Well, that didn’t take long… After news of the paperwork being filed that essentially ended the Red Lady molybdenum mining fight, …
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A good fight won…a good purpose fulfilled
The threat of a molybdenum mine that literally hung over Crested Butte’s Elk Avenue is officially gone. Thanks to 47 years …
Read More »Making the turn
Take a breath. Don’t turn on the heat yet. We’re not touching on the individual yellow leaves starting to be seen …
Read More »Emails, proclamations and hippies
Came into the office Monday and saw Donnie Cook had sent his normal mid-August email. Sunday is the last day to …
Read More »Shoulder season thoughts on the highway view, local teen choices and Mark Walter
We are approaching the end of one season — hot summer madness full of seven figure fundraisers‚ and approaching another — …
Read More »The blessing of cattle over condos keeps us unique
Like most of us here now, I came here in part for the recreation opportunities. There were fewer recreational prospects back …
Read More »Perspective: on the Arts Fest, parking, tourism numbers…and grandkids
First, welcome back to Elk Avenue, Crested Butte Arts Festival. It sure feels like that is where it belongs. The school …
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Energy: a fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within …
Read More »Whetstone’s financial crunch… who might be able to bridge the gap?
The Whetstone workforce housing proposal doesn’t really have a roundabout or tap fee issue — it has a financial shortfall issue. …
Read More »It sure looks like we’re in the last round….
We are soooooo close. Sometimes a fight is fast and ends with a quick knockout punch. Not so the community fight …
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