...
Whether it’s true or not, the Winter XGames always put on a show.
Exploring Canyonlands, where the pictographs and petroglyphs the Anasazis left behind on the cliffs only added to the feeling one was trespassing on alien territory.
Director Kris Holstrom urges readers to check out EcoAction Partners’ Truth or Dare contest. It’s a fun sustainability challenge.
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By Martinique Davis
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By Art Goodtimes
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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)

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