commentary
‘Sorry, Burress, your stupid mistake is going to cost you prison time and that is the way it should be.’
A Rebuttal to BCBS
The July 31 Memorial Parade honoring fallen Montrose Police Officer David Kinterknecht was a somber reminder of the price our heroes pay.
Slow but green sausage-making in Nashville…
Sports Watch
While Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall showed up to Broncos training camp physically, he wasn’t there mentally. In fact, he didn’t want to be there at all.
What has become appa...
Columnist Peter Shelton questions what Congressman John Salazar really stands for in this week’s View to the West.

Nakoa Martinez (Courtesy photo)
As part of Nakoa’s internship with Pinhead, he submits weekly “reports” about his learning experiences.
Camping with Baby Elle provides slow-down time that doesn’t happen often enough.
Mayor Stu Fraser’s Telluride State of the Town Address: There is “much to gab about”…
Columnist Peter Shelton lists some of his favorite sports of a different nature.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
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

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