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Ridgway’s free summer concert series announced participating bands this week.

HOP, STEP, JUMP – Ouray’s Patrick Link soared in the triple jump at the Cedaredge meet recently. The Trojans come “home” to Montrose for a big meet Friday, April 29. (Photo by David Emory)
Trojan track and field athletes continued to improve at Cowboy Invitational in Gunnison.
It’s been over a year since the county launched Master Plan updating process and public input is needed.
Two hantavirus cases, one fatal, reported so far this year. Death is the result in roughly 50 percent of cases, so precautions are necessary…

KITCHEN MASTER – Leilani Sherkanowski, kitchen manager for Christ’s Kitchen, works with volunteers who are modeling a former restaurant on South Townsend Ave. to become the free kitchen and lunchroom’s new home. The number of patrons at the diner has more than doubled in the last few years. (Photo by Beverly Corbell)
The number eating at Christ's Kitchen free diner in Montrose has doubled in recent years.
Telluride Community mapping project....Food for Fines....Life line screening...Elks Scholarship Winners...Miners Heritage Dinner...

THE NEW FACE OF MTI – Michael Martelone is the new CEO and president of Marketing Telluride Inc. (File photo)
New Tourism Board president Michael Martelon brings an extensive background in travel and tourism to his post.
Mountain Village could see a changing of the guard.
An Abandoned Mines & Water Quality Conference will be held April 27 in Ouray sponsored by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership and Mountain Studies Institute.
Ridgway’s town council tackled weed and weeds at its regular meeting Wednesday.
Norwood’s Oak and Carrie Smith receive their first Best in Breed title at Albuquerque Specialty Show in early April.
‘We will defend the rights that attend the ownership of our private property, including the placement of armed guards at points of entry at random times through the coming summer, and beyond. We as...
Ridgway Natural Foods co-op will celebrate its “official grand opening” all day long this Saturday at the Old School Building.
While the construction industry may be past its 2010 low point, the number of permits issued suggest that this summer will still be far below the boom years.
Montrose man accused of first degree murder in death of 14-month-old plea bargains to lesser charges that leave him facing 20 years in prison.
Great Lakes Airlines will add three round trips a week, arriving in Telluride at 7:45 p.m. and departing the next morning.
SMBA presents pump track concept to Telluride’s cycling community.

Bean Bowers and his wife, Helen, enjoying what they love best – climbing. (Courtesy photo)
A fundraiser for cancer-stricken Ridgway climbing guide Bean Bowers is coming up April 28 in Boulder.
Sign up online for Montrose Rec District programs… Ouray Elks are hosting a golf tournament… Uncompahgre Clinic has received another grant… Seniors can enjoy lunches at community centers throughout...
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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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)
