commentary
Columnist Gus Jarvis returned to the racetrack to root for an old favorite in the Daytona 500, only to be foiled by Mother Nature.
Telluride Mountain Sprouts preschool hosts its fundraiser Thursday with a silent auction and performance by Soprano Josselin Lifton-Zoline at the Sheridan Opera House. Doors open at 5 p.m.
The West-Wide Corridors proposal is waiting in the wings for the Obama Administration to introduce its version to this sweeping plan.
Our next prosperity? Our heads are telling us it’s all going to hell and our hearts are refusing to give up, says columnist Art Goodtimes.
One liquor store owner says the proposed legislation allowing grocery stores to sell full strength beer will negatively impact his business, along with consumer choice and state revenue.
After successful careers on the gridiron, many retired football stars are taking a turn on the dance floor, and in fine form.
When world class skiers complain of a course being “too hard,” what is left for us mortals?
Sometimes new parents forget to honor “we” instead of “me.” Try the former this Valentine’s Day.
The San Miguel Resource Center has experienced a spike in the need for its services as households feel the negative effects of the economy.
Roz Savage publicizes Pacific’s Plastic Garbage Patch… Goodtimes’s idea for converting Nucla’s coal plant to bio-diesel…
Belly scars serve to remind us of the growing trend of the economization of childbirth.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
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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)

BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)

GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)

HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)

PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)

TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)

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