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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

THE POWER OF FLOUR – Amy Madaris, founder, with her parents and husband, Roger, of Ridgway’s new bakery/café, Flour Power, in the Silver San Juan Building. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
Flour Power, Ridgway’s new bakery/café just opened in the Silver San Juan Building downtown.
Ouray Hot Springs Pool breaks a million, gets a facelift.
Curecanti Medical Society Announces Scholarships…Ouray Family Medicine Expands…Basin Clinic's Jenks Receives CAQ in Emergency Medicine
Downtown Montrose has great potential as a home for creative entrepreneurs and artists, DDA officials say.
An application for a new liquor store in Ridgway brings out philosophical arguments for free enterprise versus regulation.
National Guard soldiers get warm welcome home after a year of service in Afghanistan.
Since arriving at hospital, Amber Kenyon remains unconscious but has made “great little baby steps” in recovering.

JACK ROBERTS climbing the Mini Moonflower Buttress on Mount Hunter in the Alaska Range last year. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Foley)
An accomplished world climber and author, Jack Roberts was a fixture in the local climbing community.
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BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
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
