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

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A sneak peek at tomorrow's print edition of the Montrose Daily Press ... In tomorrow's print edition of the Montrose Daily Press, you can read about how a group of women from Montrose's United Methodist Church made dresses for little girls in Uganda; as well as about the MHS Red Hawks softball team, which is breaking a number of records this season; and also about this weekend's Southwest Fresh fest at Billy Goat Hops Farm. Have a Good One, Jeremy Morrison, managing editor Montrose Daily Press

Backlash after commissioner’s personal post disturbs treasurer, leaves former mayor ‘unsettled.' Pond explains genesis of ‘one cross-party establishment’ post; says he never threatened anyone Montrose County Commissioner Sean Pond’s social media post (since deleted) on his personal page naming several public officials and others as part of a local “one cross-party establishment” spilled over into a county work session last week, when County Treasurer Rosemary Murphy took to the mic. “You do not have the authority to define what kind of a Republican I am,” said Murphy, identifying herself as a lifelong party member. In his post, which he deleted after learning of Murphy’s concerns, Pond highlighted public officials and media members as “The Montrose County Establishment.” Pond created a flowchart image showing a purported “one cross-party establishment” that he described as “Moderate Republicans working in the same political circle as Democrats” and “liberal activists, media and administrators.” Read More 'So far, they haven't given us good reasons' — Charter Issues Committee makes the case for rejecting Montrose's proposed amendments Beth McCorkle was among a collection of people who spent considerable time in the Montrose City Council chambers this summer, imploring the council not to forward a slate of proposed charter amendments to the November ballot. Now she is a member of a group formally opposing the potential charter amendments. “Two or three weeks before everything was finalized, you know, it was pretty clear what was gonna happen and that these were all gonna be passed, so we started that process, we started the issues committee, we started getting people together to talk about why we needed to oppose these,” McCorkle explained recently Dubbed the Charter Issues Committee, the group has set about Montrose to reach voters before the November election. These efforts are currently in full swing, as evidenced by group’s signage popping up around town. Read More Possible spotty radio coverage at time of plane crash that killed 2. Report shows Cessna dropped quickly The pilot of a small plane that crashed Sept. 3, killing him and the other man on board, may have been operating under visual operation rules, and experiencing spotty radio communication with a Denver control center due to terrain interference, according to preliminary information from the National Transportation Safety Board. The plane dropped about 450 feet in less than a minute before hitting terrain, according to the report. Read More

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