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Stage 1: Durango to Telluride – Monday, Aug. 20 (Courtesy image)
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Starting in Durango, the route will take the riders through more mountain passes than any other race of its kind, with five topping out at a minimum of 10,000 feet.
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The entire project will cost an estimated at $249,000, enhancing student safety at no additional cost to local taxpayers, according to city officials.
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Ridgway’s new mayor is John Clark, in a landslide.
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More Bluegrass Festival tickets are available to county residents… Variance granted for AT&T cellular antenna.
Tyme Mientka (Courtesy photo)
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Beloved musician and director of the Western Slope Concert Series and cellist in the popular Celtic band FEAST Tyme Mientka died on March 31 from cancer.
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John Knox McEwen Frank, 34, of Crested Butte, died after triggering a massive slide about six miles west of Silverton, on Friday, March 30.
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Friends of the Montrose Community Rec Center hope to get more voters with news of more senior programs if a ballot measure is approved.
PODIUM FINISH – Sixteen-year-old Keaton McCargo led four Telluride trained
skiers into the top ten, finishing third at the U.S. Freestyle Nationals
Dual Moguls competition in Vermont over the weekend. (Courtesy photo)
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McCargo claims first-ever Nationals medal at Dual Moguls event in Vermont
MOVING RIGHT AHEAD – Main in Motion boardmembers (left to right) Kendra Morrow, Lacy Baines, Krista Montalvo, Tami Hernandez and Julianne Messenger, are fine-tuning the wildly popular Thursday-night summertime event. (Photo by William Woody)
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Main in Motion, the Montrose’s popular Thursday-night summertime event, addresses safety issues, how to attract teens, and Downtown Weekly Summer Event To Consider Banning Bikes, Pets
TELLURIDE SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB alpine team skier Will Plantz at the J4 Jr. Olympics, where he placed tenth overall, competing against the very best 11-12-year-olds in the Rockies. (Courtesy photo)
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Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Athletes Shine in End-of-Season Competitions
Key: Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club
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Telluride Intermediate/Middle School Principal Steve Smith will resign at the end of this school year.
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LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER – Ridgway’s Steve and Tracy Hill, seen here coaching the All-State basketball game in 1996, have always had a special bond around basketball. Under her father’s tutelage, Tracy became the most prolific scorer in Colorado high school history. She will be inducted this summer into the National High School Hall of Fame. (Courtesy photo)
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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.
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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)
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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.
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‘R-squared – The Risk & Reward Conference’ launches fall 2012 in Telluride
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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.
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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)
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“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)
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Because of an unforeseen housing issue, Christine McGinley drops from candidacy in District 1 county commissioner primary.
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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)
