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If you’re an employer and need workers, now’s the time to hire, with two new tax incentives in place, thanks to the newly signed HIRE Act.
Middle school xerophytes
Top row: Kianna Ziemann; Middle row, left to right: Alexis Darcy, David Everts; Bottom row, left to right: Zeke Hietela, Team Manager Lois Ziemann, Angel McKay-Whiteman.
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Ridgway Destination ImaginNation teams participated in a regional tournament. Two teams will go on to a state competition in Denver on April 17.
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Lady Miners soccer team hopes their win against Pagosa will inspire enough power for successful wins against Ridgway and Bayfield.
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Dolphin House and Tri County Resources will benefit from Montrose performances of ‘The Vagina Monologues,’ April 9-10. Abused, sexually tortured women and children in the Republic of Congo will als...
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Because the 27 pad sites in a proposed exploratory mining project affect over an acre of land, the county says a Special Use Permit is required…Child Welfare spending can be risky for small counties…
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Region 10 AAA Ombudsman Program aims to keep seniors functioning in their communities…Ninth Annual Main in Motion revs up…Ouray Elks Crab Crack… DOW Starts Five-Year Fishing Reg
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The Delta County Transmission Improvement Project, a consortium of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., the Delta-Montrose Electric Association and the City of Delta, is ready t...
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This Saturday its lights-out at the Franz Klammer Lodge in celebration of Earth Hour 2010.
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Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett represented her county and the state at the NACo Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., March 5-10.
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GrahamSpencer, after only a year in the Rocky Mountains, is recognized for its work… Johan Olofsson joins Venture Snowboards.
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The Telluride Town Council has chosen three finalists for the town’s vacant manager’s position.
DEVELOPING DOWNTOWN — While some new storefronts are opening, many more empty buildings plague downtown Montrose. A Downtown Development Authority is being proposed to bring long-term funding and stability to the downtown area by forming a new downtown district. Property owners in the proposed district will vote on the issue on April 6. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Proponents of new mill levy to support a Montrose Downtown Development Authority say it will give sustainable funding far into the future.
FREE SKIER – An unidentified (and unguided) skier dropped into Bear Creek's Deep and Dangerous route last week. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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U.S. Forest Service approval of guided skiing into Bear Creek raises hackles.
NOXIOUS PROBLEM – The banks of the Uncompahgre River inside Ridgway Town Limits is being overtaken by the spotted knapweed, which is required by the State of Colorado to be either eradicated, contained or suppressed. The weed, shown in bloom last July, is creating a monoculture by forcing out native species of plant life. (Photo courtesy of Ron Mabry)
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By resolution, the Town of Ridgway does not use herbicides to control noxious weeds – and now, they’re facing an potentially devastating spotted knapweed outbreak.
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'A merger of two valued local institutions.'
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Although they haven’t managed an outright purchase of the building yet, Friends of the Wright Opera House in Ouray have received a confidence boost by full spring bookings at the historic venue.
A FIELD OF SUNFLOWERS stretches out beyond Dove Creek awaiting harvest. (File photo)
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The funds are intended help develop renewable energy and save jobs.
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Revenues are down from last year but not nearly as far down as they were the year before.
WOODY CREEK – The unsinkable Kevin Doyle sampling vintage 2008 at his Western Slope winery. (File photo)
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It's a barbershop, a cigar store and a wine bar - but without the ferns.
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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)
