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MRH expands physician coverage to maintain pulmonary services during deployment

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Montrose Business Times Montrose Regional Health’s pulmonology clinic will continue operating with additional physician coverage while Dr. Andrew Hersh serves on a temporary military deployment, the health system announced in a news release. Hersh, a pulmonologist at MRH and a 19-year member of the U.S. Air Force, is expected to return in November. Patients with […]

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Two additional hotels planned for Colorado Outdoors after Hampton Inn & Suites

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Two additional hotels are planned for the Colorado Outdoors development in Montrose, where developers expect to break ground on a previously announced Hampton Inn & Suites before October. The Hampton would be followed successively by a Home2 Suites by Hilton and a SpringHill Suites by Marriott, representatives of Lamont Companies told the Montrose Urban Renewal […]

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Gold Mountain Fire grows to more than 31,000 acres as containment increases; air quality improved over previous days

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Montrose Business Times The Gold Mountain Fire has grown to 31,420 acres, but cooler, more humid weather and light showers helped keep fire activity relatively quiet Tuesday as firefighters increased containment to 8%. The fire, burning about 2 miles northeast of Ouray, had earlier this week prompted evacuation orders and notices across portions of Ouray, […]

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Resources available for Coloradans affected by wildfires around the state

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(Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by Colorado Newsline. Find it here.) Story by Lindsey Toomer | Colorado Newsline Communities across Colorado are under evacuation and preevacuation orders as crews respond to multiple large-scale wildfires under high-risk weather conditions.  The largest active fire is the Aspen Acres Fire outside of Pueblo, which grew to […]

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The Rye & The Rose brings Western saloon feel, cocktails and small plates to downtown Montrose

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The notes from an antique Becker Brothers piano drift through The Rye & The Rose, where saddles sit on wooden shelves and cocktails with names like Saddle Leather and The Outlaw’s Prayer are served alongside oysters, small plates and grazing boards. The piano, dating to around the turn of the 20th century, is not just […]

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Gunnison County orders mandatory evacuation for some residents; voluntary evacuation for part of Montrose County as firefighters continue to battle Gold Mountain Fire

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The Gold Mountain Fire entered southwestern Gunnison County by Monday morning, prompting a mandatory evacuation there as Montrose County issued a voluntary evacuation notice for another area threatened by the nearly 28,000-acre fire. Gunnison County Emergency Management issued a mandatory evacuation for Zone 32, which includes the Bear Claw, Silver Jack, Eagle’s Rest and Little […]

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City of Montrose closing Buckhorn Lakes due to wildfire threat

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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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The City of Montrose was awarded a $3.3 million EPA grant to transform the former Bullock Electric Steam Plant in town

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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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A local entrepreneur recently expanded his retail vape business into Delta; his original Buddy’s Smoke and Vape, has been in Montrose since 2016

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When Nate Gueck opened Buddy’s Smoke and Vape in Montrose in February 2016, he was 24 years old and running his first business. The first year was more difficult than he expected. “I had to move back in with my mom,” Gueck said. “I had to sell my dad’s Land Rover that he left me, […]

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