Montrose Fresh

Today - Over the last three weeks, the world has watched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting civilian casualties. And a 7-year-old from Montrose wants to help the people she was seeing on the news.

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A multi-party venture aims to streamline medical IT systems for Medicare patients in rural Colorado. Montrose Regional Health, Dr. Linda M. Peterson, and Cedar Point Health are among those set to join the Community Care Alliance’s partnership with Collaborative Health Systems. The goal is to create the Collaborative Choice Healthcare venture.

Also, even though not all students will be interested in going into the construction industry, Montrose High School’s work-based learning coordinator, Kathy Gaber, hopes that they will pick up some skills they can apply later in life. 

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What do you know about Dark Skies in the Western Slope? Listen as Managing Editor Justin Tubbs interviews Black Canyon Astronomical Society President Bryan Cashion, Director of Dark Skies Paonia Aaron Watson and Chief of Interpretation at Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Curecanti NRA Lori Rome. Have any questions? Head to nabur.montrosepress.com and log in to comment.

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Montrose County School Board President recently addressed claims of the school board violating open meeting laws. The alleged violation happened during a meeting on February 8th.

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Today - River Valley Family Health Center is quadrupling it’s clinical space to serve people in Delta County.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is now in its second year of studying mountain lion density across the Western Slope. This year, they’re working to collar 25 adult lions in the Gunnison Basin.

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Halfway around the world, a Montrose-grown aviation nonprofit provides critical flights and medical care.

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Over the weekend Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers responded after a mountain lion reportedly attacked a 47-year-old man near the community of Lebanon in Montezuma County. CPW is trying to locate the mountain lion involved in the incident.

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Montrose won some love on the popular YouTube channel, The World According to Briggs. In fact, we landed in the Number 1 in blogger Jimmy Briggs’s list of “10 Towns You Can Retire on $1,658 a Month in the West.”

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For the first time since incumbent Montrose County Clerk and Recorder Tressa Guynes was appointed seven years ago, she is facing a primary challenger: Kendra Jenkins.

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The Fox Theater is implementing an age-restriction policy following months of disruptive issues from teenagers.

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