Local Harry Kearney won the pro men’s division in the 2025 edition of the Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom in Washington last month, beating out Idaho’s Chase Josey. Decades after the inaugural competition, the race still brings old school vibes, including painted duct tape trophies.
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With the recent measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico, public health officials are urging individuals to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine if they haven’t already.
Although winter is still in full swing with more snow coming in the next few days, it’s never too early to start thinking about wildfire season. The San Miguel Basin Colorado State University (CSU) Extension and West Region Wildfire Council are hosting a free public wildfire resilience works…
One of the most sublime rides in all of cycling is right here in western Colorado.
Congressman Jeff Hurd, the newly-elected representative from Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, visited the San Miguel Board of County Commissioners remotely on Wednesday to share updates from his first two months in Washington, D.C., and hear their concerns for San Miguel County, one of…
Norwood Board of Education members and school staff held their regular, monthly meeting this week where they celebrated student athletic and academic accomplishments and discussed funding, among other items.
Ahead of what is expected to be an especially dangerous wildfire season, homeowners in Norwood and the West End of San Miguel County are being dropped by their insurers.
During discussions at the Norwood Town Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, it was clear that trustees and town staff are struggling with understanding the extent and effects of the federal government’s grant funding freeze, but they continue working on what they can despite the lack of c…
Appointing someone to fill the shoes of retiring San Miguel County Sheriff William ‘Bill’ Masters is no easy decision.
Earl McWilliams spends a lot of time with water. He ensures Norwood-area drinking water is up to par and checks on the wastewater system to make sure it’s doing what’s expected. He can also be found shoveling snow, digging up frozen pipes, or, in summer, mowing or running the weed eater or p…
Business
New Year’s resolutions? Forget them, some say. But that doesn’t mean reflection and planning are also out. Norwood business owners Christine Odle, of Rockin’ BB financial coaching, and Shelley Fourney, solution-focused practitioner at Shelley’s Intentional Steps, have advice for creating a f…
In 2009, Dahlia Mertens was a pioneer in the topical cannabis industry. She started Mary Jane’s Medicinals in Telluride with a crockpot and $1,500 she earned from trimming weed for six weeks in California.
Walk into the east side of the Ruble-Orendorf Mercantile building in Norwood today and the shelves that once housed paints, kitchen and cleaning products in the old Ace Hardware store are gone.
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Dear Editor, What a grand idea the urban residents of Colorado had and voted to reintroduce wolves back into the state. I am sure the rural residents, ranchers and farmers in the area of release are just ecstatic as well. But why stop there? The greatest animal that used to live in Colorado…
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