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Those in and around Montrose will have several opportunities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, with live music, themed parties and other festivities taking place throughout the weekend leading up to the holiday. Here’s a look at some of the events happening around the region. Thursday, March 12 St. Paddy’s Party at Floating Lotus Brewery […]
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Montrose Regional Health and Community Hospital in Grand Junction have signed a letter of intent to explore forming a new nonprofit entity aimed at strengthening community-based health care across western Colorado and eastern Utah. Montrose Regional Health announced the exploratory partnership Monday via a press release, describing it as a collaboration designed to improve efficiency […]
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At Boba House, the drinks can be as much a visual as a refreshment: layered colors, big colorful cups and a wide straw meant for more than sipping. “It’s not like just going to the coffee shop and getting a coffee,” Keaton Truman said. “It’s kind of a whole experience. It’s fun.” Keaton Truman and […]
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Montrose City Manager Bill Bell spoke last week at the Montrose Pavilion as part of the city’s annual State of the City program, which featured presentations from several city leaders highlighting progress and priorities for the year ahead. Bell’s portion of the program focused on community pride, housing partnerships and the city’s evolving approach to […]
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Homestead Natural Meats is relocating its retail store to downtown Montrose. The company announced its last day at its current location, 1032 6450 Road, was Feb. 26. Customers were encouraged to stop in before the move to stock up on their usual items. Homestead will reopen March 9 at 647 E. Main St., in the […]
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The Montrose County School District has finalized the purchase of the Field House property at 25 Colorado Ave. from the Montrose Recreation District, allowing the school district to plan for a potential Early Childhood Center while prompting a major relocation and expansion of recreation services on the north side of town. The property, adjacent to […]
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After several years in Ouray, longtime Western artist Mike Simpson is back in Montrose — and back on Main Street. Simpson has opened gallery space inside Tim Frates’ MegaPixel at 509 E. Main St., bringing his watercolors and oil paintings of the American West back to the community he first called home in 1979. “It’s […]
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A local nonprofit has taken a major step toward building affordable housing in Montrose, securing land and state funding for a 50-unit apartment development that will serve low- to moderate-income residents and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities as part of the broader Hilltop Neighborhood planned along 6600 Road. Community Options Inc. (COI) has secured […]
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After once calling it a “monumental win,” Delta-Montrose Electric Association has withdrawn from a $72 million federal clean energy award that would have helped fund a 20-megawatt solar and battery storage project in western Colorado. The cooperative announced this week it is stepping away from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Powering Affordable Clean Energy Program, […]
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Imagine you’re deep in the woods. A killer is on the loose. You stumble into a remote cabin — and the door locks behind you. The only way out is to solve a series of hidden clues before time runs out. That’s the premise behind The Cabin Escape Room, one of Montrose’s newest entertainment experiences, […]
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