Top Stories of 2023:
→ Three Seats Now Open for City Municipal Election; Candidate Packets Available Dec. 11
→ Wolf Reintroduction Advocates Howling With Joy
→ Red Hawks Football Defeats Cyclones 33-7, Claims League Title, 1st Round Playoff Bye
→ Project 7’s Proposed New $160 Million Water Treatment Plant Raises Concerns About Affordability, Timing
→ Curry Announces Run for HD 58
→ Citizens Grill Board of Education on CEA Resolution
→ Room Filled to Capacity as Citizens Continue to Raise Concerns Before the Library Board of Trustees
→ $4,547,212.83 Needed For Third Phase of New City Hall
Read December 25, 2023 – Mirror Issue 565
BOCC Approves Contract for Jail Addition, Renovation, Sheriff Presents PSST Report
Law Enforcement Hosts ‘Heroes for Kids’
Four Red Hawks Volleyball Players Honored
Read December 18, 2023 – Mirror Issue 564
Auditor Commends re-1J’s Emily Imus and Staff for ‘Cleanest’ Audit
Sky’s the Limit as Seasonal Flights Return to MRA
Regional News Briefs
Read December 11, 2023 – Mirror Issue 563
Three Seats Now Open for City Municipal Election; Candidate Packets Available Dec. 11
Montrose County Hears Public Health Update
Regional News Briefs
Read December 4, 2022 – Mirror Issue 562
Incoming Re-1J Board of Education Directors Sworn in at Special Meeting
A Very Long Colorado Marble Game
Regional News Briefs
Read November 27, 2023 – Mirror Issue 561
A Warm Place, A Cup of Coffee, Maybe a Phone
Three Narrow Gauge Railroads in the San Juan Mountains Mining District
Regional News Briefs
Read November 20, 2023 – Mirror Issue 560
Re-1J Approves CASA Fee Waiver; Cadets Ask For Reinstatement of Award-Winning NJROTC Program
BOCC Hears 2023 Road & Bridge Sales & Use Tax Report, Approves Airport Change Orders
Regional News Briefs
Read November 13, 2023 – Mirror Issue 559
Metheny Appointed to DMEA District 2 Seat
Wolf Reintroduction Advocates Howling With Joy
Regional News Briefs
Read November 6, 2023 – Mirror Issue 558
Coaches Corner: MHS Red Hawks Football
BOCC Rejects Bids for Culvert Installation
Regional News Briefs
Read October 30, 2023 – Mirror Issue 557
Red Hawks Football Defeats Cyclones 33-7, Claims League Title, 1st Round Playoff Bye
Re-1J Board Hears Special Education Update
Regional News Briefs
Read October 23, 2023 – Mirror Issue 556
Red Hawks Roll Over Mesa Ridge 43-12
Community Spotlight: Colorado Kat Coalition
Regional News Briefs
Read October 16, 2023 – Mirror Issue 555
D.A. Seth Ryan Speaks Out on Criminal Justice ‘Reforms’
Red Hawks Blast Coronado 57-8
Colorado News Briefs
Read October 9, 2023 – Mirror Issue 554
“It Sounds Like We Got a Judge Problem”
Re-1J Work Session Looks at Need, Strategies for Academic Improvement
Regional News Briefs
Read October 2, 2023 – Mirror Issue 553
“It Sounds Like We Got a Judge Problem”
Re-1J Work Session Looks at Need, Strategies for Academic Improvement
Regional News Briefs
Read September 25, 2023 – Mirror Issue 552
Project 7’s Proposed New $160 Million Water Treatment Plant Raises Concerns About Affordability, Timing
Ulibarri Votes ‘No’ as MURA Approves $403K in Incentives to ‘Project Lollipop’ for Horizontal Site Improvements
Regional News Briefs
Read September 18, 2023 – Mirror Issue 551
Honey Acre Farm Stand to Close Sept. 22, As Fall Brings Pumpkin Patch and Haunted Corn Maze
Red Hawks Crush Bulldogs 42-0
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Read September 13, 2023 – Mirror Issue 550
Family Court Judge Puts Children, Families At Risk
