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THE KITCHEN DWELLERS buskered it up on Colorado Ave. Tuesday evening in advance of their gig at the Last Dollar Saloon later that evening. The Bozeman, Mont.-based bluegrass band features (right to left) Telluride homeboy Shawn Swain (on mando), Torrin Daniels (five-string banjo), Tyler Schultz (five-string fiddle) Kyle Shelstad (guitar) and Joe Funk on stand-up bass. You can catch the boys again in Elks Park during Friday's Band Comp. Some single-day Bluegrass and Nightgrass tickets are still available. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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The Telluride Bluegrass Festival has returned with its classic formula of big-name headliners, longtime Telluride favorites, up-and-coming artists, and, as always, a few surprises.
FOOD COMMITTEE – (clockwise from left) Bob Daley, Nicole Greene, Soleil Pacetti, Michael Inman, Mani Geter, Carrie Reese and Wayne Pandorf shared ideas on local food production at the Transition OurWay launch meeting May 10 in Ridgway. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Transition OurWay brought a grassroots sustainability movement to Ouray County with its launch last Sunday.
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Tragedy occurs in a residence south of Montrose.
POOL PARTY - Gabe Benitez, 11, played in the splash pad at the Montrose Recreation Districts' Aquatic Center on June 14. Behind him, caution tape blocked off access to the outdoor pool and slide, which closed for one day last week, along with the indoor pool, because of failed pumps. (Courtesy photo)
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Failed pumps Montrose's pools reiterate the need for better facilities.
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Law enforcement authorities are cautioning residents and visitors throughout the region to lock their cars, following a car theft in Silverton earlier this week.
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Montrose County lost a bid to secure one water right in the West End but presses its case for others on the San Miguel River.
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The Telluride Town Council granted conditional approval for an addition to the historic building that houses the Steaming Bean, but the developer will have to redesign it to meet specified conditions.
A CORNERSTONE GREEN - A skeleton crew will maintain the Greg Norman designed golf course while a buyer is sought. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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The property went into foreclosure in March, ceased operations on June 14, and is now for sale.
THE GUSTON DEPOT,, enlarged from an 1900 photo by F. L. Ransome of the US Geological Survey. (Photo courtesy of the Ouray County Historical Society).
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Preservationists rally to prevent further damage after a bulldozer obliterates a fragile vestige of the Silverton Railroad on Red Mountain Pass.
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Energy Fuels’ representatives remain confident they will receive the radioactive materials license needed to build the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in the Paradox Valley.
IMOGENE WALL: North-facing aspects of Imogene Pass on the Ouray side, like this area near the false summit, had drifts as deep as ever, but on the Telluride side, crews reported that drifts that are normally 20-25 feet were only half that in the deepest sections this year. (Photo by Dave Leonardi)
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Mild weather conditions paired with light snowpack have resulted in the earliest opening of Imogene Pass in recent history.
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The service runs through September 4 to Dallas and through October 6 to Houston.
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The plan would have allowed military aircraft, including cargo planes and the crash-plagued Osprey helicopter/airplane hybrid, to fly as low as 300 feet above the ground over a 60,700-square-mile a...
RIDING FOR DZI – Members of the Studio Velo cycling team, including dZi Foundation board member Bill Keller (second from right), will be riding for the Ridgway-based charity in France at the end of July. dZi president Jim Nowak (not pictured) says the corporate pro-am event, Les Trois Etapes, will traverse three of the most iconic stages of the Tour de France and raise $1.5 million for a dozen charities worldwide. (Courtesy photo)
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Ridgway’s dZi Foundation will be road racing in France this summer with the Trois Etapes fundraiser.
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The Market on the Plaza will be twice the size it was last year.
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Painter George Kernan at Ah Haa, a pair of plays in Grand Junction, a Chicago dance troupe in Montrose, and Dixieland jazz in Ouray, all in the arts this week.
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Hot, dry spring sparks fire concerns among regional government officials
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The Telluride Town Talks take a TED-like turn.
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The South Dakota woman, and her cats, miraculously survived a plunge over Ruby Walls on Red
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Subcommittee Vote Indicates Bipartisan Support
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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)