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With the pro cyclists coming to town, Shelton reflects on the bicycle as an expression of freedom.
As I discovered recently, many decades of Colorado sunshine can turn out to be a big deal indeed.
As a 29 year resident and as a San Miguel County Commissioner candidate, I believe that a government should do for it’s constituents what the constituents cannot do for themselves.
Miami’s action in cutting Ochocinco should be the blueprint for how every NFL team should handle a player with domestic violence issues.
The towns of the Great Basin are either withering or holding steady in the 1950s.
One minor league umpire and the Colorado Rockies ownership need to learn to take a little criticism in stride instead of completely going overboard.
With the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the world is coming to us! How cool is that? Grab a copy of next week’s Watch, study the program, find yourself a great vantage point from where you can watch th...
Every four years, American network television totally destroys the joy of watching the Games, with exhibitions of poor sportsmanship and loudmouthed flag-waving jingoism that has to be seen and hea...
Now that Michael Phelps is retiring, with all his Olympic medals, the author has a business proposition for him.
So why am I running for Commissioner? Well, for starters, San Miguel County made me a millionaire.’ Or at least taxes him like one.
My 16-year-old cousin was in the theatre in Aurora the night our country’s most recent nightmare came to life, and witnessed firsthand the senseless hate and violence unleashed on the innocent and ...
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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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