Montrose Colorado News & Information

Montrose County Assessor Brad Hughes announces 2013 Notice of Valuations were mailed May 1 in accordance with Colorado Revised Statutes.  Taxpayers may view their property information online prior to receiving their notice through the assessor’s online records search called Eagle Web (http://eagleweb.montrosecounty.net/eagleassessor/web). All classes of real property, with the exception of agricultural land, experienced a [...]

Two local graduating seniors have been selected as the 2013 recipients of the Hartman Brothers Centennial Scholarship. Olathe High School student, Erica Brummitt , will begin a pre-pharmacy program at either Colorado Mesa University or Dixie State College this fall and continuing into a graduate program to pursue her goal of becoming a pharmacist.  Montrose [...]

The Delta County Board of Commissioners’ work session agenda for Monday is now on our website at the following location: http://www.deltacounty.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/7210 The Delta County Administrative Meeting Schedule is available on our website at the following location: http://www.deltacounty.com/DocumentView.asp?DID=7462

2 in 3 Americans are overweight or obese, and in need of a lasting solution for health.  With 85% of people who go on diets gaining it back within 2 years, this epidemic is now even encroaching upon the residents of until recently, what used to be the healthiest state in the nation – Colorado. [...]

The Plein Aire section of the Delta Fine Arts Annual show will be May 22nd and 23rd in the Deer Creek Golf Course area. We have permission to use the walking path, and limited access to assigned areas of the golf course and area residences. Media will be stamped 8 AM- 10 AM May 22nd [...]

MONTROSE FIRE DEPT INTERVIEW DALE ERICKSON  

A broad-based stakeholder effort to protect the Colorado River received a boost last month when a state court granted water rights designed to keep flows in the river, creating three important instream flow water rights. “The CWCB is very pleased that the stakeholder group worked through the state’s Instream Flow Program to protect this important [...]

Please see the following links to agendas and packets for the next City of Montrose Council meeting. City Council Agenda City Council Packet City Council Work Session Agenda City Council Work Session Packet If you have trouble with the links above you can access the agendas and packets on the City of Montrose Web site, www.cityofmontrose.org.  [...]

Women interested in learning the basics of shooting, archery and fly fishing are invited to attend Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s “Cast, Blast and Twang” clinic to be held in Grand Junction, Saturday, May 18 from 8 a.m. to mid-afternoon. The three-part class is designed for novices interested in learning about these popular outdoor activities and [...]

MHS SAFE Senior Party Fundraiser. It’s movie day/night at both the San Juan Cinema and Fox Theater on Saturday, May 4th. The movie theaters will be donating 5% of all their concession stand food and drink proceeds to the senior party during any of the show times at both theaters.

The Western State Colorado University women’s basketball program is proud to announce the signing of four student-athletes to national letters of intent.  The Mountaineers welcome Sydney Mares, Harlie Williams, Sadie Stroup and Sydnie Lengyel to the 2013-14 roster. Sydney Mares | Grants, N.M. | Point Guard A 5’5″ point guard from Grants High School, Sydney [...]

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1,237,701 a second round of grants to support 9 local homeless housing and service programs in Colorado.  Provided through HUD’s Continuum of Care programs, funding announced today will ensure these HUD-assisted local homeless assistance programs remain operating in the coming year.   Last March, HUD [...]

The Ouray County Sheriff’s office reported a 2.6 earthquake at 7:15 this morning.  The earthquake hit on Log Hill Road in Ridgway and went about 3.1 miles deep.  No damage was reported by Administrative Deputy Shelly Kuhlman.  Click on the arrow to hear her report. Shelly Kuhlman on Earthquake

Local News Montrose County Manager Rick Eckert comments on the Tri State Coal Mine in Nucla, after Senate Bill 252 passed.  Hear more on the story from Senior Manager Lee Boughey by clicking on the arrow.

After bunting two balls foul, Ben Cruz hit a walk-off, opposite field home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Montrose to a 5-2 victory over Fruita Monument in Southwestern League baseball Tuesday. Cruz had three extra-base hits and accounted for half of the Indians’ hits in a battle that came down [...]

The Delta Police Department would like to remind citizens to secure their valuables, vehicles and homes. Recently, the Delta Police Department has taken several reports of items being stolen out of vehicles which were left unlocked.  These cases are rarely solved and the stolen items are rarely recovered. Avoid the loss:  remove your valuables, roll [...]