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Kudos for San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey … Déjà vu at Ouray’s Bon Ton …
On being outwitted by a 2-year-old who has positivized the whole concept of “time-out”
Brett Favre versus Drew Brees. Mark Sanchez versus Peyton Manning. Old versus new. Run versus pass. It’s conference championship weekend.
‘Now fresh snow is coming with its ability to make the world new.’
The Ouray County Commissioners explain why the TIGER Grant is imperative.
Get ahead of the curve this election season; for starters, be registered to vote by Feb. 16. A growing number of voters are voting via mail-in.
The Ouray County Commissioners explain why they are seeking federal grant funding for road improvements.
Plenty International turns 35 and promises to deliver its long-promised book.
Mark McGwire may have admitted to steroid use but it doesn’t mean Watch columnist Gus Jarvis is going to let him off the hook any time soon.
My baby, myself: Davis finds a book about different cultures’ ways of parenting, and decides maybe just being herself is OK.
A skier-triggered avalanche in above Ophir reminds Helitrax that history repeats itself, causing ‘the same sense of awe and surprise.’
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
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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