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All parcels in the North Fork Valley from the August 2012 lease auction will receive further analysis by the BLM.
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The airport will be closed from Wednesday, May 30 through Saturday, June 2.
CAUGHT! – Three-year-old Brody Archer held up his fish at the Rotary Club Fishing Derby Saturday at Chipeta Lake in Montrose. (Photo by Kati O'Hare)
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Rotary fishing derby attracts hundreds of participants.
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By switching to an all-electronic records system, a patient’s health information will be available when and where it’s needed.
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Ouray’s water rights are junior to downstream users’ rights.
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Proposed new federal rules on hydraulic fracturing update 30-year-old BLM oil and gas drilling regulations.
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Montrose County airport project is moving along smoothly.
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Mallard and Garner retained their seats on Telluride’s Hospital District board, while Broderick and Ellison held their seats in the Telluride Fire Protection District election.
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Volunteers with the Ouray Trail Group are already out cleaning up winter’s debris.
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Students wearing T-shirts proclaiming support for those charged in an alleged sexual assault were instructed to remove them.
RUNNERS take off from the Black Canyon Ascent's start at the junction of Highway 50 and Colorado 347 during the 2011 race. This year's 6-mile road race, which climbs 2,000 feet to the Black Canyon National Park, is May 12. (Courtesy Photo)
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Racers, walkers to take on the toughest 6-mile road race in Colorado.
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Western Colorado Writers Forum’s Sandy Dorr works to advance the culture of western Colorado.”
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San Miguel County is ready to move forward with a transportation authority ballot issue… the commissioners support naming two peaks after Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff.
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The non-renewal of the principals contract could be related to the arrest of three students in an alleged sexual assault.
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A Soccer Ball fundraising dance in Ridgway will raise money to complete the soccer field at the Ridgway Secondary School.
THIRSTY – Under the watchful eye of his dog Ace, Rich Weber worked on his irrigation ditches Tuesday afternoon. As the snowpack continues to dwindle, Weber hopes the Uncompahgre River water that feeds his ditch will provide enough for his hay crop. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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A dry water year is resulting in calls on water.
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Montrose golf community opens new restaurant.
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After hearing concerns from members of the public, the Telluride Town Council approved of a letter to the District Ranger and Telski over the off season closure of the ski area to hikers and skiers.
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BIG NEWS – Motion Picture Corporation of America CEO Brad Krevoy (at right), who is a producer of “When Calls the Heart,” and two of the show’s stars, Daniel Lissing and Erin Krakow (left and center), were among those who spoke at Tuesday’s press conference at the State Capitol. (Photo by Greg Clifton)
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