commentary
These New Year’s resolutions run the gamut from banishing bitterness to borrowing from a 17-year-old.
Remember that Telluride Institute’s Ideas Festival – Reinventing Politics? Art Goodtimes does.
Schultheis’ New Year’s resolutions would solve overpopulation, end racism and, for God’s sake, recycle!
The Jets are the biggest disappointment of the league right now and ownership should wipe the team clean and start from scratch.
This is a historical period for our country, state and local community; we have finally initiated the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition.
Telluride’s third SBX World Cup last weekend represents an investment that Telski should continue.
Nobody wants to play against that speedy and suffocating defense. Nobody wants to get picked apart by the meticulous Manning. And no team wants to face the Broncos in Denver – especially the playoffs.
A nation’s foreign policy is a reflection of its philosophy, and the U.S. gets an “F.”
Out with Generation X and in with Generation Responsible.
As with anything involving the Mayan calendar and the end of the world, take any claim about what to expect on Dec. 21 with a healthy dose of skepticism. Dr. Christopher Crockett, a science writer ...
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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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