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SECURITY CONCERNS – Montrose County School District Property Services Supervisor Jason Arebalos walked out the front door of Columbine Middle School Monday afternoon. The front door of the building is a growing security concern for district officials who say improvements must be made to the school even though the district lost a chance to secure grant money to replace the school. (Photo by William Woody)
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With the loss of funding to replace the school, built in 1961, officials are working to patch things together with temporary fixes to its crumbling foundation, poor air quality and the roof – as we...
MARIO ZADRA - The Ridgway native, in a photo taken last year, died on June 5, 2013. (Photo courtesy of Judy DeHass/TheDenver Post)
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Zadra was born in Ouray County and raised there and in Telluride and Norwood.
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Six exploratory locations and associated road upgrades for three roads were evaluated, and five were approved under this decision for a total disturbance of up to 14.7 acres.
THE MONUMENT – A look at the Grand Valley from the Colorado National Monument and Otto's tower. Sen. Udall and Rep. Tipton have organized a committee to steer legislation for the Monument’s redesignation as a national park. (File photo)
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Announced on Saturday, June 8, the five-member executive committee will work with Udall and Tipton to produce discussion-draft legislation that addresses local residents' concerns and find a way to...
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State health officials, braced for a possible measles outbreak, encourage vaccinations now, for those at risk. Possible exposure sites – in the Denver metro area – are listed, June 3-6.
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The BLM is taking public comment on a new plan to guide management decisions for the 210,012-acre Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, which includes the 66,280-acre Dominguez Canyon Wil...
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Keaton Bell faces up to ten years imprisonment and up to a $250,000 fine for each of the counts that he has pled guilty to.
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The commissioners argued that taxpayer money should not go to complete work the federal government should have finished.
PERFECTLY PINK - The new ground power unit or GPU sits in front of the Black Canyon Jet Center. Each time it is used by a pilot, the jet center will donate half of the $75 fee to Bosom Buddies. (Photo by William Woody)
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The Black Canyon Jet Center will give half of the proceeds from its new ground power unit – painted a telltale pink – to Bosom Buddies of Southwestern Colorado.
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City noise ordinance in limbo...A successful season at Ouray Ice Park.
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Her current contract was non-renewed at a school board meeting on June 1, however, leaving her in limbo until the Ouray School Board reconvenes to discuss a new contract on Monday.
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The latest dream for Telluride’s Pearl Property? Make it home to a series of aquaponic greenhouses for raising fish and organic vegetables for local consumption.
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In a 5-0 vote, the Montrose City Council banned the retail sale of marijuana, one of the first municipalities in the state to do so.
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While there are differing opinions about what led to the decision to reclaim four uranium mines in the West End owned by Gold Eagle Mining, Inc., the bottom line is that the company is moving forwa...
TAPPING INTO THE FLOW - Renewable Energy Engineer James Heneghan described the diverting of water from the South Canal of the Gunnison Tunnel, just east of Montrose, into the new Delta-Montrose Electric Association hydroelectric power plant, which began testing on Tuesday. (Photo by William Woody)
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The new power source will take DMEA closer to a 10 percent target for renewables.
Elizabeth Stiles Patterson
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Longtime Telluride resident tragically died on Saturday, June 1, 2013.
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The environmental group alleges that testimony given at last year’s public hearing in Nucla was ignored by the state in its decision to reissue the radioactive materials license.
SESSION UPDATE – Colorado District 59 freshman Representative Mike McLachlan (D-Durango) held an end-of-the-legislative-session town hall meeting Tuesday at the Ridgway Town Hall. Twenty-five interested citizens attended with questions about gun control, school financing, water, hydraulic fracturing, and the recent attempt to have Rep. MacLachlan recalled. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Undeterred by a vitriolic recall effort that sought to neuter his first term in office, Democratic State Rep. Mike McLachlan announced to supporters in Ridgway and Ouray on Tuesday, June 4 that he ...
STREETS OF GREEN – The Telluride Farmer’s Market unveils new vendors when it opens on Friday. (File photo)
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All told, the Telluride Farmer’s Market will boast over 60 vendors this year, running June 7 through Oct. 11.
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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