5pm Newscast

Just days after Amendment 64 was passed by voters in Colorado many local communities in the Western Slope are seeing what they can do to reject that measure.  City Manager Bill Bell explains what the city’s plans are, (audio Bill Bell :18sec), Bill Bell – city manager on moratorium Although the amendment passed in the state, [...]

To help offset the rising host of jet fuel many Colorado Ski resorts are trying to help airlines that fly into mountain resorts with much needed subsidies.  These subsidies are also expected to help many financially strapped vacationers.  One of the agreements includes Telluride Tourism Board helping Crested Butte Mountain Resort with a $650 thousand [...]

Passions ran high yesterday as dozens of residents in the West End  converged in Nucla to express their views on whether or not a uranium mill should be built in the Paradox Valley.  And division lines were clearly drawn.  One resident echo the sentiments of the environmentalists saying that waste from the uranium mill would [...]

Noon Newscast

The Montrose ACT held a conference today with lawyers from Denver on the legalities of the Affordable Health Care Act.  Businesses and their employees were there to find out what they would be responsible for.  Discussions included the changes to and regulation of the commercial marketplace for health care coverage.  Other topics included the expansion [...]

The Montrose Association of Commerce & Tourism will be selling the Montrose community currency, Montrose Bucks at their office at 1519  East Main Street.  What makes this currency exchange different is that you’ll get more “bang for your buck”.   Rather than offering a discount on Montrose Bucks, Montrose ACT is offering pricing that will infuse [...]

Reclamation’s Curecanti Field Office announced today that due to icy conditions, the East Portal Road located east of Montrose, Colo. has closed for the winter.  The road, beginning at the junction with State Highway 347, provides access to the Gunnison River within the Curecanti National Recreation Area, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, [...]

Who is demonstrating a higher level of emotional intelligence?  Come learn the ins and outs of Emotional Intelligence. Our success is contingent on our abilities to understand and manage our emotions. For years we’ve talked about “people skills”, successful people have the ability to “read” other’s emotions and they understand their own. Experts say-this is [...]

Man Therapy, a groundbreaking new approach to suicide prevention and other men’s mental health issues will be launched in our communities during a series of two town hall meetings on November 27th. The first town hall will be at the Montrose Hospital at 800 South 3rd Street in the downstairs conference room from 10:00 a.m. [...]

Once again Toys for Tots Foundation has partnered with Montrose County Health and Human Services, Sharing Ministries, Montrose County RE-1J School District, City of Montrose, and several churches and organizations to distribute toys at Christmas to less fortunate children in Montrose County. Join us on Saturday, November 17, for an open house 7:00 a.m. to [...]

Delta-Montrose Technical College announced they will have Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) classes beginning in January. Successful completion of the Emergency Medical Technician at DMTC prepares students to take the exam to be certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. Individuals with an interest in community service such as volunteer ambulance and fire organizations, [...]

The Colorado Mesa University Montrose Campus is hosting a session for people interested in becoming a nurse, medical assistant or other health care professional.  This session is tomorrow from 3-4pm at the CMU Montrose Campus at 234 South Cascade Avenue.  Reps will be on hand from the health sciences department an give a general overview [...]

Officer Erik Engebretsen with the Hartford, Wisconsin Police Department will be participating in the 2013 Police Unity Tour to honor MPD Sergeant David J. Kinterknecht (EOW 7-25-2009).  The Police Unity Tour is a 260 mile bicycle tour, May 9th through May 12th, from New Jersey to the National Police Memorial in Washington D.C. during National Police Week. [...]

It was 1 year ago today, the idea for Welcome Home Montrose was born.  Melanie Kline came up with this idea for Montrose to be a home for all Veterans from across the USA. Melanie Kline purpose of Welcome Home Montrose This project has come a long way in 1 year and is getting lots of [...]

http://www.kjct8.com/news/Semi-hits-Montrose-teen/-/163152/17379826/-/6uixhiz/-/index.html OLATHE, Colo. –  He’s been in the Intensive Care Unit for 36 days. That’s 864 hours or 51,840 minutes. But no matter how you do the math, Tim Thomas says it’s too long to go without speaking to his son.  “They said it’s a  year or could be up to a year before they [...]