commentary
Telluride Hospital District Board President Bill Grun explains the economics and politics necessitating a “yes” vote on expansion project.
Columnist Peter Shelton imagines life during the Second Great Depression.
The parents who say ‘yes,’ ‘no’ or ‘sometimes’ to the notion of vaccinating their offspring all arrive at their beliefs on the subject out of deep parental love.
With the November election just weeks away, the Telluride Watch has decided to endorse all four ballot measures coming to area with several caveats.
Seth Berg, 2008 Teacher of the Year, wants to make school hard and fun by unleashing the power of young minds.
School board member Jenny Patterson urges support of question 3A to insure quality education for Telluride’s children.
School board member Davis Fansler clarifies issues surrounding the school bond question before voters in November.
Goodtimes reports on the annual meeting with the men and women who keep our highways passable.
A Bronco diehard remains eternally optimistic about his team’s chances of winning it all (or at least a significant part of it).
A new hip and an old friend help columnist Peter Shelton look ahead to many more seasons on the mountain.
The energy boom means more mining, and perhaps tapping into the county’s geothermal resources.
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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