On Wednesday former contractor Don LaPorte, owner of New World Alternative Healthcare, LCC, sent off two pounds of paperwork to Colorado?s newly formed Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division in a bid to license his dispensary located on the corner of Alder Street and Colorado Avenue.

In a little over a week, Telluride is expecting some 9,000 music fans to arrive for the two-night run of Phish shows in Town Park.

One of them still owns his house. Another doesn?t. And that may be the fundamental difference in candidates for U.S. Senate Andrew Romanoff and Michael Bennet: One of them has a lot of money, and the other doesn?t.

MONTROSE ? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is removing thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals from the now-defunct Elizabeth Mining and Development Inc. in Montrose.

Legislation working its way through Congress could increase summer activities at ski areas around the nation by revising a 1986 law that governs ski area use of public lands.

It?s officially monsoon season. This week?s heavy afternoon rainstorms are expected to continue through the weekend and the beginning of next week.

Associate Editor The 2010 Music on Main event found itself up against a host of unforeseen factors, leading organizers to cancel the street-dance style music event, which was originally scheduled for this Friday.

Colorado Department of Transportation crews clear mudslide debris off Highway 145 down valley below Keystone Hill on Tuesday. Heavy rains triggered a number of mudslides Monday and Tuesday, delaying traffic and even closing the road near Norwood Hill for an hour and a half on Tuesday. San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said 40-foot-tall trees and boulders the size of small vehicles were cleared from the road. Masters urged commuters to sign up for the county?s Wireless Emergency Network System (WENS) which sends text message alerts of road closures or severe weather, at sanmiguelsheriff.com. [Photo by Kevin Ludwig]

A man clung to life for an hour Monday after he?d been caught in a torrent of rockfall at about 14,000 feet, but succumbed to his injuries before help could arrive.

Telluride and Mountain Village have a shared commitment that by 2020 greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 20 percent. With every goal, there is a starting point. First, the idea was solar-power installations on Mountain Village facilities, but a feasibility study proved solar to be cost prohibitive. So, it was back to the drawing board, and micro-hydro is the latest idea in the Village.

62F Light rain with thunder

Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Then cloudy with numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs in the 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.

Cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening. Then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the evening. Lows in the 40s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.