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Women call the shots
Summer movie season is upon us. For Telluride, it’s almost summer festival season, to be kicked off by the wonderful Mountainfilm Festival later this month. On Memorial Day weekend, from May 23-27, the town will be flooded with nature advocates and outdoor adventure film enthusiasts. One place they won’t be gathering? At the one single screen movie theater in town. The Nugget Theatre is closed indefinitely for renovations.
Out with the old next weekend
Spring cleaning will soon be underway in San Miguel County. The county’s largest cleanup event, which takes place in Telluride, Mountain Village and Norwood, is May 17-18. Town of Telluride Sustainability and Grant Administrator Darin Graber said the town’s zero waste goal is a priority for its residents.
A Celebration of Life for Chris Bennett
Christopher Shawn Bennett, age 54, was born on May 15, 1969, in Durango, Colorado, during a time when Telluride didn’t have medical facilities, and passed away peacefully on September 29, 2023, in Palliative care at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. Our son, brother, and friend was...
Planning commission discusses amendments to affordable housing provisions
The San Miguel Planning Commission met on Thursday, May 9, to go over amendments to sections 5-1304, 5-1305 and 5-1306 of the Land Use Code (LUC), which involve the affordable housing programs. The provisions address governing initial qualification and ongoing compliance, as well as updates to fines. The LUC provisions...
Let’s talk wolves and ricegrass
After last month’s visit from western Colorado poet Trish Hopkinson, the Stories & Poems genre shifts to storytelling and nonfiction with regional specialists Bill Wilson of Norwood and Cole Crocker-Bedford of Slick Rock on May 15 at the Lone Cone Library. Wilson’s focus this month will be on wolves...
Head of Historic Preservation Department Jonna Wensel to retire
When Jonna Wensel first came to Telluride, she didn't. Diverted by the August monsoon mudslides of 2016 that closed Highway 145 from above Sawpit to the junction with Highway 62 near Placerville, she drove on to Norwood to spend the night. “I talked myself out of going to the job...
Former resident accepts plea deal in 2021 shooting
Former Telluride resident Brian Aitken, who shot another man in 2021, accepted a plea deal last Friday in court. Aitken pleaded no contest to prohibited use of a weapon, a class 2 misdemeanor, and will avoid jail. He was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation. The case, which has...
70-year-old Telluride man sentenced for taking part in Capitol insurrection
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — A man from southwest Colorado was sentenced to a year in jail after he pleaded guilty to taking part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Avery MacCracken, 70, pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstructing law enforcement officers during...
Lake City cutoff now open to larger trucks, trailers
Approximately three weeks after the Middle Bridge on US Highway 50 over Blue Mesa Reservoir was closed for safety concerns, cutting off traffic flow between Gunnison and areas to the west, a full analysis of the bridge’s damage and the repairs needed is about halfway done. There is still no estimated timeline of when the bridge might reopen, but one alternate route is opening to a wider range of vehicles this week. Other alternate routes between Gunnison County and areas to the west are not yet ready to open due to inclement spring weather.
No child’s education should suffer
This has been a mantra of education advocates for decades and I agree wholeheartedly. In a RECENT Denver Post article, a representative from the Greeley School district articulated a premise behind this statement, “…the scientist who finds the cure to cancer could be a second-grade student learning English in Greeley.” This is very true; all students need the opportunity to grow to their full potential. But this representative also said, “…some may need to make sacrifices.” Now that is where I vehemently disagree.
Telluride man, 70, sentenced to one year in prison for role in Jan. 6 riot at Capitol
A Telluride man who previously pleaded guilty to his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol in 2021 was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison and must pay $2,000 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Avery MacCracken, 70, who in October pleaded guilty to...
San Miguel County Coroner announces death of Redvale resident
San Miguel County Coroner Emil Sante said a county resident was killed in a traffic accident on Monday, May 6. Sante said on the afternoon of May 6, Thomas Colander of Redvale was involved in a head-on motor vehicle accident in the Norwood Canyon at mile marker 92.5. He was killed instantly.
TriCounty Health brings Mental Health Awareness Month
Tri-County Health Network (TCHN) makes it easy to be green during this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month with “Light Up for May” and “Be Seen in Green” challenges. “Mountain towns generally have more mental health concerns than other locations,” said TCHN’s Behavioral Health Coordinator Ariana...
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