News Mudslides close Black Bear Pass, trap vehicles By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Updated 9 min ago Black Bear Pass was closed to vehicles and hikers as road crews work on critical repairs following weekend mudslides that trapped four vehicles.
Local News Stories featured BLM to retool part of Uncompahgre Resource Management Plan under settlement; new leasing on hold By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Updated 2 hrs ago The Bureau of Land Management will reconsider oil and gas leasing provisions of the Uncompahgre Resource Management Plan, under a recent agree…
Local News Stories Hydropower project in the works at Taylor Park Reservoir By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Aug 12, 2022 Taylor Park Reservoir is well on its way to producing hydropower for the Gunnison County Electric Association. The electric association is par…
Local News Stories featured Federal government seeks dismissal of canal-death suit By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Updated Aug 11, 2022 Federal defendants argue that the wrongful death suit brought by parents of a deceased Montrose teenager should be dismissed, because the gove…
Local News Stories featured 'Fingers crossed' as Senate appropriations poised to benefit area By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Aug 10, 2022 If recently announced congressionally directed spending projects stay in the U.S. Senate’s 2023 appropriations bills, area housing projects st…
Local News Stories featured Koch's sentence date continued in fraud case centered on sale of bodies By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Updated Aug 9, 2022 One half of the mother-daughter duo embroiled in the Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors’ mail fraud case won her bid for a later sentencing date.
Local News Stories featured Secretary of state race recount yields no change for Peters in Montrose County By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Aug 6, 2022 Embattled Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ latest legal challenge to her primary loss in the Colorado Secretary of State’s race has pulled in Mo…
+3 Local News Stories featured New concourse expected to be operational in time for ski season as airport numbers climb By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Aug 6, 2022 Plane traffic and the terminal expansion at Montrose Regional Airport have at least one thing in common: both are going up at a steady clip.
Local News Stories County backs $200K request for downtown hotel By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Aug 5, 2022 What’s being billed as a “boutique hotel” is coming to downtown Montrose, with some help from the Region 10 League for Economic Assistance and…
Local News Stories Bipartisan support for protecting Dolores River Canyon areas; proposed law does not affect Montrose County By Katharhynn Heidelberg katharhynnh@montrosepress.com Updated Aug 5, 2022 A bill to designate as a National Conservation Area sections of the Dolores River Canyon area in San Miguel, Dolores and Montezuma counties ha…
