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Telluride Venture Accelerator Announces Four Winners
by Watch Staff
Jan 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The winners range from a brand-new startup to a business approaching $500,000 in annual sales and were selected after a competitive round of applications from 100 companies.
Ouray School Superintendent’s Contract Still In Question
by Samantha Wright
Jan 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Ouray School Board member Don Mort continued to argue that it is unwise and to extend a multi-year contract that makes a portion of the school’s critical reserves untouchable.
Phase 1 of Green Gondola Project Gets the Green Light
by Martinique Davis
Jan 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
New “show the love” campaign aimed at reducing Gondola’s energy consumption.
Montrose School District May Turn to Voters for Funding
by William Woody
Jan 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
A team of community volunteers has identified critical needs to improve student achievement, staff retention, and facilities improvements.
GUEST COMMENTARY | Dr. David Lingle Dies in Massachusetts
by Stu Fraser
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
On Thursday, Jan. 17, at 6:30 p.m., Dr. David Lingle, 58, former artistic director of the Telluride Choral Society for eight years, passed away peacefully in Sandwich, Mass.
BLM Confronts Hostile Crowd in Hotchkiss
by Peter Shelton
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
With a Feb. 14 lease sale looming, North Fork residents lobbied the BLM in Washington, D.C., while state Director Helen Hankin came west to make the case to local city governments.
In Wake of Newtown, Elementary School to Replace Entry Doors
by Peter Shelton
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The answer, at least a partial answer, according to the school’s administration and board, is to replace three sets of exterior double doors: at the main entry, the doors to the district office, an...
Another Legal Blow for Alpenhof
by Samantha Wright
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
An appeals court judge found that the city properly denied Alpenhof’s application, and did not buy into Alpenhof’s attempts to distinguish between manmade and natural hazards.
House Committee Again Embraces Small Hydro Legislation
by Samantha Wright
Jan 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The Town of Telluride could stand to benefit substantially from the new law as it develops a planned hydroelectric component to its new Pandora water system.
UPDATED: Upper Bear Creek Telluride’s Next Ski Area?
by Gus Jarvis
Jan 24, 2013 | 6 6 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
As proposed by Tom Chapman and Ron Curry, and subject to U.S. Forest Service permit approval, human powered and optional helicopter-lift skiing on avalanche-controlled snow would be available
Ouray Pillar and Master Storyteller Roger Henn Dies At Age 95
by Samantha Wright
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Roger Henn, who died on Jan. 17, was a man who packed a big personality and bristling energy into a small dapper package. In later years, he channeled this energy toward the betterment of Ouray.
Building a Sustainable Food Future
by William Woody
Jan 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Hundreds of small growers and ranchers on the Western Slope attended the first Western Colorado Food and Farm Forum held at Friendship Hall in Montrose on Thursday, Jan. 10.
Four Seats Are Up in April Council Election
by Watch Staff
Jan 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
April’s town council election in Ridgway will have four seats up for grabs.
GUEST COMMENTARY | Libraries Change to Accommodate Changing Times
by Judy Thompson, President, and the Wilkinson Library Board of Trustees
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Why, regrettably, the Wilkinson Public Library is now closed on Sundays.
Piñon Ridge License Back in the Hands of CDPHE
by Gus Jarvis
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
A judge sends the uranium mill licensing decision back to the CDPHE, which initially granted Energy Fuels a radioactive materials license in 2011.
‘So Long as the Game Lasts and the Indians Are at Peace With the White People’
by Watch Staff
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The State of Colorado and the Ute Mountain Ute tribe signed an agreement last week to define and guarantee Indian hunting, fishing and gathering rights beyond the reservation.

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