commentary
With two tough games behind them, the Broncos are ready to take on the Redskins. Then they’ll have the opportunity to disprove the Chargers’ surge hype at home.
It’s mid-November and the snow has already hit the ground. Guess what’s on columnist Peter Shelton’s mind?
It’s not just losing two straight, it’s how they’ve been lost.
Columnist Art Goodtimes takes readers to Bali with him as well as discusses the heated politics of Colorado in this week’s Up Bear Creek.
Mr. Cagin goes to Washington to speak out for health care reform.
Say Goodnight, Gracie: We lost a powerhouse of a writer when Grace Herndon died Monday, at 85.
With pro baseball players Rodriguez and Pettitte successfully moving on after admitting to drug use, isn’t it time for Clemens, McGwire, Bonds and Sosa to follow suit?
A peanut butter cupcake brings out this mom’s lurking parenthood fear.
Sometimes parents need to take a break.
Among the Palin/Fred Thompson endorsement and balloon boy, smartphone apps on the ski slope is on columnist Peter Shelton’s worst ideas of the week list.
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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