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ON THE STUMP – Democratic candidate for Colorado’s House District 59 Mike McLachlan speaking to supporters at a recent fundraising event at Ouray’s Secret Garden Bed and Breakfast. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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High stumping season brings Democratic hopeful for Colorado House District 59 to Ouray.
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Why do we end up where we do? For the author, a trip to Yosemite as a teenager played a significant role.
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The time has come where we, as college football fans, have nothing to bitch and moan about any more.
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Art Goodtimes will take a hiatus from his Up Bear Creek column until the November election, to campaign for his fourth term as the District 3 San Miguel County Commissioner.
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Conceived in war-time, born in peace-time, Goodtimes anticipates ‘The War’ on Blu-Ray.
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Heads or tails? Choose the right one and you’re on your way to compete in the summer Olympics in London. Choose wrong and all your efforts to become one of the world’s fastest women seeking a gold ...
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Trailfinders Camp, and its rigid founder, played an unexpected roll in the author’s fate.
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I’ve hated LeBron James since his “Decision” to move to Miami but since the NBA Finals have gotten underway, I’ve changed my heart.
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In which the author’s curious, very smart, cousins come to visit.
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Thoughts on celebrating the Constitution and kudos go out to the towns of Ophir and Telluride and the Sheep Mountain Alliance for holding the state’s feet to the fire.
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The Lunar Cup has a long history of craziness, but in its heyday it was also a serious professional ski race.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
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By Gus Jarvis
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By Rob Schultheis
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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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