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The land was ours before we were the land's...
– Robert Frost
Back in the summer of 1971, I worked as a researcher down on the Navajo Reservation, commuting from Boulder and spen...
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Valley Floor Fantasy
In my last column I exploded in a superb rant about the Town of Telluride’s refusal to consider preserving the pending newly acquired Valley Floor mostly (but not entirely) ...
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One of the teams in a race to row the Atlantic, depicted in Row Hard, No Excuses, which was shown at Mountainfilm this past weekend, is a young British couple. The woman explains that the two of th...
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Now grab your favorite toys, guys and gals and do-si-do. Push the pedals fast and hard, and around those wheels do go. We’ve got a valley that’s a tailor-made playground, so head right out and pro...
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The Telluride Town Council deserves a lot of credit for forging ahead with a consideration of “horizontal zoning” even in the face of strong opposition from main street property owners and even sk...
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Two weeks ago, the Watch reported on Ridgway’s latest attempt to clean up its act. Town council, noting the proliferation of vehicles with expired plates scattered around town, proposed a new, or ...
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Arriving a few minutes early for Mountainfilm’s Friday Symposium on energy and sustainability, gave me a chance to browse the program, check the presenters, and settle in comfortably for what I kne...
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In his May 4, 2007, “Up Bear Creek” column, Art Goodtimes wrote that San Miguel Power Association may have done the right thing by choosing to extend its contract with Tri-State for 10 years. He ar...
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“Where there is no vision, the people peris h.” –Ezekiel
It was inevitable, I think, that the deathblow to the American Idyll would be self-inflicted. What possible enemy, aside from ourselves, wa...
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CHARLIE & CHRISTINE … It’s hard losing Charlie, one of those iconic personalities in the county, familiar in Telluride as well as Norwood, a fixture at Mountainfilm, a legend among climbers and a...
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The election is over and the result is conclusive: If one political party rules our government, corruption runs amok (power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely). Although far from having a...
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photos
SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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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