Erie Tigers Defeat Red Hawks 38 To 28
Mirror Ads & Classifieds
Read September 4, 2023 – Mirror Issue 549
Federal Lawsuit Alleging Labor Trafficking and Wage Theft Set for Sept. 25
Red Hawks Football Crushes Fruita-Monument 58-15
Mirror Ads & Classifieds
Read August 22, 2023 – Mirror Issue 548
Re-1J Board Prepares to Evaluate Superintendent
Sarah Abbott Replaces Colleague Jeff Hurd as Attorney for DMEA
Colorado News Briefs
Read August 21, 2023 – Mirror Issue 547
BOCC Continues Waypoint West RV Park Special Use Application Hearing
Curry Announces Run for HD 58
Mirror Ads & Classifieds
Read August 14, 2023 – Mirror Issue 546
MABA Update…This Week, On Your Bike
MADA to Host 2023 Monte De Rosas Fiesta
Mirror Ads & Classifieds
Read August 7, 2023 – Mirror Issue 545
IEC Hearing on Matter of Dave Bowman Continues
Flashing Crosswalks to Go in at Four Locations, Child Sex Assaults Increase in City
Mirror Ads & Classifieds
Read August 1, 2022 – Mirror Issue 544
Montrose Business Wins Colorado’s 2022 Nextcycle Pitch Competition, Methane Capture a Goal for Delta Brick & Climate Company
Atwood Asks DMEA Board to Make Board Packets Available to the Public
City to Hear First Half and Quarterly Police Statistics
Read July 25, 2022 – Mirror Issue 543
BOCC Proclaims July 16-30 As County Fair Days, Continues Hop Farm Request for Liquor License
“The Issue in Colorado is There is No Door”
Regional News Briefs
Read July 17, 2023 – Mirror Issue 542
Four Re-1J Seats Up for Election in November
Independent Ethics Commission Hearing Set for July 18
Mirror Classifieds
Read July 10, 2023 – Mirror Issue 541
2023 Montrose County Fair & Rodeo: Showcasing the Talents of the Community
BOCC Approves Fair Permit, Proclaims July to Be Park & Recreation Month
Mirror Classifieds
Read July 3, 2022 – Mirror Issue 540
Setting Politics Aside to Focus on Solutions
Participation in DMEA Elections has Dropped From 19.04% in 2015 to 10.47% in 2023
Opinion/Editorial: Letters
Read June 26, 2023 – Mirror Issue 539
Students Concerned Over Future of NJROTC
BOCC Approves Airport Change Order and Ambulance Renewals, Hears Public Health Update
Regional News Briefs
Read June 19, 2023 – Mirror Issue 538
Rocking W Dairy Celebrates 15 Years
Citizens Grill Board of Education on CEA Resolution
Regional News Briefs
Read June 12, 2023 – Mirror Issue 537
No Coverage for Passenger After ‘Self-Insured’ Medical Taxi T-bones Uninsured, Legal Driver
BOCC Votes to Support Challenge to SB 23-303
Regional News Briefs
Read June 5, 2023 – Mirror Issue 536
Cousins Bring Blue Grouse Bread to Western Slope
Kathryn Schroer Named New Pavilion and Community Events Manager
Regional News Briefs
Read May 29, 2022 – Mirror Issue 535
Re-1J Plans to Address Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism in 2023-2024
Bucks for Biking (To Work) is Back
Regional News Briefs
Read May 22, 2023 – Mirror Issue 534
County Approves Temporary Signal Work at Airport, Special Use for Telecom Tower
Fast and Furious, Governor Polis Insures Wolves and Throws Ranchers Under the Bus
Regional News Briefs
Read May 15, 2023 – Mirror Issue 533
Re-1J Sees Increase in Per Pupil Funding as Budget Stabilization Factor Decreases
Freedom Sings USA Colorado to Open for Country Music Headliner Huntergirl
Mirror Classifieds: Help Wanted
Read May 8, 2023 – Mirror Issue 532
‘See You at the Farm!’ Montrose County Approves Liquor License for Billy Goat Hop Farm
Stomp on Cancer! Boot Stomp Returns
Regional News Briefs
