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Montrose County School District received some serious accusations from Mesa Ridge. They claimed that someone wrote hateful language in the visitor's locker room at Montrose High. The language was supposedly written in the dust there.

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Today, we're diving into a debate about whether the Dolores River Canyon should become a national monument.

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Today, we're exploring the challenges small farms face when dealing with government agencies, focusing on Freshies Farm and their struggles with a grant that now threatens their future.

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The West End man accused of arranging the murder of Dale Williams 25 years ago has been set for a preliminary hearing early next year.

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Mountain lions appear to be plentiful in the Gunnison Basin, and in overall good health. An ongoing Colorado Parks and Wildlife density study of the big cats on the Western Slope found that in the Gunnison Basin, there were more lions than modeling had predicted.

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Powderhorn has once again opened registration for its Bob Beverly Free Learn to Ski or Ride Program. And this year, there are even more lessons available. 

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Charles Bunney recounted the “unusually large smile” he found Zane Brown wearing one Monday morning, not too long ago. Bunney, project manager for Stryker & Co., and Brown, the project superintendent, were at work again on the massive restoration and renovation of the historic Montrose County courthouse. As Bunney tells it, Brown had spent his off time digging up information about the 100-plus-year-old structure, specifically, the time capsule people left in the structure in 1922.

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James Corson fought to save the world and survived being held prisoner by the Germans in WWII. On Nov. 5, he exercised one of the rights he and others had protected, by casting his vote at age 100. All those many years ago when he parachuted from his crashing B24, Corson used his wits and enjoyed some luck in surviving. On Election Day, he had help sorting out a miscommunication about his ballot, as well as help getting to the polls.

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Today. We're talking about a big change in Montrose—a new lodging tax that was just approved by voters. This means tourists will start contributing their fair share to the community.

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Dallas David Roberts, a 19-year-old from Montrose, Colorado, was reported missing on October 28, 2024, after being last seen in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park area. His vehicle was discovered crashed approximately 150 feet off East Portal Road within the park. Following an extensive search, authorities located his body on November 2, 2024, about 200 feet down a cliffside in the park. Roberts was a student at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction and had a passion for music and a strong faith.

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