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The policy protects a 23-acre area as a prairie dog colony and permits dispersal outside its boundaries, but does not restrict other activities there.
LETTERS FROM THE PEN – From author, and ex-con, Dale McCurry will be the subject of a reading and book signing at Cimarron Books and Coffee in Ridgway this Sunday from 2-4 p.m. (Photo by Muriel Green)
Ridgway author Dale McCurry will read from and sign copies of Letters From the Pen at Cimarron Books and Coffee, Sunday June 26, from 2-4 p.m.
The Telluride Institute has organized a three-day conference, Compassion for a World in Crisis, for Friday, July 8-Sunday, July 10, at the Sheridan Opera House.
This position became vacant last month, upon the departure of Greg Sparks, who had filled the role for four years.
A raging Uncompahgre River will not keep the Ridgway River Festival from happening in full, on Saturday, June 25.
GMUG Seeks Forest Ecosystem Enhancement Proposals…Effort Underway to Help Family Who Lost Home to Fire…Fortuna Tierra Scholarship Invitational Golf Tournament July 12… Parkinson's Support Group…Our...
DONATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF JOPLIN TORNADO – Cub Scouts Max and Kaiser Gorraiz organized donated items for victims of last month's tornado in Joplin, Mo. They and other members of Telluride Cub Scout Pack 500 will bring these and other necessities to Joplin next week, in a caravan that leaves from E. Cummings Architect offices at 125 So Spruce St. Wednesday, June 29, at 12 p.m. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
In addition to seeking donated items, the Cub Scout Pack is fundraising for travel costs for the delivery caravan.
The Town of Telluride has made improvements to help control a flood, but can’t eliminate the risk of a major one.
Following a recent spike in the number of high-end sales in Vail and Aspen, Telluride could be next.
Attendees will have an opportunity to meet and mingle with distinguished chefs, sommeliers, presenters and winemakers, while enjoying live music and the breathtaking views from La Piazza.
Modern scientists working in Antarctica are adventurers. Dr. Ted Maksym, of the British Antarctic Survey, is one of them; he delivers the debut Telluride Science Research Center Town Talk on June 21.
The aims of the new music and food festival are to bring cultural diversity back downtown and keep people in town over the Fourth.
Another farmers market opens in the regions, this one Telluride Mountain Village, on Wednesday nights in conjunction with Sunset Concerts, as well as select Saturdays.
Keri Gaddis
Shantihi Yoga now has hot yoga studios in both Telluride and Ridgway.
Studies show that summer enrichment keeps kids at grade level.

Scott Shine
'It’s just a matter of thinking about the terms and talking about it with my family."
ON TRAIL – Tim DeChristopher faces up to 10 years in jail and $750,000 in fines for his act of civil disobedience at a 2008 federal oil and gas lease sale. (Courtesy photo)
The group Peaceful Uprising will still stage actions of support and solidarity on June 23.
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BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
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
