2026 MOUNTAIN FAIR PROGRAM INSIDE
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Volume 18, Number 24 | July 23-29, 2026
Potato fare
Happy Potato Days ... err, we mean, Mountain Fair! LIFT-UP Executive Director Samantha Freese sits atop one of 21 pallets of russet potatoes — 38,000 pounds total — donated to the organization from the national food-security nonprofit Sharing Excess. Flip to page 11 for the full story. Photo courtesy of LIFT-UP Fair-brained? Turn to page 5 for a preview of the 55th Mountain Fair.