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MIDWIFE BILL — Bill Dwelley, a licensed midwife based in Montrose, said it’s important that people call their state representatives to support a bill to renew licensing of midwives and allow families to have home births if they choose. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
Midwives could lose legal status in coming House fight to renew licensing.
Buying time on the plastic bag ban… Four corners community gym unlikely… Temporary Spur fix in motion.
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Daffodil Days 2011 benefit the American Cancer Society. Flowers will be available this year in Telluride, Ridgway and Norwood.
Willson and McKee coming to the Wright Opera House March 19…Reserve seats now for Hospice’s annual party
Having the plans in place offers protection to landowners and facilitates the application process for state and federal forest-treatment grants.
Silverton’s Operation Link-up had an easy time getting the Ouray County commissioners on board the fiber optic train this week.
An act of civil disobedience may cost ten years in prison.
Logo for the six-county Emergency Notification System
Reverse calls from 911 can save lives, but cell phones need to register.
CHICKEN CHASIN' FUN at a past scavenger hunt in Telluride. (Photo courtesy of New Belgium Brewing)
Break out those costumes and be ready chase chickens, solve riddles and have a ton of fun while supporting the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program.
After one month of operation the new solar PV array at the Telluride Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant is poised to outperform expectations.
GARRETT HOBBS showed off his purchases, a Mexican flag and a Dias de las Muertos skeleton, bought at the Ridgway Elementary School’s recent Mexican Mercado.(Photo courtesy of Ted Donahue)
Ridgway Elementary School students practiced their Spanish (and their art) at a traditional Mexican marketplace.
The Mountain Village Town Council will require further discussion before determining the fate of the proposed Boomerang and Comanche subarea plan.
The cause of Judith Keeling’s death is still being investigated. She was found in a Montrose hotel room.
Montrose County wants to go forward in creating a six-county Regional Tourism Authority; Ouray is not at all sure.
ART WALK - The work of illustrator and graphic designer Kellie Day will be on display at La Cocina De Luz. (Courtesy photo)
Thursday, March 3, marks the last of the winter season’s First Thursday Art.
Amy Goodman (Courtesy photo)
The Democracy Now! host will discuss the importance of independent media and why corporate media outlets do a disservice to democratic society.
Telluride Real Estate Corp. announces Christie’s Great Estates’ corporate name change, to Christie’s International Real Estate, or CIRE
Telluride Real Estate Corp. announces Christie’s Great Estates’ corporate name change, to Christie’s International Real Estate, or CIRE.
Kirill Gliadkovsky
Former Russian prodigy to perform with Valley Symphony.
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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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
