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ELAINE FISCHER (File photo)
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Elaine Fischer: ‘I am really committed to our citizens and it’s important to me to be a good elected official and represent my community well.’
SEEKING A SECOND TERM – Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett announced her candidacy for a second term at the Colorado Boy brew pub in Ridgway last Saturday. She held a similar gathering in Ouray at O’Brien’s Pub and Grill on Sunday. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Announcement further defines field for upcoming BOCC election.
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The Valley Food Partnership in Montrose is working to establish an online network to help farmers find customers and customers find produce.
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A consortium of conservation groups report that Colorado can exceed the water needs of 1.4 million people in the Arkansans River Basin through 2050 without new large scale water diversions and pipe...
READY FOR SHIPPING – Melanie Calbeck packaged dresses made by volunteers that will be shipped to Little Dresses for Africa. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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Two sisters help girls in Africa by putting their sewing machines to work.
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<b>WINNING EFFORT</b> – The Ouray Trojans faced off against the DeBeque Dragons in the first round of games at the District 1A Tournament in Olathe last Thursday, Feb. 23, ultimately winning the game by a single basket, but lost their next match-up against the Plateau Valley Cowboys the following night. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Demons, Mavericks and Miners advance to Regionals this weekend.
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On Friday March 2, from 8:30-10 a.m. at Telluride’s Wilkinson Public Library, TNCC’s Green Business Roundtable (GBR) and EcoAction Workshop will highlight the success stories from the MSEI grant pr...
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If planning on attending the county or state assembly, or even the Democratic National Convention, the road starts at Tuesday’s statewide caucus.
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New fiber optic lines from Durango to Silverton and Ouray to Ridgway will complete ‘Billion Dollar Information Superhighway.’
Randy Briggs, left; Patricia Briggs and Charity Gilbert, right
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A suicide note was written in dust.
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<b>HARD MAN</b> – San Juan Hut System founder Joe Ryan in his Ridgway shop, preparing for next month’s third running of the Sneffels Half Loop, a backcountry, or randonée, ski race around the Sneffels Range from Telluride to Ridgway. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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The Sneffels Half Loop backcountry Nordic race returns for a third running March 10, as part of the COSMIC (Colorado Ski Mountaineering Cup) series.
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Tickets for the 36th Annual Telluride Jazz Festival go on sale Thursday, March 1, for locals, at The Wizard.
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Delta Montrose Electric Association and Colorado State University are jointly sponsoring a one-day conference on agricultural water use and efficiency in Montrose March 1.
INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION – Bright Beginnings teacher Christian Simmons worked with Maya Liotta, in the school’s multi-age K1 class, on Tuesday, Feb. 21. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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The Maslow Academy of Applied Learning employs multiage classrooms and individualized instruction, allowing students to advance according to their own needs.
TOP TOWN – National Geographic Adventure named Telluride one of the “World’s 25 Best Ski Towns” this month. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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National Geographic Adventure names Telluride one of the world’s best ski towns, along with Chamonix, Crested Butte, Park City and more.
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Business owners and residents in Lawson Hill want more neighborhood commercial uses but the conversation shifted to the possibility of annexation.
CRYSTAL LAKE south of Ouray on the way to Red Mountain Pass may get a fishing pier accessible to disabled anglers, if stakeholders secure a Fishing Is Fun grant from the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife. (Courtesy photo)
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U.S. Forest Service fisheries biologist Matt Dare has come up with a plan to not only preserve but enhance accessibility to the Crystal Lake fishing area going into the future.
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Mountain Village will match Telluride’s $37,500 to help fund the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which is expected to bring many thousands to Telluride for stage one of the race.
BOTTLENECK – The Colorado Department of Transportation will replace the Leopard Creek bridge at the T-shaped intersection of Colorado State highways 145 and 62 this summer with a bridge that’s wide enough to hold two lanes of traffic and a turn lane, with better turning angles and dedicated turning lanes, as well. It’s welcome news for commuters using the intersection where traffic often bottlenecks during rush hour. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Bids came in too high for construction of the Society Turn roundabout this summer but don’t worry, there are plenty of other road construction projects slated for this summer.
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Yet another round in an ongoing six-year legal battle unfolds in a Denver courtroom.
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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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)