Montrose County News

A new virtual front door to Montrose isnow open with the launch of a unified community Web portal, www.montrose.org. This new and innovative portal was created through a cooperative effort involving Montrose County, the Montrose Economic Development Corporation, the Montrose Visitors and Convention Bureau, the Montrose Recreation District and the ...

Traffic Up at Social Services, Pantries TELLURIDE - " Should I repair my car so I can go out and look for work or spend that money to buy food for my kids? Do I really need to see a doctor for this? Which of my prescriptions can I let lapse? The region's residents are being forced to answer difficult questions as the prolonged recession has left ...

Headstones have vanished. At least one has inexplicably been moved. And some residents in this farm town of 1,500 are left wondering whether the "Here lies .

" There's a new website in town. It's not only linking Montrose County and the City of Montrose, but other local entities to create a "more unified web presence for Montrose," said city spokesman David Spear.

" The wife of a jailed Montrose man said on Monday that her husband, Adrian Geana, was on his fifth day of a hunger strike in the Montrose County Jail to protest of the planned PiA on Ridge Uranium Mill, which received a special use permit from the Montrose County Commissioners in September.

" A $60,000 investment in new energy-efficient street lights installed this summer is already saving big bucks for the city of Ouray, Mayor Bob Risch said at Monday night's city council meeting.

Scheduling for 600 seasonal flu vaccine appointments will begin Fri., and appointments are for Sat., Nov.

Energy Fuels Inc. , continues to advance its Pinon Ridge uranium/vanadium milling project toward construction by filing a Radioactive Material License Application and Environmental Report with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Radiation Management Program on November 18, 2009.

A new virtual front door to Montrose will open on November 23 with the launch of a unified community Web portal, www.montrose.org. The portal is being created through a cooperative effort involving Montrose County, the Montrose Economic Development Corporation, the Montrose Visitors and Convention Bureau, the Montrose Recreation District and the ...

" Diabetes is a serious illness in this area, and well above the national average.

" Last week 130 children and 18 teachers received H1N1 vaccines at the first school immunization clinic at Oak Grove Elementary School.

" The public hearing scheduled for Nov. 30 regarding the possible amendment to Section 6.12 of the Ouray County Land Use Code has been moved to Dec.

Montrose County Sheriff's Office and the Martinez family hosted a full on search for missing 52 year old Abe Martinez on Saturday.

Coroner's officials say a man found dead in a holding cell at the Montrose County Jail had suffered from a heart condition.

This week the Montrose County Health Department will start its school based H1N1 immunization clinics.

Sheep Mountain Complaint Alleges Ag Zoning Violations, Illegal Meetings TELLURIDE - In a complaint filed in District Court last week local conservation group Sheep Mountain Alliance alleged that the Montrose County Commissioners violated county zoning rules and abused their discretion when in September they unanimously approved a special use permit ...

Montrose County election results started rolling in around 7 p.m. 11 News will keep the information updated all night on this Web site and have additional coverage on 11 News at 10 p.m. Voters were asked to elect for: Montrose County/School Board Director Montrose School District RE-IJ District D. Al Benson vs.

There are an estimated 1,500 homeless kids in Colorado. Eighty-seven of them live in Montrose County.

A company that wants to build one of the first new U.S. uranium mills since the Cold War has won local approval and now needs state approval.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Colorado uranium mill clears another hurdle Canada-based Energy Fuels Inc.'s proposed Pinon Ridge mill in Colorado would be the first new conventional uranium mill in the United States in more than six decades, and after the Montrose County Commission issued a local permit last month, the only ...