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A skier-triggered avalanche in above Ophir reminds Helitrax that history repeats itself, causing ‘the same sense of awe and surprise.’
Why does the Telluride Town Council prefer to devote time to a minor zoning change?
No nukes…Tennis at the Norwood Pig Palace?…Support Senator Bruce Whitehead, D-Hesperus…A Laotian warbler
Once sleepy wintertime Ouray does a star turn this weekend featuring its world-renowned Ice Park.
The expense of attending a professional sports game may actually warrant the purchase of a new 3-D TV.
The futility of New Year’s resolutions, and the importance of knowing when you’re in the presence of that too-often fleeting thing – joy.
Welcome to National Lampoon’s Christmas Party , Chez Elle
How about 50010 instead of 2010? And how about giving old gifts for the new year from now on?
New Year’s 0-10: I will be nice to the cat, and other steps on the path to serenity.
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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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