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Broad call for action among local leaders aids hundreds in Montrose and surrounding communities

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SCARY FUN IN MONTROSE: Halloween is quickly creeping in on Montrose, and businesses are ready to celebrate with both family fun and adult festivities. From Trunk or Treats and dances to after dark parties, there's fun for everyone. THURSDAY THROWBACK: On Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, the Montrose Daily Press ran a story about a local Vietnam veteran who said the local Elks Lodge was banning him from the property for an attempted murder conviction from decades ago. VOIDED PLAN? Conservation groups that previously sued over the updated resource management plan for the Uncompahgre Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management now contend the plan is void, because at the time of its approval, William Perry Pendley was illegally exercising the authority of the BLM's acting director. Citizens for a Health Community based in Paonia, along with High Country Conservation Advocates, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club, Western Watersheds Project and WildEarth Guardians on Tuesday amended their previous suit challenging the resource management plan, or RMP.

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Broad call for action among local leaders aids hundreds in Montrose and surrounding communities Around the same time crafters in the local community worked tirelessly to provide extra masks for Montrose Memorial Hospital and others, it became apparent to Montrose County Commissioner Sue Hansen that there would likely be additional needs for residents. Read More Fall fun continued at DeVries Friend-ly Farm, despite COVID-19 restrictions The rustling leaves and the sound of corn blowing in the wind made the experience at DeVries Friend-ly Farm feel like another fall in October on the Western Slope. Read More COLUMN: SNOTEL measuring snowpack, Drool Log and CDOT road repairs Well, that was abrupt. I was raking leaves and painting the garage door on Sunday morning and then digging out from almost 10 inches of snow on Monday. Read More

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