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The Town of Telluride is closing April 30 on 13 mining claims totaling just over 100 acres of open space.
GETTING CLOSER – Ouray Mayor Bob Risch accepting a check for $6,000 from Ouray Ice Park, Inc. Boardmember Brad McMillon at Monday’s Ouray City Council meeting. The money, which OIPI raised at the 2012 Ouray Ice Festival, will go toward helping the city acquire U.S. Forest Service land in the heart of the Ouray Ice Park. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Ouray inches ever-closer toward closing a deal to purchase a key parcel of U.S. Forest Service land in the heart of the Ouray Ice Park.
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The nominating period for Ridgway Town Council elections runs through Feb. 17. Three council seats and the mayor’s chair are up.
MARK ARCHER of Ridgway is being held at the Montrose County Detention Center on a $60,000 bond. He is alleged to have sexually abused a now 14-year-old girl. (Photo courtesy of Montrose County Jail)
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RIDGWAY – A 39-year-old Ridgway man appeared at a bond hearing in Ouray County Court on Thursday, Feb. 2 on charges of child sexual abuse, and is now being held at the Montrose County Detention Cen...
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Montrose County Hosting 10th Vaccination Clinic…Roland McCook to Speak on History of the Ute People…Local Mushers Shine at the Grand Mesa Sled Dog Races…San Miguel Power Partners Open House Event i...
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TIME TO BUY? – With foreclosure numbers dropping and sales increasing, there are indications that the worst real estate market conditions are behind us, and in some areas, prices are beginning to stabilize. (Photos by Watch Staff)
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The question is no longer “if” but “how long will the recovery take.”
CAUCUS NIGHT – Members of the San Miguel County Republican Party began Tuesday’s caucus with the Pledge of Allegiance at St. Patrick’s church in Telluride. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Rick Santorum wins area voters and the states presidential hopeful nomination at caucuses.
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Mining, fiberoptics, and “Building a Prosperous Ouray”
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Council votes down proposed sales tax increase, for now.
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The theme of this year’s TED Conference is “Full Spectrum.”
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Due to lynx habitat, future grooming of “Tom’s Loop” and “South Meadow Trail” must go through a proper process and analysis with the U.S. Forest Service.
MAP QUEST – Existing wilderness is dark blue; the proposed San Juan Mountains Wilderness shows here in lime green, including the Whitehouse Addition to the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness, and the Sheep Mountain Special Management Area south of Ophir. (Reprinted courtesy of Sheep Mountain Alliance)
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Still on the fence about the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill, Tipton will not attend third “listening session” in Telluride next week.
CIVIC POWERHOUSE – Ridgway-Ouray Community Council’s Citizen of the Year for 2012, Dee Williams, has been an energizing force, since 1975, in everything from the Ouray County Nordic Council to saving the Wright Opera House. (Courtesy photo)
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Ouray’s civic powerhouse, Dee Williams, is this year’s Ridgway-Ouray Community Council Citizen of the Year.
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<b>ON THE STUMP</b> – GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum made a stop in Montrose on Saturday looking for support in Tuesday’s Colorado Primary. (Photos by Gus Jarvis)
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The Republican candidate told a large audience on Saturday that he’s a true conservative who can offer a sharp contrast to President Obama.
FOLLOWING HIS PASSION – For 20 years, Dr. David Homer has been Telluride’s “Town Doc” at his private Telluride Family Practice. In April, he’ll be the full-time medical director of the Uncompahgre Medical Center in Norwood. Picture is Homer with his 5-year-old son Noah on Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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In a bittersweet decision, Dr. David Homer his following his passion and has accepted a full-time position as medical director of the UMC in Norwood.
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While there is a need for the free late night transportation program, operating such a service is complicated and few answers have yet to be found.
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While commiserating those who are affected by smart meters, the commissioners believe there is not enough data to make a strong case for or against them…BOCC makes its collective voice heard on a v...
READY FOR USE – Donna Harrison, kitchen coordinator for The Shepherd's Hand, points to her new cooking utensils at the facility, 17 N. Sixth St., while a donated washer and dryer for visitors to use sits in the background waiting for a load of clothes. (Photo by Kati O'Hare)
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New soup kitchen provides more than soup in Montrose.
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<b>ALL GUSSIED UP</b> – Gertrude and Jerald Perotti dressed up for the camera. The Perottis were among the oldest ranching families in Ouray County, going back four generations. Gertrude died last week at 95. (Photo courtesy of Rolan Perotti)
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Harmonica-packing Ouray native Gertrude Perotti, one of the last of a pioneer ranching generation, died last week at 95.
ON THE JOB – Crewmen from Ridgway Valley Enterprises form the walls of the new Justice Center Annex building on Jan. 31 south of the Justice Center in Montrose. (Photo by Kati O’Hare)
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The project stems from the state's requirement that the county – home to the 7th Judicial District – provide two additional courtrooms and a new hearing room for the additional judges being added t...
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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
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)