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November initiative could steer $1.3 million to local schools Without hesitation, each member of the Gunnison Watershed School Board entered his …
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Coal mine closure will hit workers and budget
150 workers laid off A carbon monoxide leak that closed the Elk Creek Coal Mine in Somerset in January, subsequently raising …
Read More »Meet the candidates for Crested Butte Mayor and Crested Butte Town Council
Between now and the beginning of November, the Crested Butte News will be asking the candidates for Crested Butte Town Council …
Read More »County opts out of Cottonwood paving
Decreased revenue takes project off the table Cottonwood Pass will remain dirt a while longer. After submitting a project to the …
Read More »Late summer rains do little to fill reservoirs depleted by drought
Water managers prepare basin-wide water plan for future After 100-year floods swept across the Front Range and unseasonably late rains pounded …
Read More »West Maroon Pass scene of huge search and rescue operation
“It was gruesome out there on Friday…” Squeezing in the last hike of the year over West Maroon Pass between Crested …
Read More »Government shutdown has impact on the area
“We do not know how long this situation will last” For the first time in more than a decade the United …
Read More »Crested Butte Mountain Resort season ski pass prices to increase after Friday
Uphill will cost you, but have a waffle The last day to purchase a Crested Butte Mountain Resort adult season pass …
Read More »Briefs Gunnison County
Tourism Association collecting $$ for mini vacation guideThe Gunnison County Board of Commissioners, acting as the Board of the Gunnison County …
Read More »Taking a look at the reality of drug and alcohol use by kids
“Let’s get the real facts out there…” During the course of the local debate on how to regulate retail recreational marijuana …
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