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This spring, running enthusiasts of all abilities will be able to take part in a new six-part running event: the Ouray County Race Series.
Paper, plastic, or neither?
Montrose School District’s hiring freeze may have done more harm than good.

STAR SKIER - Telluride's Gus Kenworthy is expected to rock at the Winter X Games, which start today. (Photo by Robin MacDonald)
Telluride’s Gus Kenworthy to make his X Games comeback this weekend in Aspen.
From quonset hut to stone jail to five stars.

ZEST CREW – Chef/owner Mark Krasic (right) with sous chef Matt Gorman (center) and Jay Cheromcha (left) behind Zest’s 12-foot deli case. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
Gourmet food to go, daily specials, a salad bar, and affordable prices are the ideas behind Telluride’s newest dining establishment, Zest.

SILVER MINE – San Miguel Power Association workers installed a power line at the Revenue-Virginius mine near Yankee Boy Basin above Ouray Tuesday. A flurry of activity has taken place at the mine in recent months. New operators hope to resume mining operations at the historic silver property by 2013. (Photo courtesy of San Miguel Power Association)
Denver company acquires historic silver mine near Ouray.
Supporters of the beleaguered Home Safe Program are trying to find a way to keep it in operation.
This week, Serra is expected to be transferred to the Denver Regional Diagnostic Center where he will be evaluated based on his behavior and crimes.
Two subjects that keep coming around like a bad penny, visual impacts and waste tires, highlighted last week’s meeting of the Ouray Board of County Commissioners.
A new Colorado Geological Survey document helps to identify
little-known geologic hazards that can, if unaddressed, wreak havoc on homes, commercial buildings and infrastructure built in Montrose ...
A green light for a greener future in Ouray and Ridgway
College and Financial Aid Night at Wilkinson Library Tuesday...Register a team for the second annual MSEF Trivia Bowl
Although there are similarities among the recent rash of burglaries in Montrose, not all of them are related.
As the biggest storm of the season blankets the state, the avalanche hazard increases in the San Juans and throughout Colorado.

SEIZED – The door of the Q&T convenience store of East Main Street, along with four other Q&T stores, was seized by the Colorado Department of Revenue Monday for nonpayment of $46,745 in sales taxes. A man in the parking lot of one of the seized properties, who claimed to be the owner, said he expects to have the stores reopened by the end of the week. (Photo by Kati O’Hare)
If the taxes aren't paid, the properties are scheduled for auction in the first week of February.
HIGH LIVING – Lizzy Tilles served up an elegant lunch, including Croque Madame with duck leg, lobster gnocci and lamb stew at Bon Vivante, the newest fine-dining restaurant on the ski area . (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
A completely outdoor, umbrella-covered and heated deck restaurant at the top of Telluride’s Polar Express Lift, Bon Vivant confirms Telski is headed in a “different direction” with its culinary exp...
Thirty thousand acres of proposed oil and gas leases in the North Fork Valley raised the ire of local Delta County residents.

ELYSA BARRON lopes along the course of the Running from an Angel marathon near Boulder City, Nev. on Jan. 7. It was her last of 51 marathons that she’s run over the past year for the nonprofit organization First Descents. (Courtesy photo by Joe Skalsky)
‘Race the states’ endeavor raised $20,000 for First Descents
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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)
