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Any student between the ages of 14-19 who’s interested in applying to be on COYAC can find the application at www.coyac.org or contact me for information.
Does the presence of parents make sibling rivalry turn vicious?
Here are some really safe election predictions. Barack Obama will handily win San Miguel County. Mitt Romney will take Montrose by a landslide. Ouray County will be split.
For the record books, the Giants’ run to the World Series was historic. For me, the World Series was a drag.
The turncoats in the USPS doping mess should be called out as well.
Our governments’ recent unanimous decision to approve a settlement agreement regarding a pending application the Pinion Ridge Uranium Processing Mill came as quite a surprise.
Dirty pool: Because there really is no space to Art's left, which is to say to his environmentalist side, for his opponents to occupy, they cobble together lies about him.
'If all of the BOCC work over the last four years was actually bad for the local economy, why then are there two new major mining investments going on?'
Schultheis asks, “Is it really ‘patriotic’ to contribute less to your country?”
The Broncos have all the pieces to the puzzle in place to be a successful team; the question John Fox must figure out is how to prepare and motivate this team week in and week out.
The final price tag for saving our daughter’s life, around $120,000, is well more than we make in a year. Martinique Davis on why universal health care is a basic human right.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
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DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)

MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)

BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)

GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)

HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)

PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)

TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)

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