Colorado West Land Trust has opened a new office in Montrose, at 7 Townsend Ave.
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Business is booming for local outdoor outfitters and companies, and now state grants will help a few local businesses grow and fund new positions.
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
Invasive plant and thorn species pose a threat and nuisance to wildlife, livestock and even recreationists in some spots of the Uncompahgre Ri…
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
A wet winter and spring aren’t only improving the water picture for this growing season — all of the moisture is leaving wildfire specialists …
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
Outlook 2023
New Montrose High School Athletic Director Bradd Schafer is ready to continue what he sees as a proud sporting tradition.
Rhiannon Bergman
Staff Writer
A way-above-average snowpack has already begun melting, meaning rivers on the Western Slope will likely be rushing this year — and some nearby…
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
Four months into 2023, Montrose is near the front of the pack statewide when it comes to percentage-based increases in job vacancies, with 594…
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
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Since its founding roughly five years ago, Colorado Outdoors has come a long way. That’s in part due to the Montrose Urban Renewal Authority, …
Rhiannon Bergman
Staff Writer
With new facilities and a rise in visitor numbers, the Montrose Recreation District (MRD) has a variety of spaces for those looking to get out…
Rhiannon Bergman
Staff Writer
Montrose County School District (MCSD) is on a strong projection for its bounce back after the peak of the pandemic. While maintaining facilit…
Rhiannon Bergman
Staff Writer
Montrose businesses grew, moved and changed in 2022 with the assistance of the Montrose Economic Development Corporation, and in 2023 the grou…
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
Riding off of the wave that saw Colorado Outdoors come together a few years ago and brought multiple businesses into town post-pandemic, 2023 …
Rhiannon Bergman
Staff Writer
For decades, thousands of people in Montrose, Delta and Ouray counties have turned on their taps and have had clean, treated water gush out.
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
Passengers stepping off a United flight in March made their way from the plane, crossed the tarmac in front of partly finished facades, and he…
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
Montrose Regional Health CEO Jeff Mengenhausen wants the system to eventually offer all the medical services guests could seek out in Grand Ju…
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
Maybe you don’t think about infrastructure, but others are. That’s a good thing: functional infrastructure means we have necessities such as p…
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
Two new outpatient centers will serve Montrose by the end of next year, one an expansion of Montrose Regional Health and the other a private f…
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
• Montrose County Road and Bridge will close Gunnison Road on April 3 for two culvert replacement projects.
After a few years of what some local experts call “insanity,” during which multiple offers on homes were the norm and buyers had to make decis…
KyleaHenseler
Staff Writer
Tyler Morales remembers a familiar moment in his third year with the after school program. Teaching a sports activity class, Morales saw how o…
Josue Perez
Staff Writer
Working vigorously as the COVID-19 virus had finally reached Montrose, frontline workers at Montrose Memorial Hospital were increasingly on th…
Josue Perez
Staff Writer
Originally, Dee Coram and Phuong Nguyen’s plan was to open the Coffee Trader in California.
Josue Perez
Staff Writer
Born in El Salvador, a country in Central America neighboring Guatemala and Honduras, Ricardo Perez knows all too well what it means to help a…
Josue Perez
Staff Writer
Laying in a hospital bed in isolation can be mentally and physically trying for patients, especially patients in the COVID-19 units at Montros…
Even after she decided to leave her part-time position at the Montrose Animal Shelter, Kathy Harris couldn’t stay away from helping her four-f…
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
Family takes on a different meaning at Montage Creek Assisted Living.
If people are the happiest when they give, then it could be said the Giving Club of Montrose is dedicated to spreading happiness.
Logistics.
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
During a year where hardships grew exponentially during the pandemic, generosity and compassion won by a landslide.
You’re never too young to help others — and Kelcee Deltondo proves you’re not necessarily too busy, either.
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
While local fundraisers looked different this past year due to the pandemic, that did not inhibit Montrose doctors Sarah and Tim Judkins from …
Feeling the ground beneath the feet and giving the toes an opportunity to spread out as they should makes Sense of Motion Footwear (SOM) casua…
When Linda Carl returned home to Montrose about a dozen years ago, she knew what she wanted to do.
Katharhynn Heidelberg
Assistant Editor and Senior Writer
Investing in the person before the student is how teacher Melissa Good shows her students she is invested in their futures. With 14 years of t…
John Hickenlooper first became familiar with Montrose in 2011 shortly after being elected Colorado’s governor and appointing Montrose native M…
When TEI Rock Drills relocated to Montrose in 1988, the town essentially ended around East Oak Grove Road and Townsend Avenue, said Sue Frank,…
Recreational activities around or in Montrose have helped it become a central hub for tourists and residents in recent years.
Just a few years ago, the Cedar View development stood all but empty, with just one home on the Hillcrest Drive site.