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Farmers' market ready for season
The Telluride Farmers’ Market (TFM) will open next Friday morning, June 7. With over 50 vendors operating along South Oak Street, there is an even split this year between food and artisan offerings. TFM's stated goal is not only to provide high quality, locally produced food and artisan crafts, but to also create a community space where customers come face-to-face with hardworking producers and crafters.
T Bone Burnett to direct Telluride Bluegrass docuseries
If you’re looking for the next George Clooney, you may find him picking a five-string banjo on stage this summer at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival — and on film soon in the newest T Bone Burnett project, an epic look at the state of the art of bluegrass music from the perspective of one of the oldest independent music festivals in the country.
A 'determined' local finds a mail solution with Clark's Market
Thousands of packages are arriving at the Telluride Post Office daily and one problem-solving local in Telluride has gone the extra mile to dedicate his time to finding a system to help: Amazon Lockers. A conversation kicked off in the Telluride Post Office among locals waiting in line for any...
Local climate and environmental orgs receive EPA grant
Local environmental organizations EcoAction Partners (EAP) and Sheep Mountain Alliance (SMA) were recently awarded a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement regional environmental justice initiatives. This collaboration with the EPA — under the organization’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving (EJCPS) grants — will give SMA and EAP $150,000 over the next three years, starting in the spring of 2024, to address environmental and public health concerns in San Miguel and Montrose counties.
Telluride Balloon Festival to kick off this weekend
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Telluride Balloon Festival is celebrating 40 years this weekend, May 31st to June 2nd, with 13 hot air balloons launched from Town Park early Saturday and Sunday morning. New 40th anniversary t-shirts will be available during balloon inflation in the morning portion of the...
Expect delays on Red Mountain Pass next week, says CDOT
SILVERTON, Colo. (KKCO) - If you’re planning to travel along Highway 550 through Red Mountain Pass within the next week, you might want to plan on getting to your destination a little later than planned. The Colorado Department of Transportation says to expect delays due to construction work in the area.
Miners atop All-League lax list
In German, ‘fertig’ can be translated as ‘ready’ or ‘complete.’. And in the 2024 boys’ lacrosse season, no skipper in the 4A Mountain got his team more ready to succeed than Telluride’s Grayson Fertig. Or perhaps had a more complete squad; the Miners ran the table in league play, posting a perfect 10-0 mark and finished an incredible 13-1 overall—a heartbreaking, last-second 12-11 loss in the CHSAA Class 4A State Tournament’s Great Eight phase, the only blemish on their record.
Out of the drought, but for how long?
We celebrate the start of summer on Memorial Day, but officially the first day — when the sun is at its highest point in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere — arrives on June 20 at 2:51 p.m. Mountain time. Meteorologists mark summer differently. For them, meteorologic, or...
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