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Proposed new federal rules on hydraulic fracturing update 30-year-old BLM oil and gas drilling regulations.
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Montrose County airport project is moving along smoothly.
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Mallard and Garner retained their seats on Telluride’s Hospital District board, while Broderick and Ellison held their seats in the Telluride Fire Protection District election.
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Volunteers with the Ouray Trail Group are already out cleaning up winter’s debris.
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Students wearing T-shirts proclaiming support for those charged in an alleged sexual assault were instructed to remove them.
RUNNERS take off from the Black Canyon Ascent's start at the junction of Highway 50 and Colorado 347 during the 2011 race. This year's 6-mile road race, which climbs 2,000 feet to the Black Canyon National Park, is May 12. (Courtesy Photo)
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Racers, walkers to take on the toughest 6-mile road race in Colorado.
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Western Colorado Writers Forum’s Sandy Dorr works to advance the culture of western Colorado.”
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San Miguel County is ready to move forward with a transportation authority ballot issue… the commissioners support naming two peaks after Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff.
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The non-renewal of the principals contract could be related to the arrest of three students in an alleged sexual assault.
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A Soccer Ball fundraising dance in Ridgway will raise money to complete the soccer field at the Ridgway Secondary School.
THIRSTY – Under the watchful eye of his dog Ace, Rich Weber worked on his irrigation ditches Tuesday afternoon. As the snowpack continues to dwindle, Weber hopes the Uncompahgre River water that feeds his ditch will provide enough for his hay crop. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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A dry water year is resulting in calls on water.
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Montrose golf community opens new restaurant.
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After hearing concerns from members of the public, the Telluride Town Council approved of a letter to the District Ranger and Telski over the off season closure of the ski area to hikers and skiers.
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First Friday Stroll in Downtown Montrose includes wine tastings, food, shopping and demos.
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For DMEA Board, Six Candidates, Three Seats, Two Forums
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER – Koichi Koyama of the Japan Electric Power Information Center (JEPIC) and Takahiro Immaru of Kyushu Electric, a power company serving eight million customers in southern Japan, talk with Doug Kiesewetter of BrightLeaf Solar Technologies, a Montrose-based concentrating PV manufacturing company. The Japanese energy experts visited BrightLeaf and DMEA as part of a research effort to explore solar marketing concepts. (Courtesy photo)
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Japanese power utilities visited Delta-Montrose Electric Association looking for ways to accelerate the integration renewable energy resources into their power grid.
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FRESH BREW - Exotic Earth Coffee Roasters: Rich and Karen Avery and Danny Wesseling (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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A Ouray-based trio has bought a small local specialty coffee roasting company from its founders.
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Council to reduce Dial-A-Ride service this summer, and eliminate it next summer.
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The third annual Randy Skees Memorial West End 4x4 Poker Tour hits the back roads around Paradox on June 9. The route is always a surprise and the funds benefit the Nucla-Naturita Area Chamber of C...
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SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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)
