commentary
Watch columnist Grace Herndon remembers her visit to Tiananmen Square – and her Chinese hosts’ unusual reaction to being questioned about what happened there 20 years ago
The Rockies are now playing great baseball. How does a bench coach turned manager have such an impact on a team?
As it turned out, columnist Peter Shelton had a bit of extra time on his hands to ponder rail travel on a trip further west.
If anglers stop releasing lake trout caught at Blue Mesa Reservoir, the Kokanee salmon population will improve.
A brother’s funeral mass brings up deep friendships and memories.
With all of the worries a mother may have of her child and the future he or she faces, Martinique Davis finds hope in love in this week’s Raising Elle.
Jarvis can’t say enough to thank the Pittsburgh Penguins for beating the Red Wings last weekend.
Columnist Peter Shelton does what no human has done before in this week’s View to the West. He turns a homeowners association document into plain, understandable English.
As the river waters clear, fishing the region is just about to pop. In the meantime, check out Silver Jack Reservoir and the San Miguel.
A few surprises has made this year’s baseball season one hell of a ride.
Does too much baby talk send non-parents home early?
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos

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)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)

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