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President Jeff Proteau says the Town of Mountain Village Owners’ Association will seek more input from its members as it faces funding challenges
Thanks to a collaborative effort between the Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization, the Telluride Ski Resort, the Telluride Tourism Board, and Crested Butte Mountain Resort, two-for-one air...
The city has months to consider whether to restrict or regulate pot businesses
With ever more demands placed on the Colorado River and its tributaries, the Telluride Institute is launching a new initiative on water, beginning with with the screening next week of the Redford C...
For the past two decades the Montrose Community Foundation has given more than a half-million dollars to local charities every year through its Forever Fund grant program.
MONTROSE – The National Mule Deer Foundation is launching an Uncompahgre Mule Deer Chapter on the Western Slope of Colorado in Montrose, organized by Chairmen Mark Harmon and Bruce Leben, who wil...
Dinner in the Dark, a fundraiser for Telluride Adaptive Sports Program, will feature an inspiring presentation by Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind adventurer to summit Mt. Everest.
It’s not just for seasoned climbers, but anyone interested in finding out what the sport is all about.
The Sherbino Theater met its fundraising goal in late 2012, earning$25,000 in matching funds from an anonymous Ridgway donor.
MAN THERAPY – Dr. Rich Mahogany in an advertisement of the new Man Therapy program created by Colorado’s Office of Suicide Prevention. (Courtesy image)
Man Therapy aims to provide men approaching crisis, and their loved ones, a website to learn more about men’s mental health.
IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR – Jarrett Arguelles and his sister Jessie Rae McConnell, with her daughter, Madeline, at Wizard Emporium and Custom Framing. Jarrett and his dad, Chuck Arguelles, will run the custom framing business, while Jessie Rae and her mom, Jackie Arugelles, run the emporium. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Telluride family unveils Wizard Emporium, a locally and sustainably minded gift shop.
ESTATE VINEYARD – The Pritchard Hill Estate vineyard. The smaller vines on the right are Cabernet; the Syrah are to the left. The view is of Lake Hennessy, with the winery residence in the background. (Courtesy photo)
When Harmon Brown and his wife, Joanne, bought a home in California’s Napa Valley in 2006, they were not thinking of starting a winery.
EAGLENet Says It’s Just a ‘Temporary Postponement’ WESTERN SAN JUANS – The Broomfield-based telecommunications co-op EAGLENet Alliance is waiting for a determination from the feds in the comi...
JUST ACROSS THE RIVER – Dr. Dave Sherwood, for 16 years a physician at Mountain Medical Center in Ridgway, has left to start his own family-medicine practice across Highway 550 in temporary quarters in the Ridgway Pharmacy building. He and wife Donna will add new office space this coming summer. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
Longtime Ridgway doc, Dave Sherwood, has left Mountain Medical to start his own practice.
While it seeks approval for the proposed Pinon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County, Energy Fuels invests in the largest the largest known uranium deposit in the United States in Virginia.
TIME TO RELAX – Travis and Becky Best, owners of Best Appliance and Home Gallery in Montrose, are closing the retail business’s doors; they opened it in 1995. Their son, Allen, will continue to run the family’s appliance service business. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
Since 1995, customers from around the region including Telluride, Ouray, Ridgway and Montrose have purchased home appliances – everything from refrigerators to stoves to washing machines – from Bes...
SEED STORAGE – Colorado Parks and Wildlife staffer Jim Garner organizing Mountain Mahogany seeds at the organization’s new 9,000 square-foot seed warehouse, northwest of Delta. (Photo by William Woody)
Grass and forb seed, critical for habitat restoration, are being collected in a new 9.000-square-foot facility northwest of Delta.
While the county maintains ‘healthy’ reserves, those savings may be needed in the next five years.
Organized into three primary categories – including crops, livestock and business management – the daylong forum will bring a wealth of knowledge to both long-time and prospective food producers on...
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RATS’ NEST – A rack of demo bikes at last year’s Ridgway Area Trails (RAT) Festival in Hartwell Park. This year’s 3rd annual will again feature trail building and skills clinics, along with a new Friday beer-and-shorts film night at the Sherbino Theater. (Courtesy photo)
VOLUNTEER Linda Granzow worked twine through spent round casings at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
WARRIOR WIND CHIMES – Welcome Home Montrose staff Emily Smith painted ceramic part of wind chimes at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
BACK HOME IN TELLURIDE – members of Telluride’s Volunteer Fire Department helped move the Galloping Goose No. 4 back to its home next to the San Miguel County Courthouse on May 16. The railbus spent the last four years in Ridgway while it was refurbished. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)

ROBERT JUSTIS (Courtesy photo)
