San Miguel County News

But - Affordability Isn't Just the Price' TELLURIDE - " The Gold Run affordable housing development being constructed at the east end of town has come under a spate of criticism recently for being at once too expensive, unnecessary, wasteful and generally ill-conceived, but perhaps the most pervasive is the idea that the project will be exactly the ...

" San Miguel County poet laureate Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer will read from her latest book Intimate Landscape: The Four Corners Region in Poetry & Photographs this Sunday at Cimarron Books in Ridgway, from 2 to 4 p.m. Not your average afternoon of poetry, she will also sing nature-oriented folksongs from around the world, and explore ways that ...

The Art Center is beginning to add live poetry to its offerings. "Three Winter Muses" - a poetry gathering of three award-winning Western Slope poets is scheduled to take place 4 p.m. Saturday.

" Second Chance Humane Society Executive Director Kelly Goodin told the Ouray County Commissioners on Monday that the nonprofit animal shelter is no longer considering a special district mil levy to raise funds for its goal of securing three years operating expenses before building a new animal shelter.

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 ...

" 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.

" A cyclist's headlamp lit up the new Society Turn tunnel Tuesday evening, while cars sped by overhead.

" A regional leadership training program to facilitate leadership skills, community knowledge and working relationships throughout San Miguel County and the surrounding region was launched last week by The New Community Coalition.

In a room filled with families and friends, Delta County 4-H members and leaders were in the spotlight during the annual achievement banquet, held Saturday, Nov.

Colorado's U.S. senators have joined the push for wilderness and other protections for more than 61,000 acres in the San Juan Mountains.

IRRIGATION SYSTEM UP FOR BID 1000 lineal feet of 2 inch ply-flex 80psi irrigation pipe.

JoJo DeSantis, RNC NP JoJo DeSantis Will Take Appointments Starting November NORWOOD - " Women living in the West End now have a new option for their health care needs with the addition of JoJo DeSantis, RNC NP, to Norwood's Uncompahgre Medical Center.

" There is no connection between recent sizable drug busts in Montrose and Telluride and the nationwide raids on the La Familia drug cartel, said a Montrose drug agent.

Town, County Approve Final Construction Phase TELLURIDE - " Eighteen new units of affordable housing could become available in as soon as one year after the Telluride Town Council, both as itself and reconvened as the not-for-profit Block 23 Housing Corporation, voted on Tuesday to proceed with construction of the Gold Run affordable housing ...

San Miguel County Takes Steps to Reduce Its Carbon Emissions TELLURIDE - " Telluride will be home to one of more than 2,000 rallies in more than 140 nations on Saturday in an event that is meant to urge world and local leaders to take fast and effective action on global warming.

" The Town of Ridgway has joined the ranks of other municipalities, including Telluride and Montrose, by passing a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries while its elected officials take time to understand what the issues and concerns are surrounding dispensaries and whether further regulator measures are needed.

" For Now WESTERN COLORADO - " A slowdown in the nationwide distribution of the H1N1 swine-flu vaccine is being felt throughout western Colorado.

Ballots for the Nov. 3 municipal election were mailed to registered voters this week.

The county has 20 days from the date of GMRC's filing last week to make its response.

The tiny town south of Telluride is scrambling to keep from going broke. Solvency may lie in an old greenhouse next to town hall.