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Critics allege Rep. Coram’s HB 1119 seeks to help mining companies evade fines. Coram counters that mining is specifically exempt from the latest version of his bill.
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The restriction, backed by stiff penalties for violaters, also applies to the weeks prior to the opening of the 2012-13 ski season.
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Spurred by a letter from Senator Mark Udall, the BLM extended public comment on North Fork natural gas leases for another 14 days.
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The latest ruling in the JetAway case could bring the battle to an end, pending the outcome of one more appeal.
TALK ABOUT ADVENTURE – John Turk and Erik Boomer, “The Honey Badger of Kayaking,” will bring the story of their 1,500-mile circumnavigation of Ellesmere Island to Mountainfilm 2012. (Courtesy photos)
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Mountainfilm 2012 answers the question: Has the festival abandoned its roots in adventure filmmaking?
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Joe Ryan has applied for a permit to allow his plan to move forward, and has been denied by local USFS officials, three previous times over the past three years.
OURAY BREWING Co. brewmeister James Walton surveys his expansive new domain at the BIOTA building north of Ouray. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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The Ouray Brewing Co. has expanded its operations to include a new brewing, bottling and canning plant and tap room in the old BIOTA building in the North Ouray Corridor.
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Montrose gets two new councilors, but no new Recreation District.
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While Tuesday’s work session did not result in a formal decision on whether or not to move forward with planning in the Lift 7 subarea, the work session did, once again, offer to keep the conversat...
Stage 1: Durango to Telluride – Monday, Aug. 20 (Courtesy image)
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Starting in Durango, the route will take the riders through more mountain passes than any other race of its kind, with five topping out at a minimum of 10,000 feet.
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The entire project will cost an estimated at $249,000, enhancing student safety at no additional cost to local taxpayers, according to city officials.
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Ridgway’s new mayor is John Clark, in a landslide.
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More Bluegrass Festival tickets are available to county residents… Variance granted for AT&T cellular antenna.
Tyme Mientka (Courtesy photo)
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Beloved musician and director of the Western Slope Concert Series and cellist in the popular Celtic band FEAST Tyme Mientka died on March 31 from cancer.
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John Knox McEwen Frank, 34, of Crested Butte, died after triggering a massive slide about six miles west of Silverton, on Friday, March 30.
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Friends of the Montrose Community Rec Center hope to get more voters with news of more senior programs if a ballot measure is approved.
PODIUM FINISH – Sixteen-year-old Keaton McCargo led four Telluride trained
skiers into the top ten, finishing third at the U.S. Freestyle Nationals
Dual Moguls competition in Vermont over the weekend. (Courtesy photo)
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McCargo claims first-ever Nationals medal at Dual Moguls event in Vermont
MOVING RIGHT AHEAD – Main in Motion boardmembers (left to right) Kendra Morrow, Lacy Baines, Krista Montalvo, Tami Hernandez and Julianne Messenger, are fine-tuning the wildly popular Thursday-night summertime event. (Photo by William Woody)
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Main in Motion, the Montrose’s popular Thursday-night summertime event, addresses safety issues, how to attract teens, and Downtown Weekly Summer Event To Consider Banning Bikes, Pets
TELLURIDE SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB alpine team skier Will Plantz at the J4 Jr. Olympics, where he placed tenth overall, competing against the very best 11-12-year-olds in the Rockies. (Courtesy photo)
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Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club Athletes Shine in End-of-Season Competitions
Key: Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club
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Telluride Intermediate/Middle School Principal Steve Smith will resign at the end of this school year.
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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)