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96° 56°

Humidity: 16%
Cloud Coverage: 1%
Wind: NW at 16 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
UV Index: 10 Very High
Sunrise: 05:47:20 AM
Sunset: 08:37:50 PM
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Arts & Entertainment

String wizards — Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings the music and music lovers to the mountains

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There are other bluegrass festivals out there. There are ones closer to the music’s geographical roots, and even others closer to home in C…

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Local News Stories

'It's kind of a no-brainer': City seems poised to restore DART funds after typo

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A typo in the city budget cost Montrose’s Development and Revitalization Team the vast majority of its yearly budget, and city council memb…

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Mountaineering

SAR rescues 'cliffed out' hikes on the Via Ferrata

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San Miguel County officials are urging people not to attempt technical terrain beyond their skillset or comfort level after San Miguel Coun…

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Beehive Fire 88% contained; Pardox Trail at 70%

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Fire crews made progress Sunday on the Beehive Fire, strengthening containment lines and increasing overall containment to 88%. Operations …

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News

All the classics roll through town: Scenes from the car show [PHOTOS]

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Classic wheels rolled into town over the weekend, starting with a display up and down Main Street last Friday, June 12. Then, on Saturday, …

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

A sneak peek at tomorrow's print ediiton of the Montrose Daily Press ...

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A sneak peek at tomorrow's print ediiton of the Montrose Daily Press ...

In tomorrow's print edition of the Montrose Daily Press, you can read about how the Montrose City Council appears poised to rectify a typo in the city budget, thus restoring the full funding allotted to the Development and Revitalization Team, or DART; and also about the rescue of two hikers from a via ferrata in Telluride; as well as about the continued containment of the Bee Hive and Paradox Trail fires burning in the western part of the county.

 


Also in tomorrow's print edition, you can check out photos from last weekends Black Canyon Classics Car Club's Colorful Colorado Car, Truck & Rod Show




Have a Good One,

Jeremy Morrison, managing editor

Montrose Daily Press





Telluride Bluegrass Festival
String wizards — Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings the music and music lovers to the mountains

There are other bluegrass festivals out there. There are ones closer to the music’s geographical roots, and even others closer to home in Colorado. But nothing quite compares to what unfolds in Telluride each summer.

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DART
DART Developing: With big growth comes new structure for DART

When Montrose’s Development and Revitalization Team holds its monthly meetings in the Public Safety Complex’s Community Room, there are rarely open seats.

“Sometimes we don’t fit in the room,” said City of Montrose Community Initiatives Manager Michelle Wingfield, later adding, “That’s an amazing problem to have.”

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Wolf plate
Rolling for a reason: Born to be Wild truck promotes conflict mitigation, license plate program for wolf reintroduction

While the reintroduction of wolves in Colorado has been a controversial issue to say the least, they’re here now — and organizations like the Endangered Species Coalition are raising money and providing resources to help residents and ranchers handle it.
The Born to Be Wild license plate program, launched in 2024, is one of the coalition’s programs that has successfully raised over $1.3 million to that effect. Now, the organization is rolling out a new initiative to provide further education on wolves and promote the license plate program throughout the state.
Last month, a custom-wrapped Chevy truck featuring gray wolves amid mountain scenery hit the road, stopping by events and meetings to provide resources and swag.
“It’s really just raising awareness,” explained Ryan Sedgeley, the Southern Rockies representative for the coalition. 

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Latest Stories | ⛅ Your Weather Forecast for Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Clear

Today

92° 59°

Humidity: 18%
Cloud Coverage: 4%
Wind: NNW at 13 mph
Chance of Rain: 0%
UV Index: 10 Very High
Sunrise: 05:47:21 AM
Sunset: 08:37:38 PM
Day Precip Temp
Clear Tue
0% 92° 59°
Clear Wed
0% 96° 58°
Partly cloudy Thu
0% 95° 59°
Mostly clear Fri
4% 94° 65°
Clear Sat
0% 92° 57°
Mostly clear Sun
0% 90° 56°
Clear Mon
0% 94° 57°

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Mountaineering

SAR rescues 'cliffed out' hikes on the Via Ferrata

Updated

San Miguel County officials are urging people not to attempt technical terrain beyond their skillset or comfort level after San Miguel Coun…

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Local News Stories

Beehive Fire 88% contained; Pardox Trail at 70%

Updated

Fire crews made progress Sunday on the Beehive Fire, strengthening containment lines and increasing overall containment to 88%. Operations …

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News

All the classics roll through town: Scenes from the car show [PHOTOS]

Updated

Classic wheels rolled into town over the weekend, starting with a display up and down Main Street last Friday, June 12. Then, on Saturday, …

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Local News Stories

Roan Plateau parcels proposed for oil and gas lease sales, undoing protections for iconic western Colorado mesa; The proposed sale of leases covering 127,000 acres, including 5,000 acres on the plateau, is the result of federal legislation requiring quarterly lease sales in nine Western states, including Colorado

After nine years of protests and lawsuits, an agreement preserving the Roan Plateau in western Colorado from oil and gas development was re…

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Politics

Montrose mayor does 180° on charter review commission position — Badagliacco says city council will get amendments ready for November’s ballot & effort to have police chief moved under council control unrelated to anything pertaining to immigration enforcement — ‘that’s nonsense’

It only took about a week for Mayor Michael Badagliacco to flip his position on establishing a charter review commission. After reconsideri…

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