commentary
Columnist Peter Shelton imagines life during the Second Great Depression.
The parents who say ‘yes,’ ‘no’ or ‘sometimes’ to the notion of vaccinating their offspring all arrive at their beliefs on the subject out of deep parental love.
With the November election just weeks away, the Telluride Watch has decided to endorse all four ballot measures coming to area with several caveats.
Seth Berg, 2008 Teacher of the Year, wants to make school hard and fun by unleashing the power of young minds.
School board member Jenny Patterson urges support of question 3A to insure quality education for Telluride’s children.
School board member Davis Fansler clarifies issues surrounding the school bond question before voters in November.
Goodtimes reports on the annual meeting with the men and women who keep our highways passable.
A Bronco diehard remains eternally optimistic about his team’s chances of winning it all (or at least a significant part of it).
A new hip and an old friend help columnist Peter Shelton look ahead to many more seasons on the mountain.
The energy boom means more mining, and perhaps tapping into the county’s geothermal resources.
Columnist Martinique Davis looks to regain her pre-baby abs while finding a way back into the social circle in this week’s “Raising Elle.”
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
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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