Bedrock, CO

For the last year or so, when people have run into Britt Hoff they’ve asked her where she’s moved to. She said many think she left the state and is longer in business. Actually, she’s moved HnH Sign to the West End and just bought a property in Nucla.

In my youth I could have been described as horse crazy. I took riding lessons twice a week, subscribed to a variety of horse magazines. I even spent three weeks at a horseback riding camp in Wales. These days I don’t often get the opportunity to ride horses. So when planning an anniversary celebration at Gateway Canyons Resort and the opportunity to partake in Palisade Ranch horseback riding presented itself, I jumped. Our timing was perfect. The foliage in Gateway, Colorado was just starting to peak. The bright orange and red fall colors of the area are spectacular.

A local La Salian, Sierra Bull, is ready set the world on fire. And she is only six years old. Here area of expertise – motocross. Being bandied around is also the possibility of a silent auction that night as well. So, if you have items of interest and value that you’d like to donate, do not hesitate to do so.

Between the 1940s and 1970s, a 120-acre plot just outside of Naturita, Colorado served as a company town for Vanadium Corporation of America engineers working in a nearby uranium mill. When the mill closed in the 1970s, the site’s 14 cabins became year-round rentals for people living in this remote region of southwestern Colorado.

Animal shelters across the country are overcrowded and overwhelmed, including local organizations and shelters like the Telluride Humane Society and the West End’s Hoof and Paw. Officials explained they are desperate for fosters and adopters, as they struggle to keep up with the influx of animals who need a home. Tonya Stephens, manager of Hoof and Paw Animal Rescue and Thrift Store located in Naturita and Nucla, said that during the pandemic, they couldn't keep dogs in the shelter for long. However, post-pandemic that has since changed.

While animal shelters all over the U.S. are taking in a record number of animals that need homes, representatives of Hoof & Paw in the West End are saying the same thing. “Inundated. That’s what we are,” said Tonya Stephens of Nucla Monday afternoon. “It’s a little overwhelming, but we are managing.”

After a two-year pandemic-caused hiatus, the Sheridan Arts Foundation (SAF) will celebrate 29 years of enriching children’s lives with the Wild West Fest (WWF) next week, June 6-11. Eighteen young people from Boys & Girls Clubs in Wichita Falls, Texas; Denver; and regionally from Nucla, Norwood and Telluride will take part in a week of empowering activities.

This time of year, the wind blows in fiercely one day and blows on the next. That has certainly been the case this Spring. Last week, “Hollywood” did much the same in our village. They blew in one day and after a furious round of activity, were just...

Birthdays: STEVIE NICKS, HANK WILLIAMS JR., LENNY KRAVITZ, BRENT MUSBERGER, JAMES ARNESS, HELENA BONHAM CARTER, PAM GRIER, JOHN WAYNE, STEVE CHET-CHU, JOHN COHN, DEBRA CRAWFORD, JOE DISTEFANO, JILL JAMES, STEVE LEVICK, TIM O’BRIEN, ALEXA WARREN, KATHLEEN WILCOX, MEREDITH FOX. The Nugget Theater will host Mountainfilm screenings this weekend starting...

Birthdays: CONNIE SELLECA, DIXIE CARTER, JESSI COLTER, FRANK OZ, K.C. JONES, RALPH W. EMERSON, MILES DAVIS, LAURYN HILL, ANNE HECHE, MIKE MYERS, JENNIFER MILLER, VICTORIA NASH, TIFFANY WORRELL. Tonight at the Nugget Theater at 7:00pm, THE NORTHMAN: 2h 17m, Rated R. Bluegrass season is almost upon us! Volunteer for the...

Birthdays: PAUL WINFIELD, SUSAN STRASBERG, NAOMI CAMPBELL, BERNIE TAUPIN, RICHARD WAGNER, ERIN BURKE, TRAVIS JULIA, MICHAEL METCALF. Tonight at the Nugget Theater at 7:00pm, THE NORTHMAN: 2h 17m, Rated R. Looking for ways to get your Bluegrass on? Volunteer for the Telluride Bluegrass Festival! Email volunteer@bluegrass.com for more information. Also,...

Montrose County — The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin a bridge rehabilitation project next week on May 23. Work will take place along Colorado Highway 141, between Naturita and Gateway. KSK, LLC, of Grand Junction, is the contractor for this project. The project will take place over a...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Construction along Colorado Highway 141 for bridge rehabilitation and improvement will begin on May 23. The project will take five months to complete, and will take place in three different locations over the construction period. Motorists can expect construction on bridges over Naturita Creek, mile...