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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 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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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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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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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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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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Smoke Advisory Issued for Montrose County as Gold Mountain Fire Continues to Grow The Montrose County Sheriff’s Office has issued a pre-evacuation notice for a portion of the Gold Mountain Fire area as the wildfire has grown to 18,005 acres under critical fire weather conditions. The notice applies to evacuation Zone 34, which includes properties […]
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Eight years after opening Phelanies Speakeasy in downtown Montrose, owners Phil and Melanie Freismuth are giving the business across from Horsefly a new identity. Later this month, the bar — whose name is a mashup of Phil and Melanie — will reopen as Phelanies Tipsy Tiki Bar, replacing its Prohibition-era cocktail lounge atmosphere with a […]
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For many pet owners, watching a beloved dog struggle to rise from the floor, hesitate at the foot of the stairs, or slow down on a favorite walk is a quiet heartbreak. Until recently, families in Montrose and across the Western Slope had few local options for addressing those struggles beyond routine veterinary care. That […]
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