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Organizers are seeking volunteers and financial support to make the Ouray Farmers Market a reality this summer.
The future of Broncoland is uncertain, but the new draft picks offer a glimmer of hope for the devoted.
The Norwood community is faced with hard questions about youth alcohol abuse following a fatal car accident.
The harmonious sounds of the valley surrounding Colona were temporarily, and mysteriously, invaded by the caustic acoustics of America’s so-called “truth detector.”
Local clinics must treat a wide range of traumatic injuries with often limited resources. The Rural Trauma Team Development Course helps prepare medical staff for the unknown.
Before the rivers get too big and dirty, the clock is ticking to get out and wet the line.
Just how much do avi beacons and probes help? … Aspen Institute’s Amory Lovins gets top honors from Rolling Stone …Coal mines get an even blacker eye…
More Goodtimes on learning to ski – the same year he becomes eligible for Social Security.
Columnist Peter Shelton contemplates the circumstances of just why the French want Lance Armstrong’s head at any price.
Goodtimes takes to the Sound of Music – and takes another ski lesson.
Columnist Peter Shelton isn’t ready to hang up his skis for the season, even if he has to take a chopper ride to reach the snow.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
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SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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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