commentary
Will Michael Vick go back to the NFL?
Commissioner Goodtimes on the West-Wide Energy Corridors lawsuit joined in on by San Miguel County, and reports on his time at this year’s Rainbow Celebration (hello, Pastor Chuck Parry) and its ab...
Telluride Climbs to Conquer Cancer for Second Year Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 a.m., in Elks Park. Start a Team or Join Up Now.
Columnist Peter Bleepin’ Shelton takes a look at the science behind we all love to bleepin’ do in this week’s View to the West.
Super Joe Sakic hangs up his skates, and the team must work to establish a post-Sakic identity.
A bad case of “Ahma”
Up Bear Creek
ASIAN ADVENTURES … Burma [Myamar] was really awesome. I was a little conflicted about going to a country with an oppressive government that shoots monks and shuts schools to prevent...
When baby makes three, the family dog goes down a notch in the world.

TABLETOP EXCERCISE – Ouray City Manager Patrick Rondinelli (third from left) and Ouray County Sheriff Dominic “Junior” Mattivi (second from left) discuss evacuation issues as Ouray Police Chief Leo Rasmusson (far left) ponders the next step with Ridgway Town Manager Greg Clifton (second from right). Durango Fire Division Chief Mark Quick (far right) obtains a local weather report. (Courtesy photo)
A table top training exercise brings together Ouray County emergency responders, managers, administrators and other officials.
Columnist Peter Shelton hope that NPR will soon prove that its ‘death of conscience’ was somehow exaggerated.
Combine a macroeconomic climate fueled by speculation with local politics that were militantly anti-growth and the outcome was all-but-inevitable.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
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)
‘SIT DOWN JOHN' – Cast members sing in the romping musical 1776 at Magic Circle Theatre. (Courtesy photo)
WANTING ANSWERS – Ouray hotelier and former city councilor Betty Wolfe expressed her concern about the recent police department resignations, and demanded answers, at last Monday’s Ouray City Council meeting as a crowd of about 30 community members watched. (Photo by Samantha Wright)

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)

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