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A sneak peek at tomorrow's print edition ...  In tomorrow's print edition of the Montrose Daily Press, you can read about the city's new wastewater plant improvement project; as well as the city's efforts to accommodate homeless shelters within municipal zoning regulations; and also about how the Montrose County Clerk and Recorder is giving her seal of approval on the soundness of local elections.  Also in tomorrow's paper, or online right now, you can read about how local public radio station KVNF is evolving in this new era, since federal funds for public broadcasting were nixed last year.   Hope you enjoy reading the paper — in print tomorrow and online everyday, at montrosepress.com. Have a Good One, Jeremy Morrison, managing editor

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Blue Lakes chronicles continue: New improvements and regulations in store for popular trail, but no permits this season Local hikers will get at least one more summer to hike the popular Blue Lakes Trail without permits, but a few changes are still coming to the area, and more are on the horizon. Since the trail was closed for improvements for much of last summer, the news gives recreators another chance to enjoy it in the high season before use is limited — though rangers hope they will do so respectfully. It's all part of a management plan the U.S. Forest service approved in late 2024, after years of overexposure left parts of the wilderness area trampled, trashed, and frankly, poopy.  Read More KVNF evolves amidst new era for public media — As it seeks to fill in the holes left by loss of federal funds, Western Slope public radio station also looks to grow its audience base and coverage scope. When Montrose resident and long-time figure skater Sarah Seibold competed in her first ice cross race in 2023, she thought she was just checking an item off her bucket list. Now, just a few years later, she's the second-best woman in the world.  Seibold said members of the ice cross community like to call the pursuit "the coolest sport you haven't heard of." "Essentially it's downhill racing on hockey skates," she explained. Athletes don skates— and usually, lots of safety gear— and race at speeds reaching 40 miles per hour down an unforgiving, icy track four at a time with lots of bumps, jumps and of curves. Read More City adds original Montrose Post Office to Historic Register City Councilors have voted unanimously to place the historic Montrose Post Office, located at 25-27 North Cascade Avenue, on the city's Register of Historic Places. In his presentation to City Council, Senior City Planner William Reis said the historic Montrose Post Office is over fifty years old and meets the criteria for the city's historic register due to its significant contribution to local history and the building's history, based upon the methods of construction used over a century ago. Reis said the building is significant for its association with the early development of governmental services in Montrose. It was completed in 1890 and was the site of an early Montrose post office, a function it continued to serve until the completion of the present post office in 1932. Read More

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