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The sexual assault on a 13-year-old Norwood boy by three other Norwood boys at the State Wrestling Tournament last February and the divide it created in the local community is The Watch’s No. 10 st...
POST ELECTION PAY-UP - Days before the Nov. 6 presidential election, Montrose County Republican Vice-Chairman Bob Brown (right) shook hands with Montrose County Democratic Chairwoman Jayne Bilberry (left) betting who would win the election. Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney lost to President Obama and, as a result, Brown had to don a pro-Obama, pro-Democratic display at the corner of Main Street and Townsend Avenue on Nov. 9. (File photo)
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From the Presidential race to Senate and House races to local county commissioner races, the 2012 election brought little change.
RESURRECTED - Despite a Denver District Judge's ruling that a new public hearing must be held in order for Energy Fuels Inc. to acquire a radioactive materials license for a new uranium mill in the Paradox Valley, proponents of the mill still hold hope a new uranium industry will be resurrected in the West End of Montrose County. Undergoing a resurrection of its own, the historic Uranium Drive-In sign in Naturita was fully restored last year. (File photo)
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If the issuance of a radioactive materials license for the proposed Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill seemed to signal the end of its approval process, 2012 signaled it’s restart.
WATER WORRIES - Rich Weber, under the watchful eye of his dog, Ace, working on his irrigation ditch in May. After a dry and warm spring, the Uncompahgre River Valley Water Users Assn. requested a call on its water rights. (File photo)
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From fickle weather patterns in the winter to extremely hot and dry weather conditions in the summer, 2012 was a year of weather extremes that left their mark.
END OF THE BUILD-UP - Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda crossed through the Stage 1 finish on main street in Telluride last August. Both Telluride and Montrose were host cities to the 2012 Pro Cycle Challenge after more than a year of preparations and build-up. (File photo)
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First there was great anticipation in Telluride and Montrose. Then there was a debate over whether the Pro Cycle Tour was worth the effort.
SECURED WATER - A comprehensive agreement signed by the Town of Telluride and the Idarado Mining Co. in December shores up Telluride's ability to develop a new municipal water supply high above the Bridal Veil Falls power station, and streamlines its path toward constructing the new Pandora Water Treatment Plant at the foot of Black Bear Pass. (File photo)
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Telluride finally secures its right to develop a new municipal water supply in Bridal Veil Basin, complete with a water treatment plant at the foot of Black Bear Pass.
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Next month, Mountain Village Mayor Bob Delves will step down from as mayor; he will stay on as a councilor until his four-year term wraps up in June.
MADE THE GRADE – Ouray School Superintendent/Principal Scott Pankow and Athletic Director Bernie Pearce, along with Ouray School Board members seated in the background, proudly displayed a banner the school district received this week from ColoradoSchoolGrades.com, a coalition of community organizations that has launched an Internet-based project that translates state rankings of public schools into simple letter grades. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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The Ouray School Board stalled on talks this week regarding the terms of a pending new contract for Superintendent/Principal Scott Pankow, and agreed to hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs...
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2013 Budget approved…Wright out as Veterans Services Officer.
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Telluride’s public radio station, KOTO, has agreed to flip-flop the dates of its two music festivals next summer, resolving a heated “David and Goliath” conflict with Telluride Mushroom Festival su...
ROY “RICK” ECKERT is the new Montrose County Manager and will take his position on Jan. 2, 2013. (Courtesy photo)
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“Out of all the candidates, Mr. Eckert’s name kept surfacing toward the top and he ended up on the top. It was a good search,” said Commissioner Gary Ellis.
NICE ICE – Ouray Ice Park Operations Manager Kevin Koprek and Ouray Ice Park, Inc. board president Mike MacLeod are psyched for this Saturday, Dec. 22 when the Ice Park officially opens for the winter. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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The lack of snow this winter, coupled with a recent cold snap, has led to ideal ice making conditions leading up to opening day at the Ouray Ice Park this Saturday, Dec. 22.
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A new Environmental Protection Agency policy on polluted mine water clean-up by Good Samaritan groups has met with mixed reaction in the environmental community.
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David Anthony Roesener, 32, of Montrose is being held without bond at the Mesa County Jail for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography.
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Mental illness “seems to be…the commonality in all these mass homicides,” says Governor John Hickenlooper at a press conference announcing his $18.5 million plan to expand state mental health servi...
NO EASY ANSWERS – Ouray School Board President Mike Fedel, School Secretary Terry Bartlett, Ouray Police Chief Leo Rasmusson and Ouray County Sheriff Junior Mattivi were part of a group that gathered at Ouray School on Monday this week to discuss security measures at Ouray School in the wake of last Friday’s school shooting in Newtown, Ct. (Photo by Samantha Wright
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As funerals continue for 26 victims of the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and the White House voices support for reinstating a ban on assault weapons, school and ...
FORMER ARMY GREEN BARET LEE BURKINS, left, leads a Thai Chi class Tuesday and Thursday evenings through Jan. 10 at the Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Center in Montrose. (Photo by William Woody)
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Right now, there are homeless military veterans camping out in the woods of the Uncompahgre Plateau, west of Montrose, she reports, alone and in the cold. Welcome Home Montrose Warrior Resource Cen...
BACK IN THE DAY – Capt. James Kennett skied the backcountry above Camp Hale in 1944 before being shipped off to Italy with rest of the 10th Mountain Division. His nephew, extreme skier and ski film talent Scott Kennett, stars in the new Warren Miller feature, 'Flow State', screening in Telluride this weekend. (Courtesy photo)
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Ridgway extremist Scott Kennett stars in the new Warren Miller movie, Flow State, screening this Sunday, Dec. 23, at the Sheridan Opera House.
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The Ouray Chamber Resort Association Board of Directors welcomed two new board members this week, Heather Clark and Michelle Haynes.
THE FINISH line of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge Stage 1 in Telluirde. The 2013 route will begin in Aspen and end in Denver. (File photo)
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The 2013 route, announced on Wednesday, will start in Aspen and end in Denver.
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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)
