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May 23, 2007 | 0 
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Now grab your favorite toys, guys and gals and do-si-do. Push the pedals fast and hard, and around those wheels do go. We’ve got a valley that’s a tailor-made playground, so head right out and pro...
May 23, 2007 | 0 | 3 |
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The land was ours before we were the land's...
– Robert Frost
Back in the summer of 1971, I worked as a researcher down on the Navajo Reservation, commuting from Boulder and spen...
May 23, 2007 | 0 | 5 |
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The Telluride Town Council deserves a lot of credit for forging ahead with a consideration of “horizontal zoning” even in the face of strong opposition from main street property owners and even sk...
May 22, 2007 | 0 | 1 |
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Jeff Hunt
I didn’t mind hearing my annoying alarm clock blaring at 2:30 Friday morning. Yes, I woke up the whole house, but they quickly went back to sleep while I prepped for my five-hour ride to...
May 22, 2007 | 0 | 7 |
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Peter Shelton
Two weeks ago, the Watch reported on Ridgway’s latest attempt to clean up its act. Town council, noting the proliferation of vehicles with expired plates scattered around town, propos...
May 21, 2007 | 0 | 2 |
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Things in Silverton have started picking up. More RVs and campers are claiming their summer spots at the base of Kendall Mountain and nearly all the plywood has been removed from shop window...
May 21, 2007 | 0 | 8 |
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View To The West Peter Shelton
Two weeks ago, the Watch reported on Ridgway’s latest attempt to clean up its act. Town council, noting the proliferation of vehicles with expired plates scattered a...
May 21, 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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Hunt(ing) in Colorado Jeff Hunt
I didn’t mind hearing my annoying alarm clock blaring at 2:30 Friday morning. Yes, I woke up the whole house, but they quickly went back to sleep while I prepped fo...
May 21, 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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Uncertain Payback of Massive Debt
To date we have spent nearly $3 million of town funds in pursuit of the Valley Floor. Now we are being asked to approve $20 million in additional debt that will...
May 21, 2007 | 0 | 8 |
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Newspapers aren’t supposed to be so nakedly partisan, but this is an unusual year in American politics. Six years into the Bush nightmare, we approach election day with a realistic hope of finally ...
May 17, 2007 | 0 | 4 |
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Those of us who favored the 91 percent compromise solution for preserving the bulk of the Valley Floor as preferable to proceeding with what we saw as a risky path of condemnation were absolutely ...
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photos
Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday. (Courtesy photo_
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)
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