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A downsized (for now) school board reviewed two potential resolutions on Tuesday and ultimately decided to renew Tom LaFramboise’s contract as K-12 principal.
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Gardenclub Meets Thursdays at the Garden Store…Rockfall Work on Red Mountain Pass Stops Friday-Tuesday…
SERIOUS SCENARIO – Telluride Regional Airport firefighters (right) Josh Blakeman and (left) Justin Germann carried Rayn Mason from mock plane crash wreckage on Wednesday evening as part of a multi-agency mass casualty exercise held on the airport runway. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost )
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At the scene of an emergency-rescue exercise, on the Telluride Airport tarmac.
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With over two-decades experience as a snowcat operator at the Telluride Ski Area, local groomer is recognized with trade association award.
TRAVEL INTO HISTORY – Historic view of the Bear Creek Trail and vicinity near Ouray. (Photo, circa late 19th century, courtesy of the Colorado State Historical Society)
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Calling themselves the Public Access Group of Ouray County, the group has recently completed work on a draft map that delineates historical roads and trails in Ouray County that are considered to b...
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According to San Miguel County Coroner Emil Sante, both the manner and cause of death are pending.
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The New Community Coalition has an updated mission, work plan and a new name.
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A genre noir-detective caper celebrating the town of Telluride takes a Bronze.
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Ridgway finished fourth in Colorado in among applicants for Creative District status. Now its artists have to figure out what that means.
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Through the City of Montrose’s Tourism/Promotion Fund, the approved project would offer $20,000 a year for the next two years with an option to continue for up to five years, totaling a maximum of ...
FACE DOWN GETS THUMBS UP – Chris Fish (left) and Tommy Thacher belly up to the bar at Telluride Brewing Company to show off their World Beer Cup plaque. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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The World Beer Cup recognizes Face Down Brown as the very best American-style Brown Ale.
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Ridgway’s May town council meeting considered further regulations on medical marijuana before the state’s moratorium ends July 1.
HOUSE HEARING – (Left to right in foreground) Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), and Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) held a joint oversight hearing in Montrose on Monday to hear testimony on the state’s bark beetle infestation and timber management practices. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Third District Rep. Scott Tipton joined two other Republican congressman in holding a field hearing on forest management practices in Montrose this week.
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The body of 54-year-old Jonathon Keith Kelly, a Grand Junction resident, was found yesterday in western San Miguel County.
DONE DEAL – U.S. Forest Service Lands Forester Jim Dunn and Ouray Mayor Bob Risch shake hands on a $277,000 deal that makes the City of Ouray the owner of 24 acres of USFS land in the Ouray Ice Park. (Photo courtesy of Ouray City Administrator Patrick Rondinelli)
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The City of Ouray is now the proud owner of 24 acres of former U.S. Forest Service land in the heart of the Ouray Ice Park. The deal, which has been 14 years in the making, gives the city greater c...
COLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL BOUND – Telluride High School volleyball teammembers gathered with Emily Langley (front right) and Coach Fawnda Rogers (left), while Langley signed her NCAA National Letter of intent to play Collegiate Volleyball at Adams State College, Alamosa. She joins fellow volleyball star and once rival, Norwood High School’s Lindsy Stindt, who has signed to the same team. (Courtesy photo)
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Teaming Up: Norwood’s Lindsey Stindt and Telluride’s Emily Langley both head to Adams State, where they’ll continue their stellar volleyball careers – on the same team.
COUNSELING – Center for Mental Health therapist Leah Goetz sees inmates who test positive for substance abuse and mental health problems in her offices at the Montrose County jail. She conducts group therapy sessions at the jail, as well, in an effort to set inmates up for success upon their release. (Photo by Kati O'Hare)
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Mental health center therapists enter area jails to address substance abuse.
UP AND AWAY – Ouray High School students gather in front of the small plane that they will soon fly for the first time. From left: Bonnie Hansen, Steven Duce, Olivia Lockhart, Kyle Kinsel, Clay Zimmerman, Nicholas Pieper, Patrick Link. (Photo by Bill Swartz)
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During a recent day in the classroom, the students had flight maps, called VFR sectionals, spread out across the tables. Their assignment was to chart their own cross-country course from a starting...
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All parcels in the North Fork Valley from the August 2012 lease auction will receive further analysis by the BLM.
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The airport will be closed from Wednesday, May 30 through Saturday, June 2.
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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)