Read May 1, 2023 – Mirror Issue 531
DMEA Appoints Emily Sanchez to District 4 Seat
Montrose County Clerk and Recorder’s Office Now Open at New Location
Regional News Briefs
Read April 24, 2023 – Mirror Issue 530
City Experiences ‘Down’ Month; South 3rd Plaza Project $440 Over Budget
BOCC Approves Resolution for 2022 County Road Map
Mirror Classifieds: For Sale
Read April 17, 2023 – Mirror Issue 529
Centennial Once Again Named a School to Watch, Re-1J Board of Education Approves New Dress Code
Montrose Library Over 125 Years Old
Colorado News Briefs
Read April 10, 2023 – Mirror Issue 528
Room Filled to Capacity as Citizens Continue to Raise Concerns Before the Library Board of Trustees
BOCC Enacts Moratorium on New Applications for Power Generation, Campground, & RV Park Uses; Declines Congressionally Directed Funds for Historic Courthouse Renovation
Colorado News Briefs
Read April 3, 2023 – Mirror Issue 527
BOCC Votes to Deny Farm Road Source Pit Special Use
Chief Operating Officer Tim Vigil Departs DMEA
Colorado News Briefs
Read March 27, 2023 – Mirror Issue 526
Ulibarri Votes No to Sale of Historic City Hall, Centennial Room to Hotel Developer
Parent Group Launches Petition For No-Confidence Vote on Re-1J Superintendent Carrie Stephenson
Read March 20, 2021 – Mirror Issue 525
3 Years Later, Protesters Demand Justice for Gage BOCC Approves ‘Agriculture in the Beer Industry’ Special Use, Tables Standards for Power Generation Standards
Regional News Briefs
Read March 13, 2022 – Mirror Issue 524
Parents Ask For Survey Regarding Re-1J Superintendent
To Be Continued…Gravel Pit SU22-013
Regional News Briefs
Read March 6, 2023 – Mirror Issue 523
DMEA Looks at Potential Director Recall Policy
County Approves Dedication of Right-Of-Way Along V66 Trail
Regional News Briefs
Read February 27, 2023 – Mirror Issue 522
$4,547,212.83 Needed For Third Phase of New City Hall
Discussion of Gravel Pit SUP Application Continued to March 6
Regional News Briefs
Read February 20, 2023 – Mirror Issue 521
Meetings Postponed, Schools Closed After Epic Snowfall
Montrose Business Owner & CEO Creates Annual Tradition to Honor Accomplished Women
Regional News Briefs
Read February 13, 2023 – Mirror Issue 520
City Approves 7.47 Acre CASA Planned Development
Money a Concern with Wolf Reintroduction
Regional News Briefs
Read February 6, 2023 – Mirror Issue 519
BOCC Approves First Major Subdivision Since 20076
Western Colorado Soil Health, Food and Farm Forum
Regional News Briefs
Read January 30, 2023 – Mirror Issue 518
County Planning Commission Recommends Denial of Gravel Pit
Bynum Elected New Mura Chair
Regional News Briefs
Read January 23, 2023 – Mirror Issue 517
Axis Health Systems Shares Annual Report with BOCC, Commissioners Approve Liquor License Transfer at Fairgrounds
Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Draft Plan Update
Regional News Briefs
Read January 16, 2023 – Mirror Issue 516
Parents Question Number of Days Off, State of Olathe Athletic Program
BOCC Restructures; Sue Hansen to Serve as Chair in 2023
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Read January 9, 2023 – Mirror Issue 515
Comcor’s Dee Laird Honored at First BOCC Meeting of 2023
City Approves Sale of Golf Course Parcel, Emergency Culvert Repair
Regional News Briefs, and more . .
Read January 2, 2023 – Mirror Issue 514
At Start of 2023, Water Still Tops List of West Slope Concerns
The Bells of Optimism
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