Early word from people working up at the ski area is that the new owners of the resort are really pretty …
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Of Vinotok and blue herons
The social media firestorm of what some people think about Vinotok is an irritating kerfuffle. A politically incorrect action is not …
Read More »Thoughts from the road
Once in the 1990s while I was hitchhiking in Australia, a man who picked me up offered me lunch at his …
Read More »Making Community
Editor’s Note: With Mark Reaman out of town, we thought that the topic of Molly Murfee’s column this week provided a …
Read More »Then and Now
Used to be $11/hour was a pretty good wage in the valley. Used to be that a house selling for $190,000 …
Read More »Ahhhh … September
When we have asked the question, “What is your favorite month?” the two overwhelming favorites of locals are inevitably September and …
Read More »It’s the first day of school…and that’s what really changed the town
When I first moved to Crested Butte the school didn’t teach kids beyond elementary school. Middle and high school students were …
Read More »Manicure versus the scruff
You can gain some local perspective when you leave and come back to the valley even for a weekend or if …
Read More »The Brush Creek melody
The public process is rarely fast. And it shouldn’t be. It doesn’t have to be painfully slow, but every opportunity to …
Read More »The Brush Creek elephant that still needs settled
It is my understanding one major goal of Gunnison County’s sketch plan review process is to analyze the broad concept of …
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