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The 2020 Fat Bear Week bracket, presented by Katmai National Park and Preserve, explore.org and Katmai Conservancy. FAT BEAR WEEK is here and we hope you're as excited as we are about the occasion. What is Fat Bear Week? It's an annual tournament celebrating the success of the bears at Brooks River in Katmai National Park. Through this single elimination tournament, your vote decides whose gut reigns supreme. Voting opens today (Sept. 30) and closes on Oct. 6. Matchups will be open for voting from 10 a.m. to 8p.m. MT. Cast your vote for these chunky predators and see if your favorite is crowned the winner. FIRE AND FANS: Residents of the Cobble Creek and Spruce Point communities aren't holding back their thoughts on the proposed 1890 Homestead Project, a three-phase multi-family housing development, led by developer Matt Miles, founder and owner of Leadership Circle LLC, a real estate development company. Members of the two communities met with Miles on Sept. 21 regarding the future of the 1890 Homestead, land Miles purchased two years ago. The location of the project, a 32-acre property across from the Spruce Point subdivision and at the corner of 6450 Road and Cobble Drive, has already undergone planning, zoning and annexation requirements, with the latter approved during a Montrose City Council meeting in June 2018. LEFT OUT IN THE COLD?: The ministry providing critical cold-weather shelter is looking at reduced capacity in its temporary facility because of COVID-19. The Montrose Lighthouse, which offers emergency, overnight shelter between November and April, operates under a sublease arrangement in a city-owned building north of town. When pandemic restrictions swung into effect early this past March, guests there were quarantined. Volunteers are now working with Montrose County Public Health to determine the best safety practices when the Lighthouse opens again in a matter of weeks. TIME FOR CIDER: The cooler weather is here and what better way to warm up than with hot mulled cider, especially on National hot Mulled Cider Day? Sept. 30 celebrates this cinnamon, nutmeg, and apple thirst quencher. Mulled cider is a traditional fall and winter drink made by heating cider to almost boiling and adding cinnamon, orange peel, nutmeg, cloves and other spices and then simmering it.

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Is education becoming a casualty of COVID-19? As enrollment count approaches, Polis stresses importance of education Two days before the school enrollment count, Gov. Jared Polis, two education officials and a child psychiatrist emphasized the importance for parents to enroll their children in some form of education, following a sharp decline in enrollment. Read More Montrose Memorial Hospital honors first responders Montrose Memorial Hospital this year recognized an entire group of people for selfless service — first responders. Read More New mountain bike trails underway in Shavano Gateway This story was corrected to show the reason for the name "Electric Hills." Read More

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