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Area reservoir’s dam is degrading, but not expected to fail
Norwood Town Manager Deana Sheriff says there’s no threat of the Gurley Reservoir dam failing, but an area of degrading slope needs a significant repair this year. The 300-acre lake is over 100 years old and has a water storage of 10,000 acre-feet to supply water to hundreds of people in the Town of Norwood and irrigate thousands of crop acres.
Fire on the mountain
A prescribed burn on 112 acres southeast of Ridgway took place Tuesday. The point of the blaze was to forestall a bigger one. The prescribed fire, part of the Baldy Mountain Landscape Resiliency and Habitat Improvement Project, had been in the works for over a year. “The exclusion of fire”...
USPS to move mail processing from Grand Junction to Denver
The U.S. Postal Service announced that it will transfer some of its mail processing operations from Grand Junction to Denver. The move is part of their 10-year strategic plan, Delivering for America (DFA), which aims to modernize the country’s postal network. USPS has already put $40 billion into reviving postal services. As part of the plan, USPS will transform the Grand Junction service from a regional processing center to a local one—sending some local mail to Denver and back again before delivery.
Take care of you health this off-season, Telluride
As the Primary Care Medical Director at Telluride Regional Medical Center (TMC), I have the privilege of being at the frontline of community health. We believe that prevention is the foundation of wellness. Our providers recommend annual well visits for all age groups to strengthen the Patient-Provider relationship and develop a comprehensive individual health plan. Since the Covid 19 pandemic, less than half of our patients are coming in for their annual well exam.
Telluride High School sports
Utilizing a screen set by teammate Ruby Lake, Telluride's Maeve Stetina (4) tries eluding Fruita Monument's Nayeli Flores and maneuvering closer to the opponent's goal during 4A Mountain-West play Thursday, April 25, at Judy Long Memorial Field. After enjoying sunny, mid-70-degree conditions at Durango two days earlier, the Lady Miners hosted FMHS in snowy, freezing weather with the visiting Lady Wildcats emerging as 14-8 survivors. (Photo by Joel Priest / Telluride Daily Planet)
Raíces Sin Fronteras
Over spring break in Telluride, the San Miguel County-based organization Raíces Sin Fronteras worked with four officials from the Guatemalan Consulate in Denver to help 140 people from Colorado and surrounding states obtain missing documentation in a first-time-ever event. (Courtesy photo)
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