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News Release City of Montrose In the interest of public safety, the City of Montrose Parks Division is closing Buckhorn Lakes, a city-owned park located 15 miles southeast of downtown Montrose, due to the threat of wildfire from the Gold Mountain Fire currently burning in Ouray County. The park will be closed by noon today, […]
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Montrose Business Times The City of Montrose has been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the former Bullock Electric Steam Plant, a long-vacant industrial site along the Uncompahgre River that city officials hope to transform into a recreation and economic development hub. According to a city news […]
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Montrose Business Times The City of Montrose has postponed its Fourth of July fireworks display and prohibited the sale of fireworks within city limits as worsening wildfire conditions and strained firefighting resources continue across western Colorado. According to a city news release, the annual fireworks show at Riverbottom Park has been tentatively rescheduled for Aug. […]
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Montrose Business Times The Gold Mountain Fire northeast of Ouray nearly doubled in size to 14,960 acres Tuesday as extreme fire behavior pushed the wildfire into new terrain under red flag conditions, according to Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team 3. The fire remained 0% contained Wednesday morning. The wildfire, which started June 27 […]
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Montrose Police Department announced on Facebook Sunday, amid concern for wildfire conditions in the area, the Fourth of July fireworks show at Riverbottom Park would be postponed to a later date. Telluride last week canceled its own fireworks display. The Town of Ouray on Sunday also announced the cancelation of its fireworks show. See the […]
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News Release | Montrose Regional Health Montrose Regional Health’s annual Blood Draws and Health Fair returns Aug. 1-8, offering affordable blood testing, free health screenings, and trusted local healthcare resources for community members across Montrose County. For more than 37 years, the event has helped thousands of people gain valuable insights into their health at […]
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News Release | Telluride Fire Protection District The annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Telluride Town Park has been canceled due to extreme fire danger in the area, the Telluride Volunteer Fire Department (TVFD) and the Telluride Fire Protection District (TFPD) announced. The decision was made following a thorough analysis conducted during weekly meetings […]
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Tina Carver for theMontrose Business Times A proposed amendment to Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) meant to increase director term limits failed to garner enough votes during the cooperative’s 2026 Annual Meeting on June 18 at Olathe High School. Had it been approved, the amendment would have allowed directors to serve up to four consecutive four-year […]
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One of the Western Slope’s most established accounting firms entered a new era at the start of this year. Buckendorf, Haynes CPAs, a fixture in the Montrose community for years, is now under the sole ownership of Eric Haynes — the Haynes side of the partnership, following a carefully managed transition from longtime partner Dena […]
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Smoke over Montrose and other Colorado counties caused by large wildfires burning in Utah and Nevada prompted a state air quality advisory for western Colorado on Wednesday as the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests announced Stage 1 fire restrictions will take effect Thursday because of persistent severe fire conditions. The Colorado Department of […]
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