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MONTROSE – According to the Montrose Association of Commerce and Tourism more than 60 businesses are expected at the Montrose Pavilion for the 12th Annual Uncompahgre Valley Business Expo on Jan. 1...
Rep.-elect Don Coram, R-Montrose, will serve on a special committee tasked with overseeing the congressional redistricting process during the 2011 Legislative Session.
Private landowners can apply for Forest Restoration Pilot Grants.
DUI Phone Scam…Uncompahgre Medical Center’s Men’s Health Month: More Services for Less Money… Mountain Munchkins Wins Text-to-Give…
Thomas W. Howe Jr.
Shooting victim says it wasn’t a suicide attempt.
A new housing needs assessment being distributed throughout San Miguel and Ouray counties this month will set the direction for affordable housing.

DOOMED? – The Telluride Open Space Commission is considering euthanization for the prarie dog population burgeoning beyond the boundaries of the rodents' protected 23-acre colony on the Valley Floor. (File photo)
If you are interested in fate of the Valley Floor prairie dogs, the January 11 Telluride Town Council meeting at Rebekah Hall is not to be missed.
Ouray’s County Commissioners tackled some weighty issues in their first meeting of the New Year.
The Board of County Commissioners of Ouray County have recently received letters regarding the construction of the Verizon Tower located on Tower Road amongst the other three towers and two water t...
FOR SALE - Properties entering the foreclosure process in Montrose County last year were 20 percent likelier to be sold at foreclosure than those entering a year before. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
Breaking from the pack, Ouray County saw fewer foreclosure filings in 2010 than during the previous year.
Chef Theo Otto is bringing wine country cooking to Colorado's wine country.

MILL SITE – Despite the slowdown in the national economy, George Glasier of Energy Fuels Inc. said he is going ahead with plans to build a uranium mill in the Paradox Valley. (File photo)
In a long-anticipated decision, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has given a green light to the nation’s first conventional uranium mill in nearly three decades.
AFGHAN BOUND — Members of the National Guard’s 928th medical unit received a rousing parade and sendoff in Montrose on Monday. The troops had another sendoff ceremony at Ft. Collins on Tuesday before traveling to Washington State, where they’ll undergo more training before shipping out for a tour in Afghanistan. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
National Guard ‘M.A.S.H.’ unit leaves Colorado for more training before shipping out
More than 60 businesses are expected at the Montrose Pavilion for the 12th annual Uncompahgre Valley Business Expo on Jan. 14.
Telluride and Norwood enjoyed a year in the sports spotlight in 2010, thanks to luminary athletes and record-smashing high school teams.
Perhaps the most significant arts story for 2010 is the successful campaign to purchase the historic Wright Opera House in Ouray and preserve it as a small performance space and a home for the Cent...
What a year – from joy for the January winners of a raffled-off Habitat for Humanity home to sorrow for regulars at Baked in Telluride, destroyed in an early-morning fire in February, with births a...
Victim says shooting wasn’t a suicide attempt.
In Mountain Village and Telluride, 2010 brought a host of new businesses.
Losing the war on weeds, Ridgway gets serious about a Weed Management Plan.
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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)
