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The Town of Telluride is over halfway toward meeting its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from town government facilities and operations 20 percent from 2005 levels by the year 2020, as pr...
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Grand Mesa Growers is poised to expand its medical marijuana grow facility south of Ridgway to accommodate what it predicts will be a huge surge in recreational demand.
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The summit is expected to bring more than 500 people to town, and will combine hands-on clinics, product demonstrations, outdoor excursions, films, art, music, leadership exercises and symposia.
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‘Going Green’ is the theme of this week’s First Friday Stroll in downtown Montrose.
COLD WORDS – Ouray County Road and Bridge Superintendent Chris Miller recently erected this sign along the Camp Bird Road, angering local guides and ice climbers. (Courtesy photo)
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Ice climbers and local guides were shocked and angered last weekend when they came across a sign that appeared to ban them from accessing a favorite backcountry climbing area alongside the Camp Bir...
REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE – At Tuesday’s hearing Broker Donna Whiskeman warned of the unintended consequences that she said would be a reality if new visual impact regulations are passed in Ouray County. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
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Perhaps the most divisive amendment to Section 9 is the expansion of visual impact corridors to include more than 40 roads throughout the county.
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Dutch's fate now lies within the Montrose County District Attorney's Office.
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The lineup includes Mumford and Sons, String Cheese Incident, Dispatch and the Masters of Bluegrass featuring Del McCoury, Bobby Osborne, J.D. Crowe, Bobby Hicks and Jerry McCoury.
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After six months of hard work, RCD is ready to present itself, its vision, its logo, its strategic plan, to any and all Ridgwayites interested in creativity, economic development, and the town’s st...
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With the goal of discouraging another bruin invasion, the Telluride Town Council agreed on Tuesday, Feb. 19 to increase fines for residents who fail to follow the town’s trash ordinance.
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The Telluride Regional Airport is slated to receive $69,457 from Colorado’s Aviation Discretionary Grant program; the Montrose Regional Airport will receive $318,567.
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ROCC to take over parking lot sale...DEVO is now RAMS...Council urged to weigh in on Section 9.
![KEY CITIZEN AWARD – Founder of Welcome Home Montrose Melaine Kline was hugged by Montrose City Councilor Kathy Ellis during a special presentation Tuesday evening. Kline was presented with a Key Citizen Award from the council for her work helping veterans returning to civilian life. "Her vision was to promote a, "no barriers," atmosphere in Montrose that would facility rehabilitation and purposeful transition into civilian life for our brave soldiers who sacrificed so much. Melanie pursued her vision with incredible tenacity and worked tirelessly to bring her dream a reality," said Frank Anderson, who serves with Kline. Kline was greeted by a standing ovation from the audience. (Photo by William Woody)](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/165/assets/AS3G_city_council_montrose.JPG "KEY CITIZEN AWARD – Founder of Welcome Home Montrose Melaine Kline was hugged by Montrose City Councilor Kathy Ellis during a special presentation Tuesday evening. Kline was presented with a Key Citizen Award from the council for her work helping veterans returning to civilian life. "Her vision was to promote a, "no barriers," atmosphere in Montrose that would facility rehabilitation and purposeful transition into civilian life for our brave soldiers who sacrificed so much. Melanie pursued her vision with incredible tenacity and worked tirelessly to bring her dream a reality," said Frank Anderson, who serves with Kline. Kline was greeted by a standing ovation from the audience. (Photo by William Woody)")
KEY CITIZEN AWARD – Founder of Welcome Home Montrose Melaine Kline was hugged by Montrose City Councilor Kathy Ellis during a special presentation Tuesday evening. Kline was presented with a Key Citizen Award from the council for her work helping veterans returning to civilian life. "Her vision was to promote a, "no barriers," atmosphere in Montrose that would facility rehabilitation and purposeful transition into civilian life for our brave soldiers who sacrificed so much. Melanie pursued her vision with incredible tenacity and worked tirelessly to bring her dream a reality," said Frank Anderson, who serves with Kline. Kline was greeted by a standing ovation from the audience. (Photo by William Woody)
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New signage ordinance approved...To promote ag-business, city leases Salvation Army building to DDA...Stephen Alcorn will be the next Montrose city attorney.
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Youth sports club closer to having year-round training facility thanks to a grant to TSSC from the Telluride Foundation.
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Activists in the North Fork Valley have won what could be a precedent-setting court case overturning the BLM’s practice of secret oil and gas parcel nominations.
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The lease is the latest point of contention between the Montrose County Commissioners and the Montrose Hospital Board of Trustees.
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At Tuesday’s meeting, the Ouray City Council approved a moratorium on private marijuana clubs and the city administrator receives an “above average” grade on his performance.
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Telluride Gay Ski Week co-founder John McGill envisions a world where “we’re finding labels” like “gay” and “straight” increasingly irrelevant, and “it will be great if we can someday live without ...
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As of Monday, the U.S. Forest Service Norwood Ranger District’s office has not yet received any formal Bear Creek ski area proposal by potential developers Tom Chapman or Ron Curry.
ROCKY RIB BOUNDARY ROPE – Pete Scobell skied next to an internal boundary rope closure in the Prospect Basin area last week after the area that stretches up to Mountain Quail opened to the public for the first time this season. The internal boundary is used to close off the area during avalanche mitigation. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Telluride Ski Resort and the Forest Service warn that stiff penalties exist for closure violations – while avalanches remain likely.
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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)