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A USGS geophysicist said they were the smallest magnitude earthquakes anyone “can actually feel.”
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Libraries around the region are facing a big funding shortfall in 2014 as revenues from property taxes drop.
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Ouray BOCC looks at visual impacts, again, along with high-country road signs, and Amendment 64 (recreational marijuana).
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In his testimony, Udall stressed the bill’s grassroots origins and potential economic and environmental benefits to the region.
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Naturita’s renovated Uranium Drive-In sign is now a community message board. With the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s April 25 approval of Energy Fuels’ license to process radioactive materials in Paradox Valley, the Canadian firm is one step closer to beginning construction. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Once an air quality permit is in place, Energy Fuels is set to begin construction once uranium markets improve.
WORLD CUP MEMORY – Seth Wescott celebrated his Telluride World Cup boardercross gold medal win in Telluride last December. Despite drawing national television spots, a Telluride Ski and Golf Co. official said its not worth the resources needed to host the event. (File photo)
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Citing concerns over resources Telski will no longer host the international ski and snowboardcross event.
FLYING HIGH – Organizers of the second annual Ouray County Mud Fest are still flying high after the rip-roaring success of their event held last weekend at the fairgrounds in Ridgway. Highlights of the weekend-long festival included 4x4 competitions featuring highly modified vehicles such as the one pictured here, and the phenomenal Warrior Productions motocross expo, all against a backdrop of spectacular scenery and plenty of mud. (Photos by John LeSage)
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Numbers of attendees were up significantly from the previous year, and overall, the event was deemed a downright dirty success.
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The dog was found to have sustained and survived a gunshot to the head from a small caliber firearm.
MJT FROM THE SKY – An aerial view of the Montrose Regional Airport. In March 32,061 passengers passed through the airport’s gates, the largest number of passengers in a single month in the airport’s history. (File photo)
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While its core mission to attract and retain air service to the region remains the same, the organization is taking an expanded outlook to engage the larger economic region.
CANNABIS CRAZE – Featuring beautiful custom artwork, the Colorado Cannabis Craze board game is the perfect gift for anyone who has ever felt “Rocky Mountain High.” (Courtesy image)
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Among Colorado's new marijuana-based businesses is an unlikely pot-centric board game created by Louisville based Hilljack Entertainment.
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Thursday’s hearing before a capacity of community members in Friendship Hall, brought forth dozens of comments and concerns, both pro and con.
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The Telluride Region Chamber of Commerce will operate as an umbrella organization, representing its membership and providing a host of much-needed products and services.
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Telluride Public Works Project Manager Karen Guglielmone projects that this year’s portion of the project will come in $500,000 over-budget.
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With its management agreement with the Montrose Memorial Hospital coming to an end on July 31, the Basin Clinic Board is desperately seeking a way to keep its rural clinic , located in Naturita, op...
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There will be 4X4 competitions, freestyle motocross demos, and a high-octane NSPA-sanctioned truck pull, plus a Mud Run 5K, mud volleyball, mud tug o’ war, mud horseshoes and a host of clean and di...
JIM DAVIDSON (Courtesy photo)
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Telluride native Jim Davidson, founder of the iconic San Miguel Journal, died at home in Crestone, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, April 21.
BACK TO BASICS - Montrose Archery Xpress co-owners Jesse and Heath McCombs joined the army soon after graduating from Montrose High School and served overlapping tours in Iraq. (Courtesy photo)
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Heath and Jesse McCombs joined the Army after graduating from Montrose High School, well over a decade ago. Today, thanks to a boost from the Warrior Resource Center, their new business, Montrose A...
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Attorneys representing the City of Montrose are seeking the dismissal of an appeal by the owner of the 107-pound American Allaunt canine named Dutch sentenced to death after attacking a woman last ...
IMPROVED SNOWPACK - While spring storms have improved the statewide snowpack to 92 percent of average, river basins in the west and southwest portions of Colorado are remain well below average. (Courtesy image)
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While snowpack is up over last year, the amount of water in state reservoirs is down. The Climate Prediction Center at NOAA is forecasting above average temperatures for the summer and persistent ...
SCHEDULING CONFLICT – Ouray Police Department officers Justin Crandall and Tony Schmidt expressed their frustration with a newly imposed schedule at a work session with the Ouray City Council last Thursday. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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The police chief stressed that the new work schedule is not a good fit for his small, understaffed department which optimally should have five full-time officers,
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DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)
GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)
HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)
PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)
TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)