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Last week, Ouray County plow operators cleared the Camp Bird Road all the way up to iconic Yankee Boy Basin, and this week they finished opening up County Road 31 to Red Mountain Town.
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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.
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The boutique Mountain Village hotel will not see many changes under the new ownership, Telski’s Jim Mikula says.
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.
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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...
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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.
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.
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The dog was found to have sustained and survived a gunshot to the head from a small caliber firearm.
MJT FROM THE SKY – An aerial view of the Montrose Regional Airport. In March 32,061 passengers passed through the airport’s gates, the largest number of passengers in a single month in the airport’s history. (File photo)
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While its core mission to attract and retain air service to the region remains the same, the organization is taking an expanded outlook to engage the larger economic region.
CANNABIS CRAZE – Featuring beautiful custom artwork, the Colorado Cannabis Craze board game is the perfect gift for anyone who has ever felt “Rocky Mountain High.” (Courtesy image)
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Among Colorado's new marijuana-based businesses is an unlikely pot-centric board game created by Louisville based Hilljack Entertainment.
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Thursday’s hearing before a capacity of community members in Friendship Hall, brought forth dozens of comments and concerns, both pro and con.
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The Telluride Region Chamber of Commerce will operate as an umbrella organization, representing its membership and providing a host of much-needed products and services.
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DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)
BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)
GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)
HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)
PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)
TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)