commentary
Columnist Goodtimes asks how we can instill democratic values in kids raised in an authoritarian system.
Pumpkin-carving takes on a whole new meaning when you’re doing it for the first time as a new mother.
Columnist Art Goodtimes takes a look at a piece of paper that is both amazing and humbling in this week’s Up Bear Creek.
Why is Denver’s defense flailing? Results are pending a Broncos Task Force investigation.
Business commentary, in Uganda, East Africa.
Research in genetically modified plants is going on at Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute in Kampala.
What more do you need? Peter Shelton sits down with the last undecided voter of Ouray County.
LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
We’ve all known that we couldn’t live like this forever, running up debt on a global scale, mortgaging the American future for who knows how many generations to come. Even thos...
Vote ‘Yes’ for Town of Telluride Ballot Question 202
So you’re a Town of Telluride citizen, and you’ve been bombarded with information from the ballot questions that want your tax money. Well, ...
Telluride Republican Mike Theile explains why he’s voting for Obama.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
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)

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