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BILLY ‘SENIOR’ MAHONEY AND TWYLLA MAHONEY, IN 2011. (File photo)
Telluride legend Billy ‘Senior’ Mahoney to share stories of Telluride’s history at Ski Resort’s 40th anniversary event.
MONTROSE COUNTY SHERIFF RICK DUNLAP stood at a roadblock on Colorado Highway 92 south of Crawford on Monday March 25, after a one of his deputies had been shot. SWAT teams from Montrose, Delta and Mesa counties found a deceased man in his mid 50's in the house where the deputy was shot. (Photo by Dean Humphrey, courtesy The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
Montrose County Deputy Corey Larsen, shot twice while responding to a domestic violence call in Crawford is “in stable condition.”
Representatives from a so-called “gang of 20” Colorado school districts including Ouray, Ridgway, Norwood and Telluride traveled en masse to Denver Tuesday to testify about how a new plan for fund...
The CDPHE and Idarado Mining Company present a status report to the public on the 20-year-old Idarado Mine Remediation Project in Telluride on Monday March 25, and in Ouray on Tuesday, March 26.
The second time around, the Montrose Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees won approval on a new lease agreement with Region 10 with no opposition from the Montrose Board of County Commissioners.

DEPLOYMENT CEREMONY – Members of the 928 Area Support Medical Company stood at attention at a deployment ceremony January 2011. The 928 returned to Montrose a year later. (Photo by William Woody)
The 85-member group of medical professionals, teachers, police officers, construction workers, college students, husbands, wives, sons and daughters nicknamed “the Witch Doctors" will hold a commun...
Delta police officers respond to reports of student with loaded handgun in Delta Middle School.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL - Wes Perrin (left) posed with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (right) at the State Democratic Convention in 2010. Perrin, a longtime resident of Telluride, died Wednesday, March 20, in Denver after a long battle with throat cancer. (Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern)
A lifelong Democrat, Perrin battled throat cancer since 2010; he was first diagnosed in the midst of his campaign for the District 58 seat in the Colorado State Legislature.
The DOE’s preferred alternative in the PEIS would continue mining exploration, mine development and reclamation at all 31 sites in Mesa, Montrose and San Miguel counties for the next 10 years.
Ridgway’s March Town Council meeting heard about motel signs, smart meter fees, recreational marijuana licenses, and, in the wake of tragedy, designated a day for murdered 2-year-old Axel Charrette.
The Telluride Apartments redevelopment has been scaled back (again), but residents worry it’s too big.
A lawsuit over three environmentally troubled mining properties in Idaho may send a large chunk of the money Uncle Sam’s coffers.

DUTCH’S OWNER, Jeremiah Aguilar, will appear before Judge Julie Huffmann on Friday, March 22. (File photo)
The owner of Dutch, the 107-pound American Allaunt canine sentenced to death following an attack of a Montrose woman last year, will appear in Montrose County Court Friday morning to begin his appe...

MADAME MAYOR – Montrose City Councilor Judy Ann Files, sitting next to new City Attorney Stephen Alcorn, was named the new mayor of Montrose at Tuesday night’s council meeting. (Photo by William Woody)
Files will be sworn in at the council's April 2 meeting along with Councilor Carol McDermott, who was named the new mayor pro tem.
Momentum continues to build in Washington for bipartisan legislative reforms that would help streamline the federal licensing requirements for small hydroelectric projects across the U.S.

HAPPY HARVEST – Tomatoes in a community greenhouse in Sotang thrived from the careful application of urine fertilizer through a drip irrigation system. (dZi Foundation photo)
In Sotang, Nepal, the dZi Foundation has helped build almost 2,000 toilets for local villagers who were given the option of using a regular squat toilet pan or a dual-hole ecosan pan, allowing for ...
The city's sales and use tax revenues in 2012 came in 7.9 percent over budget.

BATTLE CRY – Ouray 4th grader Brennain Degenhardt appeared at Monday’s Ouray City Council meeting with fellow Gifted and Talented students and GT Coordinator Taylor Chase to request that council waive the Community Center rental fee for an upcoming Battle of the Books event. (Photo by Samantha Wright)
“The Ouray Trail Group will dedicate the Memorial to past, present and future hikers of the San Juan Mountains, encouraging further safe and enjoyable adventures here in the Ouray area.”
Approximately 2,500-5,000 acres of burns to assist in managing fuel (vegetation) buildup and accomplishing wildlife habitat improvement projects are either “ready to go” or are being planned for.
Telluride Ski Resort will keep lifts 4 and 5 open until 4:30 p.m. for the rest of the season; other lift operating hours will remain the same.
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DISCUS THROWER Lance Brooks competed in the 2012 London Olympics. (Photo by Steve DeAutremont)

RESEARCH ASSISTANTS – Ridgway High School students (left to right) Jack Middleton, Abel Lannan and Tashi Hackett presented the results of their research on possible sister cities to Ridgway Town Council last week. Mountain towns in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Dominican Republic made the cut. Next step: contact. (Photo by Peter Shelton)

MAIN STREET GELATO – A+Y Design Gallery owners Adam and Yesenia Duncan offered up gelato samples from behind their Italian-imported gelato case Monday morning. Along with unique furniture and fine art, the two offer 22 flavors of locally-made gelato. (Photo by Gus Jarvis)

BUILDING OPTIMISM – Tom How (left) and Daniel Key of Sjoden Wood Designs worked on a new home in the Cobble Creek Golf Community Tuesday morning. The spec home is being built under the direction of contractor Bert Welz, who said he’s optimistic for the region’s construction trade. (Photo by William Woody)

GROWTH INVESTMENT – Students took advantage of a "living classroom" at the Telluride School's new Grow Dome this spring. The Dome, which will be open to the public for tours Wednesday, May 22, was funded in part by a Telluride Medical Center's Physical Education Program (PEP) grant. (Courtesy photos)

HEADED TO PLAYOFFS - Montrose High Shoo0l's Jake Kastendieck fielded a ground ball last Saturday during the team’s 10-0 victory over Woodland Park. The Indians advance to the state 4A quarterfinals this Friday at Cherokee Trail High School against Valor Christian. (Photo by William Woody)

PINHEADS, PIXELLATED – The Pinhead Institute holds its annual fundraiser, entitled Minecraft Mania,at the Sheridan Opera House this Sunday, May 19. (Courtesy photo)

TELLURIDE IN 1910 – A hypothetical model of the main street facades, made up of buildings throughout the region, the television producers are proposing to build for the production of "When Calls the Heart." (Courtesy image)
