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The Eskimos may have 100 words for snow, but we have almost that many to describe snow on cars.
“Mom, I really feel like I want to sleep in your bed.” To the parents who lost children at Sandy Hook, and to other violence worldwide, with love, from us.
You can look at all kinds of stats to judge a team, but when a team rallies around a coach recovering from leukemia, it’s immeasurable. And that’s why the Colts may now be the team to beat in the p...
Yesterday, Dec. 29, was my sister Polly’s birthday. She would have been 62. Today, an article in the Sunday New York Times took me back to 1972 and a year I spent in New York, during the time Polly...
I have no political ax to grind in Afghanistan, beyond a deep and abiding affection for the country and its people. I have visited there 31 times since 1972, making me the only journalist who saw...
I’m proposing we change our calendars from 2013 to 26013.
These New Year’s resolutions run the gamut from banishing bitterness to borrowing from a 17-year-old.
Remember that Telluride Institute’s Ideas Festival – Reinventing Politics? Art Goodtimes does.
Schultheis’ New Year’s resolutions would solve overpopulation, end racism and, for God’s sake, recycle!
The Jets are the biggest disappointment of the league right now and ownership should wipe the team clean and start from scratch.
This is a historical period for our country, state and local community; we have finally initiated the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition.
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By Martinique Davis
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By Art Goodtimes
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By Gus Jarvis
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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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