Regan Tuttle

Aug 2, 2024 | montrosepress.com | Regan Tuttle

Rising high school senior Spencer Mortell didn’t start kayaking officially until August of 2020 at the height of the pandemic. He’d been around the sport and always wanted to learn more, but that summer with his father and uncle he learned to roll — flip himself upside down while seated in his kayak, and then using his paddle, right himself above the water. Afterward, he decided he was hooked.

Jul 27, 2024 | telluridenews.com | Regan Tuttle

Rising high school senior Spencer Mortell didn’t start kayaking officially until August of 2020 at the height of the pandemic. He’d been around the sport and always wanted to learn more, but that summer with his father and uncle he learned to roll — flip himself upside down while seated in his kayak, and then using his paddle, right himself above the water. Afterward, he decided he was hooked.

Jun 25, 2024 | montrosepress.com | Regan Tuttle

Chuck and Kathy Zunich, of Nucla, have been chosen as royalty for 2024 Water Days. The king and queen are life-long residents of the West End and embody the pioneer spirit of those hardworking and creative individuals that established the ditch and later Nucla as a town. Chuck Zunich was born in Telluride in the old hospital, now a museum. His parents were Frank and Irene Zunich, and his dad was a sheep rancher in Redvale. Kathy Zunich was born in Colona.

Aug 8, 2023 | telluridenews.com | Regan Tuttle

Norwood Mayor Candy Meehan has returned from her training at Harvard University, July 10-29, for which she was on site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For her, the experience was more than exciting. “Being on campus at Harvard was a little intimidating, but really inspiring,” she told The Norwood Post over the weekend.

Aug 1, 2023 | telluridenews.com | Regan Tuttle

Approximately one mile north of the Thunder Road Trailhead outside of Norwood, on U.S. Forest Service land but also private property, a fire ignited on Thursday, July 27, leaving many community members alarmed. Caused by a lighting strike, the fire was burning five acres when U.S.F.S. officials made their announcement last Friday morning. Then, they said it had “moderate spread potential” but had little to no growth during the previous night.