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LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Athletes Seth Westcott, Nick Baumgartner, Lindsey Jacobellis, Jonathan Cheever, Nate Holland, Pat Holland,
and Graham Watanabe rode with Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club members and their coach this week. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Local snowboarders ripped it up with World Cup champions last Thursday in Telluride.
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The Montrose Recreation District got a cool reception from the Montrose City Council regarding a sales tax increase to fund a new community recreation center.
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U.S. Postal Service agrees to a five-month moratorium on closing postal facilities, protecting rural Colorado jobs while Congress gets to work on comprehensive postal reform.
NATIVE DAUGHTER Mercedes “Mimi” Worswick has converted her love of beauty, and her status as a Ridgway native, into Glow Day Spa in a space behind her parents’ iconic downtown import shop, Unicas Southwest. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Ridgway’s Glow Day Spa is the new project of native daughter Mimi Worswick.
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With an eye to stalling scalpers, and to facilitating regional residents’ access to the event, discounted tickets for Town of Telluride residents go on sale Jan. 9-31, significantly earlier than in...
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MV Council passes a “workable” budget, while bracing for a future of shaky financial footing.
RON HENDERSON (Courtesy photo)
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District 1 Commissioner and Montrose native Ron Henderson has announced he will seek reelection to a second term next year.
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Montrose wrestlers managed to win despite losing points from empty weight classes.
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Ginger Perkins died on Dec. 9 after being in intensive care following a car accident on Nov. 3.
AVALAUNCHER – Dan Molloy and Craig Prohaska taking a shot at Telluride’s Palmyra Peak, elevation 13,320 feet, with one of the resort’s three Avalaunchers. These long-range rocket launchers are powered by compressed nitrogen, allowing the ski patrol’s Gun Crew to test the snowpack from a distance. The Telluride Ski Resort has utilized Avalauncher technology for more than two decades.
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Avalanche Management: It's all in a day's work for the Telluride Ski Patrol.
OURAY’S OWN Lynn Padgett was honored recently by Colorado Counties, Inc., as its Commissioner of the Year. CCI board member John Sandoval (left) from Conejos County flanked Padgett along with her husband Jeff Litteral at the award presentation in Colorado Springs. (Courtesy photo)
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Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett was named Commissioner of the Year by Colorado Counties, Inc.
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Colorado regulators have decided to wait a week before deliberating on new rules requiring the disclosure of fracking chemicals.
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Telluride and either Ouray or Montrose will be host cities.
WHITE GOLD – Brendan Clarke hitting the motherlode in Nellie Mine.
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Policy in regards to Bear Creek access from the eastern boundary of the Telluride Ski Area has changed regularly over the past two decades, but one thing has remained constant: People have continue...
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For now, it seems Democrats have won the battle for new congressional district maps in Colorado.
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Faces of Nepal presentation at Wilkinson Library… Vote on Three new State Natural Areas, Including Miramonte Reservoir… Public Presentation of Draft Uncompahgre Watershed Plan.
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Holiday activities in Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties continue this week and next, right up until Christmas day. Check out what each community has to offer, from Yule Fest in Ouray to Jingl...
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Always controversial, the latest visual impact update before the Ouray BOCC brought out a standing room crowd.
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1980s KOTO radio newsman Bob Brickell passed away at age 83.
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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)