As today is the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, the Colorado State Patrol suggests that you don’t toss any pennies away next time you get change, as one of them could just save your life. Drivers who haven’t experienced that helpless feeling of losing control on a slick winter road yet this year may not [...]

Montrose, CO – Tryllen Richards, age 32, of Naturita, Colorado, is in the custody of Montrose County Sheriff’s Office charged with assault in the first degree, a class three felony, and felony menacing, a class five felony. Arrest affidavit was approved on Saturday, February 9. Richards will be formally advised once released from the hospital. There is no [...]

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SCOTT SHINE INTERVIEW MONTROSE DDA For more information on Downtown Montrose, call 970-901-9667 or you can go to the website www.montrosedowntown.com or look for downtown Montrose on Facebook.

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This story comes from KKCO TV-11 in Grand Junction http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/Montrose-officials-release-new-details-on-dog-attack-190564781.html and additional info comes from the Western Slope Watchdog http://westernslopewatchdog.com/2013/02/western-slope-media-round-up-for-february-9-2013/ Montrose City officials have released more detailed information about Dutch, a service dog accused of attacking a woman and sending her to the hospital.  Authorities say on November 14, 2012, Montrose Animal Control officers were notified they were [...]

This story comes from the Western Slope Watchdog http://westernslopewatchdog.com/2013/02/confusing-pot-ban-ordinance-leaves-sour-taste-in-delta-co/ By Ron Bain Watchdog Editor DELTA – The Delta County commissioners, as they had predicted they would do in a legal notice, on Feb. 4 enacted an ordinance prohibiting retail marijuana stores, large-scale cultivation, and manufacturing, processing or testing facilities. Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana when [...]

This story comes from the Western Slope Watchdog http://westernslopewatchdog.com/2013/02/day-of-resistance-rallies-set-for-feb-23-in-gj-montrose/ Two Day of Resistance rallies have been scheduled at noon on Saturday, Feb. 23 in Grand Junction and Montrose.  The Grand Junction event will be held on the lawn of the old Mesa County Courthouse at 5th and Rood.  The Montrose rally will be held in [...]

This story appears in the Western Slope Watchdog Paper http://westernslopewatchdog.com/2013/02/sheriff-dunlap-i-will-stand-up-for-your-rights/ By Ron Bain Watchdog Editor MONTROSE – Montrose County Sheriff Rick Dunlap, already on record in support of the Second Amendment and the U.S. Constitution, made his strongest statement on the subject of gun control Thursday evening while speaking to the Tri-County 9-12 Project. “I [...]

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Montrose, CO – The Future Business Leaders of America Chapters from Montrose and Olathe High Schools traveled to Grand Junction on Monday, February 4 for the District Leadership Conference.  Montrose had 24 chapter members and Olathe had 22 chapter members competing in the District Leadership Conference.  Each school had 11 students that qualified to compete [...]

Several internet sites are presenting information about a Montrose Animal Services vicious animal case involving Dutch, an American Allaunt canine.  Unfortunately, some of the information being circulated is either incomplete or incorrect. While city officials respect the rights of individuals to express their opinions in this matter, they also caution the public to consider details of [...]

Results courtesy of the GJ Daily Sentinel Girls basketball: Coal Ridge Titans 52, Cedaredge Bruins 46:  Coal Ridge battled back from an early 19-11 deficit to down Cedaredge, ending the Bruins 3-game winning streak in a game broadcast on 94 KIX.   Senior Paige Ryan scored a game high 26 points at the Titans improve [...]

This story comes from both the GJ Daily Sentinel and the Montrose Daily Press http://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/articles/warrior-breakthrough and http://www.montrosepress.com/sports/injuries-hamper-montrose-wrestlers-at-league-duals/article_b677ce30-7349-11e2-a59b-0019bb2963f4.html The Montrose Indians went 2-3 at the SWL Dual Championships yesterday as 4 regulars sat out.  Montrose beat Durango and Montezuma-Cortez, but lost to champion Central, Fruita and GJ to finish in 5th place.  An injured shoulder has ended [...]

This story appears in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel http://www.gjsentinel.com/S=5133207d09054c63f947fc120809c8c99786ec07/sports/articles/indians-morris-wins-3rd-straight-breaststroke-titl/ Logan Morris won her third consecutive 100-yard breaststroke state title in the Class 4A state swimming championships on Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton. And just as she did in Friday’s preliminary round, Morris, a senior headed to New Mexico State University, set [...]

MARY PFALZGRAFF (fallz-graff) Colorow Care Center Several hundred people gathered today for the groundbreaking ceremony at Colorow Care Center in Olathe, CO.  The first thought of this project began back in 2005 with actual pen to paper figuring beginning in 2008.  The project and expansion of the current facility is expected to cost $5-million dollars, [...]