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The City of Ouray is once again bracing for a water call from downstream senior water rights holders this summer.
Until Tuesday’s meeting, it seemed that members of the Telluride Town Council were ready to ask voters in November to approve the formation an RTA.
Montrose County Sheriff’s deputies seize meth, firearms and drug paraphernalia upon executing a traffic stop
It’s time for First Friday Stroll, and downtown Montrose will be gussying up for the occasion.
CLEAN SWEEP – Nugget Theater Manager Luci Reeve swept the popcorn from the aisles one last time Wednesday morning. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
But the Telluride Film Festival announces they will name a new operator and the show will go on.
FRESH SNOW blanketed the tailings pile in the upper Ilium Valley Wednesday morning. Voluntary remediation work completed by PacifiCorp has not worked to keep heavy metals out of the San Miguel River drainage. A new settlement will obligate the company to investigate and take corrective actions. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
A settlement was reached obligating PacifiCorp to investigate and take further remediation actions regarding the Silver Bell Tailings near the Ophir turn on U.S. Hwy. 145.
RESPONSE CONCERNS – Montrose resident Carl Rite spoke directly to Montrose Police Sgt. Chris Worthington about spent tactical munitions, pictured on the table, found days after Sunday’s standoff, Tuesday evening at the Montrose City Council Chambers. (Photo by William Woody)
Resident Carl Rite used the public comment period to hammer councilors and Montrose police about the high number of officers who responded to a tense standoff along South Townsend Ave. on Sunday.
The restrictions come on the heels of reports from the Colorado Water Availability Task Force that southwestern Colorado may experience drought conditions this spring and summer.

STANDOFF – Members of the Montrose Police Department SWAT and Special Response Unit fired tear gas into the auto repair building at 310 S Townsend Ave. in Montrose Sunday evening during a standoff with an unknown person inside. Townsend Avenue and a number of other joining city streets were blocked off and members of the public were kept away for their safety. (Photo by William Woody/watchnewspapers.com)
The man taken into custody Sunday night following a five-hour standoff with police is recovering from self-inflicted wounds from a box cutter and/or razor blades.
Visual impacts final vote; ‘No ice climbing’ sign comes down; county website hosting – all discussed by BOCC this week.
Forum to address mounting bark-beetle damage in southwest Colorado.
TIGHT QUARTERS – A conference room used in adult and child grieving programs at the Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado Montrose office located at 645 S. Fifth Street in Montrose. A new building in Montrose will more than triple Hospice's space. (Photo by William Woody)
Hospice care is on the upswing in western Colorado, and a new facility, set for construction this fall, will more than triple the current Hospice’s space, and serve as a hub for training, counselin...
Meadows affordable housing development taken off agenda for Mountain Village DRB, postponed for later date; Eastern Partners will renotice all MV Meadows residents, providing more detailed informat...
Last week, District Judge Mary Deganhart upheld the airport's 6 a.m. and 9 p.m operating hours, effectively ending a long and contentious legal dispute.
The suit alleges that the new owners of the struggling development have stopped maintaining the golf course and clubhouse.
The study could help answer the question about where a new medical center might be built, what it would contain, and how it would be funded.
‘No Barriers’ Ams to Get Veterans Outdoors...City Rolls Out New Plans for Annual Spring Cleanup...Jury Trial Set for Appeal for Dutch
With the threat of the Gunnison sage grouse being listed as endangered and more than 1.7 million acres of land being designated as critical habitat becoming a reality, 11 county governments are ple...

READY FOR A FIGHT Montrose County School Board members Tom West, left, and Phoebe Benziger listen to superintendent Mark MacHale Tuesday evening about the upcoming campaign to upgrade and modernize Montrose schools. (Photo by William Woody)
The district is looking to generate $3.28 million this November, from either a voter-supported mill levy or a sales tax increase, in an effort to decrease class size and improve school security and...
THE ELEVATED TERRACE where Rocky Mountain Aggregate and Construction is proposing to build and operate a gravel pit on nearly 250 acres of land. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
Rocky Mountain Aggregate and Construction, LLC proposes to build and operate the Uncompahgre Gravel Pit on 247.76 acres of land atop a dry terrace surrounded by irrigated agricultural lands that wo...
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RATS’ NEST – A rack of demo bikes at last year’s Ridgway Area Trails (RAT) Festival in Hartwell Park. This year’s 3rd annual will again feature trail building and skills clinics, along with a new Friday beer-and-shorts film night at the Sherbino Theater. (Courtesy photo)
VOLUNTEER Linda Granzow worked twine through spent round casings at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
WARRIOR WIND CHIMES – Welcome Home Montrose staff Emily Smith painted ceramic part of wind chimes at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center last week. (Photo by William Woody)
BACK HOME IN TELLURIDE – members of Telluride’s Volunteer Fire Department helped move the Galloping Goose No. 4 back to its home next to the San Miguel County Courthouse on May 16. The railbus spent the last four years in Ridgway while it was refurbished. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)

ROBERT JUSTIS (Courtesy photo)
