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Telluride Climbs to Conquer Cancer for Second Year Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 a.m., in Elks Park. Start a Team or Join Up Now.
Columnist Peter Bleepin’ Shelton takes a look at the science behind we all love to bleepin’ do in this week’s View to the West.
Super Joe Sakic hangs up his skates, and the team must work to establish a post-Sakic identity.
A bad case of “Ahma”
Up Bear Creek
ASIAN ADVENTURES … Burma [Myamar] was really awesome. I was a little conflicted about going to a country with an oppressive government that shoots monks and shuts schools to prevent...
When baby makes three, the family dog goes down a notch in the world.

TABLETOP EXCERCISE – Ouray City Manager Patrick Rondinelli (third from left) and Ouray County Sheriff Dominic “Junior” Mattivi (second from left) discuss evacuation issues as Ouray Police Chief Leo Rasmusson (far left) ponders the next step with Ridgway Town Manager Greg Clifton (second from right). Durango Fire Division Chief Mark Quick (far right) obtains a local weather report. (Courtesy photo)
A table top training exercise brings together Ouray County emergency responders, managers, administrators and other officials.
Columnist Peter Shelton hope that NPR will soon prove that its ‘death of conscience’ was somehow exaggerated.
Combine a macroeconomic climate fueled by speculation with local politics that were militantly anti-growth and the outcome was all-but-inevitable.
After years of collecting over 1,100 acres of mining claims in the Ophir Valley, Pauls is ready to transfer the land to the U.S. Forest service.
There’s nothing quite as heartwarming as seeing your kid play with your friends’ kids in the same park all of you grew up in, on one of Telluride’s beautiful, summer evenings
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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