It is what it is and it’s one of the sweet times of the year in a place with a lot …
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Lord knows Whetstone isn’t perfect…
A common axiom is to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. The proposed Whetstone affordable housing project …
Read More »Parade of roundabouts next step in the transition…
Well, that didn’t take long… After news of the paperwork being filed that essentially ended the Red Lady molybdenum mining fight, …
Read More »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 …
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