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Hallowed Ground: Long-awaited veterans memorial breaks ground with hundreds in attendance
19+ hour, 12+ min ago (979+ words) Members of the Montrose Veterans Memorial Coalition, Montrose City Council and Montrose County Commissioners tossed ceremonial shovels full of dirt at the site of the Montrose Veterans Memorial Plaza on Friday, May 15, officially breaking ground on a project more than…...
Rumors of ruined Western Slope peach crop were greatly exaggerated, growers say " except in the North Forth Valley; A cold snap did destroy the peaches in North Fork Valley orchards, but the remaining 80-90% of the crop will start hitting fruit stands in June " much earlier than normal
19+ hour, 17+ min ago (565+ words) Charlie Talbott of Talbott Farms in Palisade cuts into a growing peach to demonstrate how the family checks for damage to the fruit after a hard freeze. Brown or black areas inside the peach are early signs that the freeze's…...
OPINION: What no one will tell you about the national debt (but I will)
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (493+ words) As of March 31, our publicly held debt was $31. 27 trillion, while America's GDP in 2025 was $31. 22 trillion. This puts the ratio at 100. 2%, compared with 99. 5% when the last fiscal year ended Sept. 30. The U. S. national debt just crossed a once-unthinkable threshold on the way…...
OPINION: When snow runoff is low, so are our spirits
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (477+ words) At this time of year in Western Colorado, my friends and I watch rivers. We're eagerly anticipating a bruising spring runoff and the start of kayak season. When it arrives, many of us become obsessive, meeting daily after work to…...
REFLECTIONS ON THE LAND: Touching water on the Gunnison
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (712+ words) Heading downriver " the Gunnison River at East Portal " in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park " hikers and anglers will find the shoreline rocks are slippery. And they teeter when standing on them. It seems that the stones lie in…...
PETS: We can't all be friends
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (242+ words) No offense to any only children out there, but you can kind of be the worst. Human kids are just like puppies and kittens" our littermates teach us important lessons, like sharing, boundaries, and compassion. Of course, people face the…...
Suit alleges wrongful deaths in 2024 U. S. 550 work zone crash; Snell seeks stay; companies deny liabiity
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (525+ words) Two women died in this 2024 crash on U. S. 550. Their widowers are suing the driver of the truck, who is also charged criminally, and two companies involved in a road project on the highway. One of two women to survive the crash…...
TIPS FROM THE POSSE: First hike of the season | Columns | montrosepress. com
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (722+ words) The first hike of the season is always the hardest for me. Putting boots on the ground, with a heavy pack, and heading up the trail on an early mountain morning, never seems to end up as I planned. All…...
Above and beyond a day's work: Waste Management driver helps injured dirt biker
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (812+ words) Jonas Molina was driving away from the county landfill in late April, when something caught his eye. By the time the evening was over, Molina had helped save a total stranger from beneath the wreckage of her dirt bike. Molina,…...
Man shot during police encounter held on $750 K bail; CBI warrant indicates suspect may have been suicidal
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (517+ words) A man expressing suicidal thoughts May 9 disregarded police commands to lay down the rifle he was parading down the street in a residential neighborhood, then turned and moved as if to grip the weapon with both hands and raise it,…...