commentary
There are many who have his dream but there aren’t many who can say the dream came true like Max Dercum can.
Kudos for San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey … Déjà vu at Ouray’s Bon Ton …
On being outwitted by a 2-year-old who has positivized the whole concept of “time-out”
Brett Favre versus Drew Brees. Mark Sanchez versus Peyton Manning. Old versus new. Run versus pass. It’s conference championship weekend.
‘Now fresh snow is coming with its ability to make the world new.’
The Ouray County Commissioners explain why the TIGER Grant is imperative.
Get ahead of the curve this election season; for starters, be registered to vote by Feb. 16. A growing number of voters are voting via mail-in.
The Ouray County Commissioners explain why they are seeking federal grant funding for road improvements.
Plenty International turns 35 and promises to deliver its long-promised book.
Mark McGwire may have admitted to steroid use but it doesn’t mean Watch columnist Gus Jarvis is going to let him off the hook any time soon.
My baby, myself: Davis finds a book about different cultures’ ways of parenting, and decides maybe just being herself is OK.
raising elle
By Martinique Davis
up bear creek
By Art Goodtimes
sports watch
By Gus Jarvis
dispatches
By Rob Schultheis
photos
BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
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

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