commentary
Watch columnist Grace Herndon remembers the Chicago of her youth, the transitioning of the South Side of her adulthood, and her joy (and hard work) regarding Barack Obama’s victorious milepost camp...
Columnist Goodtimes packs up the last of his late father Vince’s belongings, and digs up the heirloom spuds he brought to Vince’s yard for this year’s growing season, and heads home to Colorado for...
New book will help skiers find their flow on the mountain, and hopefully hit the Love Spot©.
Tax measures are approved in Ouray County and on Wright’s Mesa while the deep blue Telluride region votes no.
Baby loves ski movies, parents sure she will become radical skier.
From whistle-blower to drug smuggler, Canseco displays his true character as an unethical tattletale.
It’s a new political landscape, nationally – but then on the opposite front in southwestern Colorado, where two key moderate Democrats – Montrose County Commissioner Bill Patterson and Grand Juncti...
America enters a new era with the election of Barack Obama.
Columnist Peter Shelton has a problem with this column’s deadline and the results of the presidential race all the while hoping a change is on the way for American politics.
A playoff system won’t solve the mess generated by the computer generated BCS rankings.
Babies need stuff even less than grownups do, but that little sweater with a Scottie will be so cute at Christmas.
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By Art Goodtimes
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By Gus Jarvis
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By Rob Schultheis
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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