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Prolific Ridgway scorer Tracy Hill is being inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame this July in Nashville, Tenn.
The Telluride Historical Museum has hired Erica Kinias, who most recently served as Programs and Grants Manager for the Arizona Humanities Council, and who has held positions with the Chiddingstone...

FOOD FROM SEED TO TABLE – Valley Food Partnership Fran Adams working with Olathe Elementary School teacher Paul Althaus and students in his fifth-grade class. (Courtesy photo)
The Valley Food Partnership is working with the with Olathe Elementary School’s fifth-grade class to build and stock a greenhouse that will be used by school cooks.
‘R-squared – The Risk & Reward Conference’ launches fall 2012 in Telluride
Former Mountain Village Finance Director Erin Neer designed MuniRevs, an automated, paperless, self-collecting tax collection and licensing system whereby businesses submit sales tax information an...
SEN. MARK UDALL testifies in front of the Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee on the merits of the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act.
Udall’s San Juan Mountains Wilderness legislation takes first step forward
HONORED – Ouray County’s Lynn Padgett was chosen Commissioner of the Year by Colorado Counties, Inc., at a cermony in December. She is flanked by CCI Board member John Sandoval (left) and husband Jeff Litteral. (Courtesy photo)
“I think I have been able to represent the interests of the people and businesses of Ouray County, and would be honored to continue to do that,” says Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett, who wil...
ON THE BALLOT – During Saturday’s San Miguel County Democratic Party Assembly at the San Miguel County Courthouse, local Democrats confirmed the nomination of Elaine Fischer as the party’s candidate for the District 1 county commissioner seat. Dan Chancellor was also nominated on Saturday to run for the District 3 seat in the November election. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Because of an unforeseen housing issue, Christine McGinley drops from candidacy in District 1 county commissioner primary.
DENNIS OlMSTEAD – Democratic candidate for Montrose County Commissioner
One More Democrat Joins Montrose County Commissioner Race
Need help navigating Medicare for the first time? Call Mabel Risch in Montrose.
Regional groups, including the Ouray County Ranching History Museum, are hosting a symposium in April, at the 4-H Event Center, to explore “Regional Successes, Past and Present,” on the changes com...
Two enhancements have already been made to AT&T’s cellular network in Telluride with a major enhancement may be completed by the end of the summer.

ABBIE BREWER, new marketing manager of the Montrose Farmers Market. (Courtesy Photo)
Montrose Farmers Market’s new manager is excited about her new position and new programs, including an online distribution program.
The ruling appears to end JetAway's long legal battle with Montrose County.
‘NO LLAMA, no music, no nightlife, no fun,’ was the message of one Llama patron, who joined others in posting messages on the restaurant/night club’s windows after learning of its closure. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Owner Fletcher McKusker is philosophical about the closing of a business that started as a Mexican restaurant on West Pacific Ave. in 2004.
Telluride mom and North Face mountaineer Hilaree O’Neill departs for Everest this week as part of National Geographic’s 50th Anniversary of Americans climbing Everest.
MORNING CHILL – Mountain Chill Radio’s new morning DJ Janet Dunham eases listeners into the day during her live DJ set, Morning Drive Time. Listeners in Telluride, Norwood and Mountain Village can tune in at KRKQ 95.5 FM. Listeners anywhere at all can tune in via i-Tunes or at mountainchill.com.
Janet Dunham is the newest voice at Mountain Chill Radio, the independent radio station otherwise known as KRKQ 95.5 FM that hit the airwaves around Mountain Village, Norwood and Telluride last fall.
‘To Cody, Abby, Laura, Jim, Hoot, Wiley and everybody in between. You are missed beyond belief.’
READY TO SHIP – David Whitelaw (right), housekeeping manager of Mountain Lodge at Telluride, sent out his first shipment of soap and bottled amenities to Clean the World, as a new partner in its hotel amenity recycling program. (Courtesy photo)
Spearheaded by Tomboy Soap Company’s Denise Weaver, Telluride is beginning to do its part to reduce hotel amenity waste, and save children’s lives at the same time.
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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
