Fall colors spread across Western Slope as high country at or nearing peak

Montrose Business Times Fall colors are beginning to spread across Colorado’s Western Slope, with some of the highest elevations in the San Juan Mountains nearing peak color while lower elevations remain earlier in the seasonal transition. As of Sept. 22, the San Juan National Forest listed the stretch from Molas Pass to Silverton and the […]

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Montrose Forest Products issues layoff notice to some 90 workers as efforts are made to sell the local sawmill

The clock is running to find a buyer for Colorado’s largest sawmill, with Montrose Forest Products saying a deal ideally needs to be secured before Nov. 6 to preserve its workforce and avoid an interruption in operations. Neiman Enterprises issued federally required Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices to around 90 Montrose Forest Products […]

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DMEA welcomes Scott Breithaupt as its new safety director

News Release DMEA Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) has named Scott Breithaupt as its new Safety Director, bringing more than two decades of electric industry experience and a deep commitment to serving DMEA members and communities to the role. “Safety isn’t simply a program or a set of requirements—it’s about building and supporting a culture where […]

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More than 600 tribute bricks to be laid at Montrose Veterans Memorial site later this month

The Montrose Veterans Memorial will take another major step toward completion Sept. 26, when veterans, families and community members gather to place more than 600 personalized tribute bricks along the memorial’s walkways. The brick-laying ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at the memorial site, 1800 Pavilion Drive, adjacent to the Montrose Botanic Gardens. Participants laying […]

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GMUG reduces closure area as Gold Mountain Fire remains at 87% contained

Montrose Business Times The Gold Mountain Fire remains 87% contained at 39,718 acres as firefighters continue working pockets of lingering heat, while federal land managers have reopened some areas that had been closed for weeks because of the fire. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests reduced its closure area this week, reopening access […]

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Finding Common Ground: Why LFMG decided to bring Montrose its first 3-day music festival to benefit its music academy

Edgar Quiroz was still a teenager when he got his first look at the music industry from the inside. The Guadalajara-born, Western Colorado-raised hip-hop artist had been making music since his early teens when he signed with a record label. The experience wasn’t what he’d imagined, and after leaving the label, Quiroz said he nearly […]

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City Market’s south Montrose store is largest in Colorado after grand reopening Wednesday

Well over 100 people gathered in the parking lot outside City Market’s south Montrose store Wednesday morning as the company celebrated the completion of an $18.5 million expansion. Customers stood alongside store employees as City Market handed out door prizes, recognized workers and cut the ribbon on a project that added 20,000 square feet and […]

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Amazon unveils $25 million Montrose last-mile station meaning faster deliveries

Amazon’s new Montrose delivery station is designed to take days off local delivery times while processing as many as 28,000 packages per week. The company provided a behind-the-scenes look at the facility, located on County Road near the airport, Monday morning during a small tour and ribbon-cutting attended by members of the press, local economic-development […]

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