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LEANNA JOHNSON'S winning poster. (Courtesy image)
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Montrose graphic artist Leanna Johnson won the national contest to design the poster for this year’s second-annual USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
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A conference in Ridgway explored solutions to the disparity in broadband service between urban and rural areas of Colorado.
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Montrose County submits costs for latest battle with JetAway Aviation, returns to court Thursday
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HANDSHAKE – Montrose's newly appointed mayor, Thomas Smits, far right, shakes hands with councilor Carol McDermott, far left, while newly elected councilors, Judy Ann Files, Kathy Ellis and Bob Nicholson look on, during the Montrose City Council meeting Tuesday. Smits wore his wrestling referee uniform as a demonstration that council, similar to a wrestler, works for the betterment of their team and community even though they make individual choices. (Photo by Kati O'Hare)
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Montrose city councilors take their new seats.
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Name Change for Beaumont Restaurants… Hopkins Re-plat… Ice Park Purchase Comment Period Ends May 1… Hot Springs Pool Reopens April 23 … Sales Tax Revenues Jump
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The organizers of this Saturday’s Agricultural Symposium at the 4-H Event Center in Ridgway believe that agriculture can and should flourish in Ouray County once more.
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Earth Day celebrations include Saturday’s giveaway of reusable grocery-shopping bags donated by Wal-Mart, City Market, Safeway and Alpine Bank, at City Market South.
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Ouray County, Delta Housing Authority classes for low-interest loans for low-income households…Caring for Colorado Awards $100,000 to Uncompahgre Medical Center for dental services…
ACTIVE MILL – Energy Fuels will acquire the White Mesa uranium mill in Blanding, Utah, as part of its acquisition of Denison Mines Corps.’ Mining assets and operations in the U.S. The only conventional uranium mill operating in the U.S., it is permitted to process 2,000 tons of ore a day, producing eight million pounds of uranium each year. (Photo courtesy of Denison Mines Corp.)
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If the acquisition is ultimately completed, Energy Fuels Inc. officials believe the company will be the largest pure-play uranium producer in the U.S.
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The death has been classified as a homicide.
COW CREEK HERONRY – Great Blue Herons, the largest herons, and one of the largest wading birds, in North America, are thriving in the area of the Ridgway Reservoir. Here they have built up to two dozen nests in cottonwoods along Cow Creek. The chicks will be hatching soon. (Photo by Peter Shelton)
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Great Blue Herons are nesting now in a cottonwood colony along Cow Creek and Hwy 550 near the Ridgway Reservoir dam.
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Charles V. Moore, 77, of Egnar, was found dead on Monday, April 9, at his trailer home located on H1 road in rural San Miguel County. Sarah Anne Engel of Norwood died of natural causes at St. Mary’...
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Montrose may offer more incentives to local contractors in bidding processes.
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Montrose Wine Festival finds new venue for Grand Tasting; hopes to raise more money than ever, for kids.
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Norwood High School students were allegedly involved in an incident at the Colorado State Wrestling Tournament in February.
TAKING IRRIGATION TO THE NEXT LEVEL – From right, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, irrigation specialist Scott Boles, local farmer David Harold and Dan McClendon, Delta-Montrose Electric Association general manager, discussed drip irrigation during a visit to an Olathe field on April 3. Bennet joined locals from across the valley to discuss the efforts of the Uncompahgre Valley Soil Health Project, a farmer-led effort focused on agricultural sustainability in Delta and Montrose counties. (Photo by Joel Blocker)
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Sen. Michael Bennet visits Olathe farm to view progress of eco-friendly practices.
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The San Miguel County Commissioners have sent Gov. Hickenlooper a letter expressing concerns about the state’s hearing process for the licensing of the Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill.
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Expert speakers will discuss different aspects of rural broadband, improving bandwidth, and connectivity for Western Slope communities.
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Outdoor gear legend visits Montrose.
OLD DAM - The original Skyrocket diversion dam was replaced in 2010 with an engineered steel and concrete structure. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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An ongoing legal battle between property developers and the City of Ouray seeks to determine who should pay for environmental mitigation posed by the 80-year-old Skyrocket Creek diversion.
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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)
