commentary
A spring gem, Mountainfilm is a uniquely Telluride event.
The centerpiece of the governor’s call of the special session, the civil unions bill, failed to pass despite appearing to have sufficient votes overall that would have passed the bill. In this case...
There is really no one like Jon Turk, and nothing remotely like his remarkable books – Cold Oceans , In the Wake of the Jomon and The Raven’s Gift .
In which the author delivers the commencement address at Colona University.
There’s nothing better in life than watching the Los Angeles Lakers go down in a all of flames in the NBA Playoffs. And once again, they are worth watching.
Rafting the San Juan River and partisan madness.
The special session is to consider seven topics related to a number of bills that died on the House calendar as the clock ran out on our constitutional requirement that a session last no more than ...
There was a time when MTV aired nothing but music videos. There was also a time when ESPN aired nothing but sports.
A daughter’s move to Bishop has the author thinking back to early California.
Norwood mourned the passing of Terrell S. Snyder this past weekend.
Many take for granted the difficult and often hazardous job of the tow truck operator who clears an accident scene or rescues stranded tourists and locals.
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By Martinique Davis
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By Art Goodtimes
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By Gus Jarvis
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By Rob Schultheis
photos

ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)

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