That is a good question posed by the Mt. Crested Butte mayor this week. As the Corner at Brush Creek affordable …
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Games
In the current period between fall and winter there are the unspoken games that must take place in every ski town. …
Read More »Work and sandpaper on a sunburn
Early word from people working up at the ski area is that the new owners of the resort are really pretty …
Read More »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 …
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