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LAST DAY HEROICS – Telluride Medical Center’s Dr. Dan Hehir skimmed across frigid waters at Goronno Ranch during the Sunday’s Pond Skim closing day party, capping 40 days of organized events celebrating the Telluride Ski Resort 40th year. While the mountain officially closed on Sunday, the Telluride Ski and Golf Co. will allow hiking access to the mountain beginning Friday. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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A recent administrative decision by the Telluride Ski and Golf Co. is a reversal of a no-access policy put into place in the spring of 2012.
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After falling approximately 1,000 feet down the San Joaquin Couloir and suffering head injuries, a skier was successfully rescued and flown to St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction.
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The film is a powerful documentary about the social and environmental impacts of natural gas drilling in Garfield County.
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The event on Saturday, April 13, will raise money for the Ridgway Area Mountainbike School.
HANDS-ON PERMACULTURE – Students learn how to apply the principles through the building of an herb spiral at Tomten Farm (top); students present a design at Tomten Farm (bottom). (Courtesy photos)
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“Permaculture Design ... should be common knowledge for everyone,” said Robyn Wilson, facilitator and co-instructor for the UCSM’s fourth annual Permaculture Design course July 20-August 3.
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From a small business resource center to expanded assisted living services, Region 10 continues to leverage resources in providing a long list of services to its member communities.
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Illegal stocking of smallmouth bass in Miramonte Reservoir will force Colorado Parks and Wildlife to partially drain the lake and treat it with an organic pesticide to kill all the fish in early fall.
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Traffic calming measures for Colorado Avenue in the works…Town expects SMVC access permit this summer.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 1,838 DAYS – Adventurer and educator Erden Eruç, who traveled around the world solely on human power, will join Mountainfilm’s 35th annual celebration of indomitable spirit this Memorial Day weekend. (Courtesy photo)
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Mountainfilm Festival Director David Holbrooke is “hopeful but not naïve” about this year’s symposium topic, Climate Solutions.
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In addition to concerns about an overall negative economic impact, Montrose commissioners don’t believe population statistics on sage grouse are accurate.
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The City of Ouray is once again bracing for a water call from downstream senior water rights holders this summer.
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Until Tuesday’s meeting, it seemed that members of the Telluride Town Council were ready to ask voters in November to approve the formation an RTA.
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Montrose County Sheriff’s deputies seize meth, firearms and drug paraphernalia upon executing a traffic stop
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It’s time for First Friday Stroll, and downtown Montrose will be gussying up for the occasion.
CLEAN SWEEP – Nugget Theater Manager Luci Reeve swept the popcorn from the aisles one last time Wednesday morning. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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But the Telluride Film Festival announces they will name a new operator and the show will go on.
FRESH SNOW blanketed the tailings pile in the upper Ilium Valley Wednesday morning. Voluntary remediation work completed by PacifiCorp has not worked to keep heavy metals out of the San Miguel River drainage. A new settlement will obligate the company to investigate and take corrective actions. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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A settlement was reached obligating PacifiCorp to investigate and take further remediation actions regarding the Silver Bell Tailings near the Ophir turn on U.S. Hwy. 145.
RESPONSE CONCERNS – Montrose resident Carl Rite spoke directly to Montrose Police Sgt. Chris Worthington about spent tactical munitions, pictured on the table, found days after Sunday’s standoff, Tuesday evening at the Montrose City Council Chambers. (Photo by William Woody)
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Resident Carl Rite used the public comment period to hammer councilors and Montrose police about the high number of officers who responded to a tense standoff along South Townsend Ave. on Sunday.
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The restrictions come on the heels of reports from the Colorado Water Availability Task Force that southwestern Colorado may experience drought conditions this spring and summer.
STANDOFF – Members of the Montrose Police Department SWAT and Special Response Unit fired tear gas into the auto repair building at 310 S Townsend Ave. in Montrose Sunday evening during a standoff with an unknown person inside. Townsend Avenue and a number of other joining city streets were blocked off and members of the public were kept away for their safety. (Photo by William Woody/watchnewspapers.com)
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The man taken into custody Sunday night following a five-hour standoff with police is recovering from self-inflicted wounds from a box cutter and/or razor blades.
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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)