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Ridgway’s town council heard about a new bicycle race, another new event called the Mudfest, and a request from the Ridgway Farmer’s Market to move into the shade of Hartwell Park.
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An ordinance to create an Entertainment District with Common Consumption area for alcoholic beverages will be at April Mountain Village Town Council meeting.
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After the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a finding last week, the Colorado agency in charge of approving uranium mill licensing responded by saying claims are unwarranted, calling them a...
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ENERGY FUTURE - DMEA employees stand at the top of one of the two sites of the cooperative's hydro power project on the South Canal east of Montrose. The powerhouse for the system will be located at the bottom of the drop, on the right hand side of the canal road. (Photo courtesy of Tom Polikalas)
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One of the country’s largest hydroelectric projects gets rolling in Montrose County.
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Ouray’s inaugural Mountain Air Music Series gains key funding.
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Considered the underdog by their bigger, Front Range rivals, Telluride pulled out all the stops at the Pepsi Center rink to take home the 2012 State Championship banner.
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There are questions as to whether or not the San Miguel County Land Use Code prohibits short-term rentals of single-family dwellings.
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The recent release of the BLM’s Draft Environmental Analysis and Finding of No Significant Impact angered oil and gas lease opponents in the North Fork Valley.
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Former Seventh Judicial District Attorney Mryl Serra, accused of sexually harassing women in his office and convicted in August of violating a restraining order against one of his three on-the-reco...
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Montrose County will hold a Republican primary for the Commissioner race.
IN THE RACE - Montrose County Commissioner candidate Kjersten Davis. (Courtesy photo)
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Montrose County Democrats jump into the commissioner race.
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Anglers Urged to Help Protect Fisheries From Invasive Species
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Senator Udall testifies this week about his bill to preserve some of southwestern Colorado's most iconic public lands in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado to fellow members of the Sen...
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Ouraynians of all stripes are invited to provide direction to the economic development activities of their community at an upcoming Business Round Table meeting on March 21.
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Hickenlooper: ‘By leveraging these grants with local and federal funds, these critical airport improvements will create jobs and help ensure that Colorado’s transportation system can meet the grow...
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Almost $800 in new books will be added to the collection.
RUNNING FOR MAYOR – Ridgway’s Janet Smith. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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‘Planet’ Janet Smith is running for Ridgway mayor against current Mayor Pro Tem John Clark.
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Youth Council to help peers find opportunities in Montrose for summer work.
WELL-INTEGRATED – Flanked by fellow Pilates instructor Marisa Haga and Zumba instructor Jill Huesgen at an open house Friday, March 9, Darin Fletcher showed off the expanded area of his Integrative Movement Center, which now occupies both main floor and basement suites in the Old Schoolhouse in Ridgway. Along with IMC’s other offerings, it now offers Pilates group equipment classes and spin classes on a daily basis. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Ridgway’s Integrative Movement Center expands to include a whole new room full of Pilates and spinning equipment.
MOVE TO AMEND – A custom Google map indicates the municipalities, organizations and local governments that have approved some form of resolution supporting the abolishment of corporate personhood. If Telluride passes a symbolic resolution, it would be one of three municipalities in Colorado to do so. Key: Blue = Municipalities, Pink = Organizations, Green = Colleges and Universities, Red = Unions, Purple = States, and Yellow = In progress. To watch the progress of the map, search Google Resolutions and Ordinances Abolishing Corporate Personhood. (Map by Google maps)
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Town staff directed to draft symbolic ordinance to abolish corporate personhood in the wake of 2010 Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case.
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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)
