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Chris Slotten, The Environmental Maniac
The country did a great job reducing mercury emissions during the 90s. Between 1990 and 1999 the U.S. emissions of human-caused mercury dropped from 220 tons...
HILLARY CLINTON … The Dem frontrunner for the presidential nomination accepted an invitation from NACo and spoke before several thousand county commissioners at the organization’s annual summer con...
VANDALISM … That’s one of those English words that I love. The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the fifth century.
The Vandals may have given their nam...
Even though someone had told me it was coming, it was a shock to actually see the old 1950s era structures at the beautiful San Miguel Ranch site knocked down. Like some bombed out neighborhood in ...
As part of the United States, Hawaii, is really a long distance away from the rest of the country. In fact, it is the most remote place in the world. It is 2,000 miles away from the nearest land, a...
For many, the thought of the “flu bug” brings memories of a terrible stomach ache because it is commonly used to refer to the stomach flu. But the real “flu bug” is much more than that. Every year...
Chris Slotten, The Environmental Maniac
The country did a great job reducing mercury emissions during the 90s. Between 1990 and 1999 the U.S. emissions of human-caused mercury dropped from 220 tons...
Our second week in our Pinhead internship in Panama started off with a bang, although not the kind of bang I would have ever wanted. The Monday morning light revealed that all of the gringos were ...
BURN CANYON … It was just five years ago that a disastrous fire raged through the wooded hills and canyons southwest of Norwood – July 9, 2002.
The fire burned 31,300 acres of public and private l...
VANDALISM … That’s one of those English words that I love. The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the fifth century.
The Vandals may have given their na...
Word on the street is old Charlie stole the handle and the train it won’t stop going, no way to slow down.
What other impression can be drawn, without exploding in venomous cursing of your fate, w...
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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)

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