At the City Council meeting last night Manager Bill Bell had nothing new to report concerning Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization other than what’s already known and that is the Council will offer $200 thousand from its general fund and $70 thousand from the Montrose ACT contract to support the air subsidy program at TMRAO.  [...]

Scott Stewart, executive director of  the Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization approached the city council during their work session last night and revealed that  a new low cost air service provider is expected to come the Montrose Regional Airport.  Because of confidential  agreements Stewart was unable to name the air service provider.  He also came [...]

The Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization may have no choice but to seriously consider an option that former executive director, Scott Stewart, suggested and that is reorganization.  Escalating fuel costs and other factors have left TMRAO financially strapped and in search of a more progressive direction in order to entice other airlines to make Montrose [...]

TELLURIDE  -  At Tuesday’s Telluride Town Council meeting Telluride Tourism Board CEO, Mike Martelon, and Director of Air Service for the Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization, Scott Stewart, gave a presentation explaining the troubles facing the Air Organization in the course of requesting a pledge for funding of $50,000 from the town’s 2012 budget.  The [...]

MONTROSE  -  The Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization has reported  a successful winter season and travel to and from the Montrose/Telluride region should become even easier this summer with an additional second daily flight on American Airlines and Continental as the airline upgrade their seating capacity by  20 seats daily.  American Airlines’ twice daily service [...]

The Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization (TMRAO) held a board retreat on Friday February 19, 2010 with a focus on building on the successes of the Air Organization and addressing some of the challenges the region faces going forward. “This was a very good first step”, said Larry Mallard Board President of TMRAO,” the retreat [...]

A company says its proposed uranium mill in Montrose County could be operating in 2 years. Energy Fuels wants to build a mill in the Paradox Valley and said Tuesday at a Colorado Mining Association conference in Denver that state officials have until next January to deny or issue a permit. According to the Durango [...]