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SECURED WATER - A comprehensive agreement signed by the Town of Telluride and the Idarado Mining Co. in December shores up Telluride's ability to develop a new municipal water supply high above the Bridal Veil Falls power station, and streamlines its path toward constructing the new Pandora Water Treatment Plant at the foot of Black Bear Pass. (File photo)
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Telluride finally secures its right to develop a new municipal water supply in Bridal Veil Basin, complete with a water treatment plant at the foot of Black Bear Pass.
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Next month, Mountain Village Mayor Bob Delves will step down from as mayor; he will stay on as a councilor until his four-year term wraps up in June.
MADE THE GRADE – Ouray School Superintendent/Principal Scott Pankow and Athletic Director Bernie Pearce, along with Ouray School Board members seated in the background, proudly displayed a banner the school district received this week from ColoradoSchoolGrades.com, a coalition of community organizations that has launched an Internet-based project that translates state rankings of public schools into simple letter grades. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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The Ouray School Board stalled on talks this week regarding the terms of a pending new contract for Superintendent/Principal Scott Pankow, and agreed to hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs...
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2013 Budget approved…Wright out as Veterans Services Officer.
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Telluride’s public radio station, KOTO, has agreed to flip-flop the dates of its two music festivals next summer, resolving a heated “David and Goliath” conflict with Telluride Mushroom Festival su...
ROY “RICK” ECKERT is the new Montrose County Manager and will take his position on Jan. 2, 2013. (Courtesy photo)
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“Out of all the candidates, Mr. Eckert’s name kept surfacing toward the top and he ended up on the top. It was a good search,” said Commissioner Gary Ellis.
NICE ICE – Ouray Ice Park Operations Manager Kevin Koprek and Ouray Ice Park, Inc. board president Mike MacLeod are psyched for this Saturday, Dec. 22 when the Ice Park officially opens for the winter. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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The lack of snow this winter, coupled with a recent cold snap, has led to ideal ice making conditions leading up to opening day at the Ouray Ice Park this Saturday, Dec. 22.
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A new Environmental Protection Agency policy on polluted mine water clean-up by Good Samaritan groups has met with mixed reaction in the environmental community.
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David Anthony Roesener, 32, of Montrose is being held without bond at the Mesa County Jail for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography.
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Mental illness “seems to be…the commonality in all these mass homicides,” says Governor John Hickenlooper at a press conference announcing his $18.5 million plan to expand state mental health servi...
NO EASY ANSWERS – Ouray School Board President Mike Fedel, School Secretary Terry Bartlett, Ouray Police Chief Leo Rasmusson and Ouray County Sheriff Junior Mattivi were part of a group that gathered at Ouray School on Monday this week to discuss security measures at Ouray School in the wake of last Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Ct. (Photo by Samantha Wright
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As funerals continue for 26 victims of the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and the White House voices support for reinstating a ban on assault weapons, school and ...
FORMER ARMY GREEN BARET LEE BURKINS, left, leads a Thai Chi class Tuesday and Thursday evenings through Jan. 10 at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center in Montrose. (Photo by William Woody)
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Right now, there are homeless military veterans camping out in the woods of the Uncompahgre Plateau, west of Montrose, she reports, alone and in the cold. Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Cen...
BACK IN THE DAY – Capt. James Kennett skied the backcountry above Camp Hale in 1944 before being shipped off to Italy with rest of the 10th Mountain Division. His nephew, extreme skier and ski film talent Scott Kennett, stars in the new Warren Miller feature, 'Flow State', screening in Telluride this weekend. (Courtesy photo)
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Ridgway extremist Scott Kennett stars in the new Warren Miller movie, Flow State, screening this Sunday, Dec. 23, at the Sheridan Opera House.
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The Ouray Chamber Resort Association Board of Directors welcomed two new board members this week, Heather Clark and Michelle Haynes.
THE FINISH line of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge Stage 1 in Telluirde. The 2013 route will begin in Aspen and end in Denver. (File photo)
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The 2013 route, announced on Wednesday, will start in Aspen and end in Denver.
STORMING TO THE FRONT - U.S. Team veteran Seth Wescott, No. 29, held off the competition in the World Cup SBX men's individual finals during a Telluride blizzard on Friday. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Despite no natural snow to speak of, Telluride again hosted the elite World Cup for ski- and snowboardcross athletes last week.
TIME BANK OF THE ROCKIES member Bob Balerio helped repair the door knob of Time Bank of The Rockies President Cynthia Harwood at her home in Montrose on Tuesday. (Photo by William Woody)
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Just because unemployment remains high, it does not mean talent should go to waste because monetary compensation is not available.
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Councilor Richard Kersen voted nay, objecting to the fact that the budget has $128,000 more in budgeted expenditures than projected revenues.
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At Telluride Town Council’s Tuesday meeting, there was a standing ovation for retiring Town Clerk MJ Schillaci.
NEW LOOK - Ridgway mom, midwife and rock star Tawnya “T-ré” Singer got a new look last week from stylist Ernst Baer. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Ernst Baer’s career has spanned decades, continents and 24 employment relationships with top salons. He’s just gotten back from an attempt at “retirement,” and is now styling hair at Bernard’s, nam...
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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)
