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Tahoe extreme Athlete Allison Kreutzen touched many in Ridgway and Ouray. (Courtesy photo)
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Beloved Ridgway/Ouray nurse/adventurer Allison Kreutzen died April 26, with her boyfriend Kip Garre, in an avalanche in California’s eastern Sierra.
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Teaser: A judge in Montrose told the Montrose County commissioners and the board of trustees of the Montrose Memorial Hospital to go back to negotiations to solve their differences.
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Lady Bugz opens...WISE women scholarships go to HIll, Johnson...THS graduate Childs awarded for work with INTERPOL.
Telluride Blues and Brews promoter Steve Gumble voiced his concerns to members of Telluride town council on Tuesday.
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The Telluride Town Council determined that time was too short to reach a decision and there was too much conflict with Blues and Brews.
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The airport authority board met with the San Miguel County Commissioners in a joint meeting on Wednesday.
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San Miguel County and the airport board also agreed Wednesday to a process for future decisionmaking.
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A WET SLAB avalanche on April 30 swept into Peru Gulch near Montezuma, Colo., destroying a high-voltage tower that had been in place since the 1970s. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center warns that large, destructive spring avalanches are a real possibility this spring. (Courtesy photo)
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While the southwestern part of the state lagged behind the northern and central mountains in snow depth for most of the winter, heavy snows in April have added to the potential for large slides.
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High tea in a former classroom of the historic Colona School.
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The Colona Grange fundraiser pulls in $1,200 - and great period settings and costumes.
Michael Marleton (left) and Todd Gehrke of the Telluride Tourism Board, are planning the "I AM TELLURIDE" challenge for June 1.
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Locals can sample an ‘experiential program’ by joining the ‘I Am Telluride Challenge’ on June 1.
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Nutritionally Oriented Chiropractor Dr. Jason Bojar answers questions about the metabolic dangers of sugar and high fructose corn sweetener, and offers suggestions for minimizing them in your famil...
A crane prepares to lift Business Car C from its trailer at the Ridgway Railroad Museum. (Photo courtesy of Jim Pettengill)
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Repairs are completed after a water line break last winter.
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Different forms of intelligence and the sensitive child: Two-part lecture comes to Telluride.
MOTEL FIRE – The owners of the Affordable Inn in Montrose say they were lucky that no one was hurt in a Saturday afternoon fire that destroyed a storeroom and caused guest evacuations. (Photo courtesy of John Holland)
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No cause has yet been identified for a fire at a Montrose motel.
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The group placing sculpture in public spaces in Ridgway has named Lucy Boody and Caroline Lescroart as co-chairs for 2011.
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Simo, Whitsell and Eccher share 2011 honors.
CHAIN STORE – Applications to build Family Dollar stores in Norwood and Ridgway are pending in both communities. (Courtesy photo)
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In tough economic times, discount retailers like Family Dollar Stores are doing exceptionally well and continue to expand.
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Montrose chamber to give out free shopping cards.
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The Durango Discovery Museum is offering a science camp on the human body for middle school students in Ouray County, June 20-24.
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The Ouray Board of County Commissioners last week heard about vandalism to historic buildings at the Camp Bird Mine, about an abandoned trailer on Dallas Divide, and about a sharp rise in food sta...
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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)
