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Montrose County lost a bid to secure one water right in the West End but presses its case for others on the San Miguel River.
The Telluride Town Council granted conditional approval for an addition to the historic building that houses the Steaming Bean, but the developer will have to redesign it to meet specified conditions.

A CORNERSTONE GREEN - A skeleton crew will maintain the Greg Norman designed golf course while a buyer is sought. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
The property went into foreclosure in March, ceased operations on June 14, and is now for sale.
THE GUSTON DEPOT,, enlarged from an 1900 photo by F. L. Ransome of the US Geological Survey. (Photo courtesy of the Ouray County Historical Society).
Preservationists rally to prevent further damage after a bulldozer obliterates a fragile vestige of the Silverton Railroad on Red Mountain Pass.
Energy Fuels’ representatives remain confident they will receive the radioactive materials license needed to build the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in the Paradox Valley.

IMOGENE WALL: North-facing aspects of Imogene Pass on the Ouray side, like this area near the false summit, had drifts as deep as ever, but on the Telluride side, crews reported that drifts that are normally 20-25 feet were only half that in the deepest sections this year. (Photo by Dave Leonardi)
Mild weather conditions paired with light snowpack have resulted in the earliest opening of Imogene Pass in recent history.
The service runs through September 4 to Dallas and through October 6 to Houston.
The plan would have allowed military aircraft, including cargo planes and the crash-plagued Osprey helicopter/airplane hybrid, to fly as low as 300 feet above the ground over a 60,700-square-mile a...

RIDING FOR DZI – Members of the Studio Velo cycling team, including dZi Foundation board member Bill Keller (second from right), will be riding for the Ridgway-based charity in France at the end of July. dZi president Jim Nowak (not pictured) says the corporate pro-am event, Les Trois Etapes, will traverse three of the most iconic stages of the Tour de France and raise $1.5 million for a dozen charities worldwide. (Courtesy photo)
Ridgway’s dZi Foundation will be road racing in France this summer with the Trois Etapes fundraiser.
The Market on the Plaza will be twice the size it was last year.
Painter George Kernan at Ah Haa, a pair of plays in Grand Junction, a Chicago dance troupe in Montrose, and Dixieland jazz in Ouray, all in the arts this week.
Hot, dry spring sparks fire concerns among regional government officials
The Telluride Town Talks take a TED-like turn.
The South Dakota woman, and her cats, miraculously survived a plunge over Ruby Walls on Red
Mountain Pass.
Subcommittee Vote Indicates Bipartisan Support
Volunteers are needed every other Tuesday at the hummingbird banding and monitoring station that is set up near Dunton Hot Springs.
Second Annual Rundola Fourth of July / Community Briefs
The identies of the victims in an apparent murder-suicide have not been released.
GOLD MINER/Snowboarder Jimmy Dorsey's career has taken some strante turns on the way to Telluride (pictured left, with characteristic bushy red beard and missing tooth). (Courtesy photo)
The erstwhile star of Gold Rush prospects for a new kind of mining reality show.
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SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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)
