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There’s a taste of campfire cooking at Norwood’s newest eatery
Trent Hadden has been cooking over an open fire since he was 10 years old. His love for campfire cooking inspired the creation of Norwood’s newest eatery, Coffee Camp, which opened May 1. “I grew up on horseback with my dad and learned how to be the camp cook,”...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
'We're honored to help'
On a Sunday in early April, as the Telluride Ski Resort was about to shut down for a few weeks, another local institution continued chugging along. It was a potent reminder that the Telluride Food Pantry never closes for off-season. Even as it seemed the rest of town was on the brink of shuttering, this reporter watched volunteers restocking the nonprofit’s headquarters, around the corner from the Second Chance Humane Society’s main street shop.
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