news
Image 1 / 3
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 
| 14 
| 
| 14 |
The Telluride landmark is risen from the ashes of a February 2010 fire that burned it to the ground.
Image 1 / 5
David Schillaci: "A lot can be done without huge cost, adding on to trails and creating more connectivity throughout town, and not just from a recreational point of view. I believe this can be done in the relatively near future."
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 |
The candidates largely agree on the big issues facing the town: the budget and the future.
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
Ridgway’s town council debated the wisdom of more frequent curbside recycling and whether or not let developer Rusty Weaver off the hook, temporarily, for a new pedestrian bridge over the Uncompahg...
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
The Ouray Board of County Commissioners filled two vacant seats on the county planning commission Tuesday amid political tension.
CASE CLOSED – Tara Lehigh, left, and her mother, Martha Lehigh, talk outside the Montrose courthouse after the sentencing of Daniel Lee Ryan in the death of 15-month-old Hailey Rocha. Tara is a friend of Pamela Barnes, Hailey’s mother, and wears a T-shirt with Hailey’s likeness. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
The family of 15-month-old Hailey Rocha was not satisfied with her killer’s sentence.
Jun 16, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 |
The scoop on MV Bluegrass parking…Housing Grants Available in Telluride…Seven Regional Graduates Receive Cindy Watson Foundation Scholarships…All Points Transit Needs You to Review MONTROSE Bus Ser...
Jun 14, 2011 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 |
Just half of $500,000 in stopgap funding needed to secure air service for next winter has been pledged.
Jun 14, 2011 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 |
Montrose Association of Commerce and Tourism is partnering with Local Card Systems on a Montrose Local Card discount-and-marketing system.
VALLEY FLOOR PRAIRIE DOG (File photo)
Jun 13, 2011 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 |
The Telluride Town Council will take up a recommendation from the Open Space Commission on June 21.
TELLURIDE ACADEMY KIDS (FILE PHOTO)
Jun 13, 2011 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 |
The Academy is offering 100 outdoor enrichment and theater programs this summer for students ages 5-18.
Jun 13, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |
The San Miguel Power Association held its 72nd Annual Meeting of Members, Saturday, June 4,at the Michael D. Palm Theatre, with 57 registered members in attendance.
TRACE BUNDY
Jun 13, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 |
The so-called “Acoustic Ninja” will bring his unforgettable music style to Ouray before he starts his European tour.
FAIRGROUNDS OPEN – The Montrose County Fairgrounds, along with fairgrounds in San Miguel, Ouray
and Gunnison counties, have reopened after a two-week closure due to equine virus in the state. Summer events will continue as planned at all the arenas. (Photo by Dale Kondracki)
Jun 13, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
Area fairgrounds reopen in time for horse racing season.
Jun 12, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |
Deep snowpack plus a wet spring could produce dangerous water levels.
Jun 11, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 |
Groovin’ in the Canyon book signing with author, Telluride local Jill Burchmore, this Monday.
GLUTTONY WILL GET YOU FIRST PLACE – Jeb Berrier finished his own pie then stole the last of
Glider Bob’s in a pie-eating contest at the Telluride Historical Museum June 2. The event promoted Heritage Festival coming this weekend (see below). (Photo by Dale Kondracki)
Jun 10, 2011 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
Colorado Ave will be closed to traffic Saturday, June 11, from Pine to Aspen St. 9-4p.m. for the Telluride Historical Museum's Heritage Festival.
THE OLD HUNDRED MINE is the subject of the first lecture in the Evenings of History series presented by the Ouray County Historical Society, Tuesday evenings through July 27. This is the Old Hundred Mine boarding house on Galena Mountain east of Silverton. (Photo courtesy Ouray County Historical Society)
Jun 10, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |
The weekly Evenings of History lecture series returns to Ouray and Ridgway for seven programs this summer from June 14 to July 27.
EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY SCHOLARS – Mikayla Unruh (left) and Marcina Sarmiento (with social studies teacher Mallory Clark) showed off their second-place medals at the state National History Day competition in Denver. The two Ridgway students leave Saturday for the national finals in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy photo)
Jun 10, 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |
Two Ridgway students are taking their Meeker Massacre project to Washington, D.C., for the National History Day finals competition.
WALKING FOR A CURE – At last year’s Relay for Life, the annual two-day event to raise money for the American Cancer Society, cancer survivors, all in purple shirts, and their families took part in the Survivors Walk, led by Kelly Marston, 2010 Honorary Chair. This year’s event will be held this weekend, June 10-11, at the Montrose High School stadium. (Photo courtesy of Lori Sharp)
Jun 10, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 |
This year’s Relay for Life dedicated to local cancer survivors.
photos
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