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By Kati O'Hare

The city of Montrose Public Works and Administration Safety Committee's regular meetings and efforts appear to have paid off.

MONTROSE — Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado has been named a Circle of Life Award Honoree for its leading innovative programs that improve the care of patients facing life-threatening diseases, the American Hospital Association has announced.

MONTROSE — A new business offering television, audio and DVD/BluRay repairs has opened in Montrose.

MONTROSE — Slaughter’s Heating and Cooling now is teaming with InterMountain Energy to offer western and central Colorado the most knowledgeable and efficient installation of geothermal systems.

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MONTROSE  — The taxi service Montrose Express, a division of Telluride Express, is operating its fleet around Montrose under a temporary taxi authority.

Cheryl Raff, with Honest Tea, pours free samples of organic tea and displays other assorted items during the grand opening for Natural Grocers, an all-natural and organic grocery store in Montrose, Saturday morning. According to Nancy Flynn, director of Marketing for Natural Grocers, the store saw 400 people walk through the door by 10 a.m. (Joel Blocker / Daily Press)

MONTROSE — Long-time Montrose resident and veteran Wells Fargo Business Banking Manager Bruce Panter has been named Wells Fargo’s Community Banking president for Delta and Montrose.

MONTROSE  — The once high gas prices and now credit crunch is not only affecting homeowners, it’s also affecting business owners.

MONTROSE—Tom Barrett and his eight-person crew at Standard Tire and Service, a longtime Montrose merchant located on North Townsend, are celebrating a newly renovated, expanded facility. He opened this store in May 1985, two years after starting a similar tire store in Gunnison.

MONTROSE  — Some businesses are going “green” and not just because it’s good for the environment, but because it’s also good for business.

MONTROSE  — Between 2004 and 2006, Montrose was glowing, as were its real estate agents and their clients. The housing market during that time was strong. The number of single family home sales was at an all-time high. Vacant lot and land sales were soaring, as were their prices. It was good times.

MONTROSE  — Though Dave and Morgan Hansow, both in their mid-20s, run a nonprofit, they are more like “buyers,” purchasing a product and selling it in the United States.

MONTROSE  — Americans are known to consume and waste. From depleting water resources on their lawn to increased recyclables in the landfill — we are not the most efficient country, and this includes energy.

OLATHE  — Though you don’t always see them, you know they were there. Their presence is marked by a cooler full of fresh produce and ice-cold organic milk, meats and cheeses.

MONTROSE—The new Kagan & Baron Gallery of Fine Art is a welcome addition to the downtown scene.

MONTROSE  — The former Louisiana Pacific site, now the Delta-Olathe Industrial Park, is on its way to preliminary plot approval if everything goes according to plan.

MONTROSE  — One in 20 children has an undetected vision problem that could lead to serious problems if untreated. Knowing this, the Montrose Lions Club is helping the community’s young residents with early detection.