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NEW BLOOD – Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Sarah Lauderdale (left), and longtime RN Linda Adams, right, joined the staff at Ridgway’s Mountain Medical Center in November. Mississippi native Lauderdale has a special passion for preventative medicine – wellness. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Ridgway’s Mountain Medical Center has a new family nurse practitioner whose focus is on wellness.
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Putting its money where its mouth is, council granted approval last week for Telluride’s investment in a new one-megawatt community-owned solar project.
RETIRING – Jill Masters, who began her career in emergency medical services in the early 1980s; after 25 years, is retiring. (File photo)
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Jill Masters, who began her career in emergency medical services in the early 1980s; after 25 years, is retiring. Or so she says.
A FAMILY AFFAIR - Hallie Coulter Conlin (left) and her mother, Maura Coulter, behind the counter at Over the Moon, a new charcuterie in Telluride. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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Over the Moon co-owners Maura Coulter and Hallie Coulter Conlin bring a far-ranging assortment, from gourmet cheeses to meats to hard-to-find delicacies (rose-petal confit, anyone?) to Telluride.
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Currently, 76 full-time workers are employed at the Revenue-Virginius Mine, where construction and rehabilitation work is being done both above and below ground.
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The Wednesday Heidi’s Deli forum in Montrose was all about guns, gun control, and moral decline.
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The directive is aimed at clarifying how much water will be available to ski areas on public land for snowmaking.
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A recent study conducted by Wright Water Engineers showed that residential use accounts for 71 percent of Ouray’s water demand, and that Ouray residents use more water than the national average.
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During February and March, Great Lakes Airlines will be operating an added daily flight to TEX operating Thursday-Monday, with the plane and the crew staying in Telluride overnight.
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One person was taken to a hospital and two people were arrested following the incident.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE – Steven and Joy discuss their struggles and reflect on the future in the living room of the Serenity House in Montrose. (Photo By William Woody)
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For three days last month, volunteers conducted a survey of the homeless population in Montrose. One estimate places its numbers at 400.
DELIVERY – Ridgway’s John Randolph (left) and Eduardo Cortes delivered the 35,000 signatures of those supporting a petition asking Harvard President Drew Faust to rethink former Mexican President Felipe Calderón’s fellowship. University officials denied the petition but Randolph and Cortes are vowing to continue their fight. (Courtesy photo)
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Despite being snubbed at the gates of Harvard University last week, Ridgway resident and former U.S. Border Patrol agent John Randolph is continuing his fight to remove former Mexican President Fel...
BOX FACTORY ASPENS – One of the large-scale panoramic photographs by Kane Scheidegger on display this Saturday (Feb. 9) at Ridgway’s Independence Building (555 Clinton Street). (Photo by Kane Scheidegger)
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Kane Scheidegger’s large-format panoramas will be on display, and for sale, Saturday evening (Feb. 9) at Ridgway’s Independence Building.
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In a surprise decision announced Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management deferred 20 controversial oil and gas leases in the North Fork Valley.
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A tanker carrying 6,000 gallons of gasoline and 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel crashed and ruptured near Gateway on Jan. 25, spilling “an unknown amount of petroleum product” and starting a fire tha...
RIDE THE ROCKIES – Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser and Tourism Director Michael Martelon attended a press event in Denver last weekend at which it was announced that Telluride will host the lead stage of the 28th Annual Ride the Rockies Colorado Bicycle Tour. (Photo courtesy of Ginny Fraser)
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Up to 3,000 cyclists and their supporters will descend on Telluride in early June, as the town hosts the lead stage of the 28th Annual Ride the Rockies Colorado Bicycle Tour. News of the route for ...
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Kris Holstrom, Pam Hall and Marty Schmalz will return to the San Miguel County Planning Commission following their reappointments on Wednesday; Ian Bald and Kevin Kell are the commission’s newest m...
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The Colorado State University Extension Office in San Miguel and West Montrose Counties is now accepting applications for its 13 week Food Growing Series.
NEW COORDINATOR - Delta County Volunteer Coordinator Carlton Mason (left) was welcomed to CASA of the 7th Judicial District by Supervised Exchange and Parenting Time (SEPT) Program Manager Mary Jo Mills (center) and Montrose County Volunteer Coordinator Alma Buis (right). The CASA office for Delta County is located at 511 E 10th St. in Delta. (Courtesy photo)
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Affiliated with the national and state CASA organizations, CASA of the 7th Judicial District is the Western Slope’s regional affiliate, working to strengthen and stabilize families and provide voic...
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES – Ouray County Judge David Westfall and Court Clerk Jane Holmes fiddled with the courthouse’s video conferencing equipment in an attempt to make it function properly last Thursday. The problem, it turned out, was with Montrose County Jail’s end of the system. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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County Commissioner Lynn Padgett, who has worked hard to draw Ouray County into the digital age, spearheaded the effort to set up video arraignments at Ouray County Court.
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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