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An individual indicated his willingness to travel to the United States from Brazil for the purpose of having sexual intercourse with three females.
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Complaints from residential tenants of the mixed-use Winter Crown Building lead popular live-music venue at the Llama to shut its doors.
BILL STEELE, coordinator for Public Lands Partnership and husband of Colorado Seventh Judicial District Judge Mary Deganhart, died unexpectedly on Friday, March 2. (Courtesy photo)
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Bill Steele, public lands advocate, and husband of Seventh Judicial District Judge Mary Deganhart, died unexpectedly at age 55, in Ridgway on Friday, March 2.
AVALANCHE CASUALTY – Search and Rescue teams, including members of the Grand County Sheriff’s Department, converged on Beaver Basin, in the La Sals, Sunday, March 2, to recover the body of Redvale resident Garrett Carothers. The 18-year-old was killed Saturday, in an avalanche, while snowmobiling from Gateway, Colo. To Beaver Basin. (Photo courtesy of Utah Avalanche Center)
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After Three Days of Grieving and Counseling, Tiny School Sends Boys' and Girls' Basketball Teams Off to States
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The American Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days comes to San Miguel, Ouray counties Wednesday, March 7.
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Mines and the water problems they cause often aren’t addressed because of certain provisions in the federal Clean Water Act that hold people back from initiating cleanup efforts due to fear of liab...
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Positive Communication with the City and County is a hopeful sign of a successful for this summer’s Main in Motion.
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The Conservation Easement Incentive Act enjoys strong bipartisan support in Congress.
BURN CANYON – A lightning strike in July 2002 sparked a fire in the Uncompahgre National Forest that grew to be the largest naturally caused wildfire in Colorado history. Now, nearly 10 years later, the forest’s vegetation is recovering in both logged and unlogged areas. (File photo)
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Nearly 10 years after the huge Burn Canyon fire, the area is recovering equally well in areas that were logged and areas that weren’t.
SNOW PIT SCIENCE – Chris Landry, the director of the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies in Silverton, digs over 100 snow pits over the course of each winter to observe the layers of dust that accumulate there. (Photo by Eric Ming)
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Chris Landry is on the leading edge of snow science, trying to determine how much fresh water we can realistically expect, in the watershed – and beyond.
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Checking out library books for electronic devises becoming popular.
READY TO LAUNCH – TAB Executive Director Stash Wislocki got a lift during the Tuesday night rehearsal for the 19th Annual Telluride AIDS Benefit fashion show, with a Sneak Peak tonight and the Gala Show Saturday, at the Telluride Conference Center. To date, TAB has raised more than $1.75 million for worldwide distribution to HIV-related organizations. Saturday night’s show airs live, starting at 8 p.m., on Mountain Village Cable Channel 15, and online at townofmountainvillage.com/video. TAB models, left to right: Paige MacIntire,Tamara Strang, Phil Hamilton, John Sturdevant, Patrick Dyar, Brandy Johnson, Jim Riley, Jane Roberts, Andrea Ball, Dave Johnson, Alysha Patterson, and Kathleen Lopiccolo. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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In spite of its worldly imports and at times blatantly kinky overtones, the show has maintained a Telluride-centric feeling over the years.
ICE IS NICE – Chad Jukes mixing it up, making a transition from rock to ice at the Ouray Ice Park at last year’s Gimps on Ice event. (Photos by Claudia Lopez Photography)
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“Other-abled” athletes challenge themselves in a sport they may not have thought possible given their physical limitations at the Paradox Sports Ice Climbing Weekend in Ouray.
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The First Annual Western Slope Lymphedema Awareness Day happens at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction this Saturday, March 3. The free day-long conference is hosted by the Ridgway-based Lymphede...
Leigh Cannon (right) and her daughter, Lindsey Cannon.
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A potluck Celebration of her Life will be held Saturday, March 3, at the Elks, at 5:30 p.m.; members and guests are welcome. A funeral mass will be held for Leigh Well Rogers Cannon, Saturday, Marc...
NEEDED PRECIPITATION – Snow and wind left a thick drift on the roof of Guiseppe’s restaurant atop Lift 9 in Telluride this week. More snow and wind is in the forecast, making for increased avalanche danger. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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After a dismal start to the winter season, weather patterns shifted and February proved to be a snowy month. The real question is if March can bring snowpack levels up to seasonal averages.
UNDER THE LASER – A board-certified general surgeon specializing in cosmetic surgery, Dr. Jared Mallalieu
demonstrated new treatments available at the Peaks’ Laser Center this week. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
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The new Peaks Laser Center brings state-of-the-arts cosmetic laser treatments to the mountains.
ELAINE FISCHER (File photo)
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Elaine Fischer: ‘I am really committed to our citizens and it’s important to me to be a good elected official and represent my community well.’
SEEKING A SECOND TERM – Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett announced her candidacy for a second term at the Colorado Boy brew pub in Ridgway last Saturday. She held a similar gathering in Ouray at O’Brien’s Pub and Grill on Sunday. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
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Announcement further defines field for upcoming BOCC election.
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The Valley Food Partnership in Montrose is working to establish an online network to help farmers find customers and customers find produce.
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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
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)