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‘NO LLAMA, no music, no nightlife, no fun,’ was the message of one Llama patron, who joined others in posting messages on the restaurant/night club’s windows after learning of its closure. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Owner Fletcher McKusker is philosophical about the closing of a business that started as a Mexican restaurant on West Pacific Ave. in 2004.
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SORTING IT OUT – Professional mountaineer Hilaree O'Neill carefully sorts through her gear as she packs for a 70-day Mt. Everest expedition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the American summit of the world's highest mountain. National Geographic is blogging about the expedition and will feature it in their May 2013 issue. To compare the gear of the 2012 expedition to that of the American team who first summitted in 1963, go to National Geographic. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Telluride mom and North Face mountaineer Hilaree O’Neill departs for Everest this week as part of National Geographic’s 50th Anniversary of Americans climbing Everest.
MORNING CHILL – Mountain Chill Radio’s new morning DJ Janet Dunham eases listeners into the day during her live DJ set, Morning Drive Time. Listeners in Telluride, Norwood and Mountain Village can tune in at KRKQ 95.5 FM. Listeners anywhere at all can tune in via i-Tunes or at mountainchill.com.
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Janet Dunham is the newest voice at Mountain Chill Radio, the independent radio station otherwise known as KRKQ 95.5 FM that hit the airwaves around Mountain Village, Norwood and Telluride last fall.
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‘To Cody, Abby, Laura, Jim, Hoot, Wiley and everybody in between. You are missed beyond belief.’
READY TO SHIP – David Whitelaw (right), housekeeping manager of Mountain Lodge at Telluride, sent out his first shipment of soap and bottled amenities to Clean the World, as a new partner in its hotel amenity recycling program. (Courtesy photo)
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Spearheaded by Tomboy Soap Company’s Denise Weaver, Telluride is beginning to do its part to reduce hotel amenity waste, and save children’s lives at the same time.
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Senate Bill 48 eases impediments to local markets by exempting home kitchens from certain health inspections.
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Funeral services are planned for Monday, March 26.
JOE NOLL flanked by his teacher, Ouray School Special Education Director Barb Vickers, and his father, Rick Noll. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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“How is my life just like yours?” A Ouray student with Down syndrome counts the ways, in his prize-winning essay.
GOING GREENER – Montrose's Recla Metals, a metal supplier and recycling center, recently installed a 50-kw system on the roof of its building. (Photo Courtesy of Tom Polikalas)
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Montrose’s Recla Metals has become the largest collector of solar energy in Montrose County.
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Ouray County Commissioners Heidi Albritton and Lynn Padgett came away from the NACo Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., having listened, and been heard.
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JANELLE SMILEY topped the podium at the recent ISMF North American Ski Mountaineering Championships in Crested Butte on Jan. 28-29. Fellow La Sportiva-sponsored athlete Sari Anderson took second, and Stevie Kremer took third in the women’s division. (Courtesy photo)
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“Butte Mutants” Janelle Smiley and friends took the Mt. Sneffels Half Loop by storm earlier this month. Now, Smiley’s got her sights set on a second trip to Claut, Italy for the biennial World Cham...
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Ridgway’s town council heard about a new bicycle race, another new event called the Mudfest, and a request from the Ridgway Farmer’s Market to move into the shade of Hartwell Park.
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An ordinance to create an Entertainment District with Common Consumption area for alcoholic beverages will be at April Mountain Village Town Council meeting.
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After the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a finding last week, the Colorado agency in charge of approving uranium mill licensing responded by saying claims are unwarranted, calling them a...
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ENERGY FUTURE - DMEA employees stand at the top of one of the two sites of the cooperative's hydro power project on the South Canal east of Montrose. The powerhouse for the system will be located at the bottom of the drop, on the right hand side of the canal road. (Photo courtesy of Tom Polikalas)
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One of the country’s largest hydroelectric projects gets rolling in Montrose County.
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Ouray’s inaugural Mountain Air Music Series gains key funding.
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Considered the underdog by their bigger, Front Range rivals, Telluride pulled out all the stops at the Pepsi Center rink to take home the 2012 State Championship banner.
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There are questions as to whether or not the San Miguel County Land Use Code prohibits short-term rentals of single-family dwellings.
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The recent release of the BLM’s Draft Environmental Analysis and Finding of No Significant Impact angered oil and gas lease opponents in the North Fork Valley.
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Former Seventh Judicial District Attorney Mryl Serra, accused of sexually harassing women in his office and convicted in August of violating a restraining order against one of his three on-the-reco...
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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)