The United States Forest Service recently informed the Telluride Nordic Association that it can no longer groom two of the trails that weave through Forest Service land atop Lizard Head Pass due to conflicts with a lynx habitat study.

The lucky among San Miguel County?s residents have spotted them lurking near the road between Sawpit and Placerville, but state wildlife officials say Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are some of the more elusive critters they have to track.

On Monday, Aug. 20, a pack of some of the world?s most elite cyclists will race up the Spur and into Telluride, where they will loop through town before turning westward down Colorado Avenue for a push to the finish line at the San Miguel County Courthouse.

The Republican presidential campaign came to Montrose Saturday morning in the form of former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, who framed this year?s race for the White House in historic terms and contrasted his views to those of Mitt Romney, widely regarded as the GOP frontrunner.

Music fans have one final opportunity to score tickets to the 2012 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, which is experiencing demand so record-shattering that organizers have revamped their sales methods to cope.

In a few months, CDOT crews will begin construction on a road widening and bridge replacement project at the corner of Highways 145 and 62 near Placerville.

It?s that time of year again: WildEarth Guardians released its annual Prairie Dog Report Card.

San Miguel County is a decidedly Democratic region, with its Democraticness gaining strength as one travels from the West End toward Telluride?s box canyon.

By all appearances, Charles Dodgson was an ordinary man. A slender math professor, Anglican deacon and photographer, he would likely have blended in easily with his peers in Victorian England.

In his 1863 Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln assured the citizens of a Civil War-torn America that, ?government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.?

27F OVERCAST

Mostly cloudy. Isolated snow showers in the afternoon. Highs 25 to 35. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon. Chance of snow 20 percent.

Snow showers likely. Snow accumulation 1 to 3 inches. Lows 10 to 20. West winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening becoming light. Chance of snow 70 percent.