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In the coming years potash could join uranium in the West End mineral extraction industry.
Montrose hopes cutting building fees will help local building.
'StormReady arms communities with improved communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property – before and during the event.'
Sixty days after releasing its preliminary license approval, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment granted a final radioactive materials license to a company looking to build a ...
Census results are in and the largest population growth has occurred in Mountain Village, Montrose and Ridgway.

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A few months after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found the Gunnison Sage-grouse “warranted but precluded” from Endangered Species Act protection, the agency authorized a local field office to ...
Retail Food Establishment Health Inspections Online… AAA RFPs are being solicited from Senior Service Providers…
Big Game Licensing Workshop March 16…
Includes a trail adjacent to Ridgway State Park and rerouting Paradox Trail.
IRELAND IN THE 30s – The newest production of the Magic Circle Players, Dancing at Lughnasa by Irish playwright Brian Friel, is set to run March 11-26, with a special performance on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. From left are Jessica Kastendieck, Jim Riddell, Cheryl Capshaw and David Olson. (Photos courtesy of Carol McDermott)
Special performance on March 17 will serve Irish beer, whiskey in the lobby.
‘We want people to have much better tools for making a difference’ after this year’s festival, says Director Holbrooke.
MIDWIFE BILL — Bill Dwelley, a licensed midwife based in Montrose, said it’s important that people call their state representatives to support a bill to renew licensing of midwives and allow families to have home births if they choose. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
Midwives could lose legal status in coming House fight to renew licensing.
Buying time on the plastic bag ban… Four corners community gym unlikely… Temporary Spur fix in motion.
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Daffodil Days 2011 benefit the American Cancer Society. Flowers will be available this year in Telluride, Ridgway and Norwood.
Willson and McKee coming to the Wright Opera House March 19…Reserve seats now for Hospice’s annual party
Having the plans in place offers protection to landowners and facilitates the application process for state and federal forest-treatment grants.
Silverton’s Operation Link-up had an easy time getting the Ouray County commissioners on board the fiber optic train this week.
An act of civil disobedience may cost ten years in prison.
Logo for the six-county Emergency Notification System
Reverse calls from 911 can save lives, but cell phones need to register.
CHICKEN CHASIN' FUN at a past scavenger hunt in Telluride. (Photo courtesy of New Belgium Brewing)
Break out those costumes and be ready chase chickens, solve riddles and have a ton of fun while supporting the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program.
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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)

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