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STIFF COMPETITION – Stephanie Dudash completed a 75-pound push press rep during an 18-minute workout competition in the CrossFit Games at the CrossFit Agoge Gym in Montrose. (Photo by Kati O'Hare)
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Thirty CrossFit members take on weekly workout challenge in national competition.
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SMPA will purchase the electricity produced by Paradox Valley solar panels owned by members as well as those that have not been sold.
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Dan Chancellor running for District 3 seat while Christine McGinley contemplates run against Elaine Fischer in District 1 Democratic Primary.
ALICE BILLINGSin the paddock, enjoying some cuddle-time with Liberty, aka Libby, a wild mustang she recently adopted from the Spring Creek herd. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Ridgway’s “Horse Lady” finds new life lessons with a young mustang she adopted from the Spring Creek herd. She’s got an art opening and book signing coming up at Cimarron Books and Coffee in Ridgwa...
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Montrose officials are excited about the potential for the river property.
MELLOW MAD MEN – Ad men Brian Scranton (right) and Jay Graham of “strategic communications firm” GrahamSpencer, hard at work in front of their offices on Clinton Street in Ridgway. GrahamSpencer won 16 ADDYs at last month’s American Advertising Federation awards ceremonies. (Courtesy photo)
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Local ad firm GrahamSpencer took home a record-setting number of ADDY awards last month.
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The quest for the Gold Run childcare operator underway, but is Telluride’s daycare dilemma as dire as it once was?
BORN TO RUN – Outgoing Ridgway Mayor Pat Willits announced his candidacy for county commissioner this week. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Long-time Ridgway Mayor Pat Willits has decided to run for Heidi Albritton’s commissioner seat against Republican (and other former mayor) Don Batchelder.
TODAY STAR Silverton Standard editor Mark Esper in his office. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Silverton Standard to be featured on NBC’s Today Show .
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Pat Byrd Opens the Executive Plaza – where offices for rent by the half-day or the hour, for Montrose’s business and nonprofit community.
INTO THE MIX – Silty spring runoff from Dry Creek mixed into the clear waters of the San Miguel River at their confluence below Naturita on Monday afternoon. Always contentious, water in the San Miguel Basin is now being claimed by Montrose County for projected mining-fueled growth. (Photo By Brett Schreckengost)
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In a controversial move, Montrose County has claimed “extensive water rights” in the San Miguel Basin (including in neighboring San Miguel County) to support mining-driven growth in the West End.
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Spuint Juanita Moore Scholarship available...Two SMPA Board Seats Up for Election...
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Silverton’s Patrick Swonger has withdrawn his District 59 bid to support Mike McLachlan.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found the state’s approval process of the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill was flawed.
IN HIS ELEMENT – Rob Liberman doing what he did best in Bear Creek, 2010. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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‘He was a skier first, above all things.’
FUN FOR EVERYONE – A sketch rendering of a mountain bike skills pump track designed by San Miguel Bicycle Alliance, planned for Telluride’s Town Park. SMBA hopes to have the park built by mid-spring. (Courtesy image)
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Once the snow clears and after a final OK, construction on a town park pump track is expected to begin in the spring and be ready to use by summer.
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Ouray seeks to establish itself alongside Paonia and Ridgway as an outdoor concert venue this summer.
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Facing adversity following the death of their classmate Garrett Carothers just last week, Norwood girls ended their season the #3-ranked team in Colorado.
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Jan Sunderland, the co-owner of the Story Block building in Ouray, is reopening Ouray Toys under a new name.
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SAFETY FIRST – Surrounded by students, Gov. Hickenlooper signed a bill into law at Ouray School on Thursday afternoon that seeks to enhance school safety across Colorado by providing support at the state level to hire more school resource officers. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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)
