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The Delta-Montrose Electric Association Board of Directors appears to be at odds with the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association over the electric wholesale provider’s new rate structure...
FIR STREET HISTORY – Pamela and John Lifton-Zoline held a historic photo of the Telluride Transfer Warehouse (circa 1906) on Wednesday following the announcement that two have partnered with Meriwether Companies to purchase the lots along South Fir Street for future development. The two say the historic building will act as a “seed element” for what authentic and handsome structures can be built there. The historic structure was built after Telluride’s largest fire destroyed the 43-foot high Red Men’s Opera House. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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A purchase agreement was inked on Friday, May 3, that could lead to an “authentic” and “comprehensive” development of Telluride’s South Fir Street properties long held by the estate of Joseph Zolin...
STANDING DEAD WOOD – Tiny fir engraver beetles are killing off hundreds of white fir trees near Ouray. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Ouray locals have been dismayed to discover increased numbers of dead and dying fir trees on the steeply forested mountainsides that ring the town.
HELPING HANDS – Gerald (left) and Linda Zschoche worked on the floor structure of a new Habitat for Humanity located at 111 Bluegrass Court in Montrose on Thursday, May 2. For the past seven years the couple has enjoyed traveling around the state and beyond volunteering for weeks at a time to help build homes for families in need. (Photo by William Woody)
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The Zschoche's have been in Montrose for about two weeks and have about a week left to compete foundations and sub-flooring on a pair of homes for Habitat for Humanity.
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The boutique Mountain Village hotel will not see many changes under the new ownership, Telski’s Jim Mikula says.
‘THE CHIEF’ STAFF designed this year’s yearbook, which has been honored by Jostens Look Book for excellence in design and coverage. (Courtesy photo)
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Along with design excellence, the annually published Look Book honors the important role well-crafted yearbooks play in helping schools chronicle the experiences, stories and achievements of students.
BIT BY THE BUG – Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke with students from across Colorado at the public dedication ceremony of the sparkling new Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in Denver last Thursday, May 2. Students from the Colorado Youth Advisory Council helped organize the event. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Kids from the Colorado Youth Advisory Council played a key role in Chief Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s appearance at the judicial center in Denver last week.
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The NPS said the rescue required the use of multiple hauling stations to move the injured hiker up 1,800 feet of loose rock and boulders, thick brush, cliffs and ledges.
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Kara Johnson, education specialist with the San Miguel Resource Center, receives recognition for her work with kids in preventing sexual assault.
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The City of Montrose is initiating emergency recycling delivery after it could no longer ship to the SMARTS facility near Telluride as it undergoes improvements.
AQUA TRACK – Last weekend, ‘tweens and teens flocked to the Ouray Hot Springs Pool to play on the new ‘Aqua Track’, an inflatable obstacle course manufactured by the German company Wibit. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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The pool reopened last week after a brief closure for spring cleaning with a giant inflatable modular obstacle course and outsized floating orb tethered in the 5-foot section, bobbing brightly and ...
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The upgraded equipment will increase the center's functionality, operational stability and enhance the interface between dispatchers and emergency response personnel, including law enforcement, EMS...
BEST IN STATE – The undefeated Ouray High School Knowledge Bowl “A-Team” celebrated after winning First Place at the state tournament in Colorado Springs two weeks ago. Pictured from left are Coach Eric Fagrelius, alternate Jessica Niehaus, A-Team members Nicholas Pieper, Daniel Degenhardt, Patrick Link and Julia Vann, and alternate Sam Rondinelli. (Courtesy photo by Jim Link)
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For the first time, the brainy bunch consisting of Patrick Link, Nicholas Pieper, Daniel Degenhardt and newcomer Julia Vann remained undefeated throughout the entire season and brought back a First...
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A USGS geophysicist said they were the smallest magnitude earthquakes anyone “can actually feel.”
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Libraries around the region are facing a big funding shortfall in 2014 as revenues from property taxes drop.
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Ouray BOCC looks at visual impacts, again, along with high-country road signs, and Amendment 64 (recreational marijuana).
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In his testimony, Udall stressed the bill’s grassroots origins and potential economic and environmental benefits to the region.
SIGN OF THE TIMES – Naturita’s renovated Uranium Drive-In sign is now a community message board. With the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s April 25 approval of Energy Fuels’ license to process radioactive materials in Paradox Valley, the Canadian firm is one step closer to beginning construction. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Once an air quality permit is in place, Energy Fuels is set to begin construction once uranium markets improve.
WORLD CUP MEMORY – Seth Wescott celebrated his Telluride World Cup boardercross gold medal win in Telluride last December. Despite drawing national television spots, a Telluride Ski and Golf Co. official said its not worth the resources needed to host the event. (File photo)
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Citing concerns over resources Telski will no longer host the international ski and snowboardcross event.
FLYING HIGH – Organizers of the second annual Ouray County Mud Fest are still flying high after the rip-roaring success of their event held last weekend at the fairgrounds in Ridgway. Highlights of the weekend-long festival included 4x4 competitions featuring highly modified vehicles such as the one pictured here, and the phenomenal Warrior Productions motocross expo, all against a backdrop of spectacular scenery and plenty of mud. (Photos by John LeSage)
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Numbers of attendees were up significantly from the previous year, and overall, the event was deemed a downright dirty success.
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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)