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As the biggest storm of the season blankets the state, the avalanche hazard increases in the San Juans and throughout Colorado.
SEIZED – The door of the Q&T convenience store of East Main Street, along with four other Q&T stores, was seized by the Colorado Department of Revenue Monday for nonpayment of $46,745 in sales taxes. A man in the parking lot of one of the seized properties, who claimed to be the owner, said he expects to have the stores reopened by the end of the week. (Photo by Kati O’Hare)
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If the taxes aren't paid, the properties are scheduled for auction in the first week of February.
HIGH LIVING – Lizzy Tilles served up an elegant lunch, including Croque Madame with duck leg, lobster gnocci and lamb stew at Bon Vivante, the newest fine-dining restaurant on the ski area . (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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A completely outdoor, umbrella-covered and heated deck restaurant at the top of Telluride’s Polar Express Lift, Bon Vivant confirms Telski is headed in a “different direction” with its culinary exp...
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Thirty thousand acres of proposed oil and gas leases in the North Fork Valley raised the ire of local Delta County residents.
ELYSA BARRON lopes along the course of the Running from an Angel marathon near Boulder City, Nev. on Jan. 7. It was her last of 51 marathons that she’s run over the past year for the nonprofit organization First Descents. (Courtesy photo by Joe Skalsky)
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‘Race the states’ endeavor raised $20,000 for First Descents
THE POWER OF FLOUR – Amy Madaris, founder, with her parents and husband, Roger, of Ridgway’s new bakery/café, Flour Power, in the Silver San Juan Building. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Flour Power, Ridgway’s new bakery/café just opened in the Silver San Juan Building downtown.
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Ouray Hot Springs Pool breaks a million, gets a facelift.
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Curecanti Medical Society Announces Scholarships…Ouray Family Medicine Expands…Basin Clinic's Jenks Receives CAQ in Emergency Medicine
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Downtown Montrose has great potential as a home for creative entrepreneurs and artists, DDA officials say.
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An application for a new liquor store in Ridgway brings out philosophical arguments for free enterprise versus regulation.
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HOME AT LONG LAST – Xavier Smith held on tight to his dad, Sgt. Sheldon Smith, who came home last week from a year-long our of duty in Afghanistan with the 928th Area Support Medical Company of the Colorado Army National Guard. The soldiers came home to a heroes’ welcome at Montrose Memorial Airport Thursday, Jan. 12, and a flag-waving parade Friday along Main Street to Friendship Hall, where they celebrated a belated Christmas with their families. Smith is a San Miguel County deputy sheriff, in civilian life; his last tour of duty was in 2003, in Iraq. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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National Guard soldiers get warm welcome home after a year of service in Afghanistan.
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Since arriving at hospital, Amber Kenyon remains unconscious but has made “great little baby steps” in recovering.
JACK ROBERTS climbing the Mini Moonflower Buttress on Mount Hunter in the Alaska Range last year. (Photo courtesy of Cindy Foley)
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An accomplished world climber and author, Jack Roberts was a fixture in the local climbing community.
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Lester Vann Waters, 47, and Michael Keith Spell, 22, of Parachute, face charges in death of Sidney, Montana high school math instructor Sherry Arnold, who disappeared more than a week ago.
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Sydney Elizabeth Owens slid 1,500 feet on steep, ungroomed terrain.
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The program, which started in 2003, transported over 25,000 passengers home from Telluride bars.
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It wasn’t smart meters this time, but the quarterly Tri County meeting in Ridgway did focus on a knotty aspect of San Miguel Power Association’s service: demand rates.
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PATRICK MORRIS – Standing outside Season’s Harvest Natural Foods four years ago, in Ridgway, which he co-owned with longtime partner Melissa Johnson. Morris died in the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 15, after being hit by a vehicle. (Watch file photo)
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Patrick Morris, 52, had 'inexplicably' laid down in front of the taxi's front wheel as it prepared to depart.
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The road up to the entrance on the North Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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"When I go biking, I am mentally far, far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart." – Diane Ackerman
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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)
