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Town out $30k in rent and… The Town Council of Crested Butte has decided it is better to not enter into …
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Carbon Conundrum: Part 5
Solutions “I don’t want to hear about the problem. Come to me when you have the solution,” a former boss used …
Read More »Meetings on mine plan draw crowds and concerns
Comment letters due by end of the month The gathering in a Western State College ballroom Tuesday evening was like old …
Read More »U.S. Energy to meet with state water inspectors over Coal Creek issue
How safe is the water? U.S. Energy Corp. will be meeting Friday with representatives from the state’s Water Quality Control Division …
Read More »HCCA “mine drift” appeal rejected by state mine board
Drift could start this summer The state last week rejected an appeal by the High Country Citizens’ Alliance to overturn a …
Read More »Stage set for feds to intervene into sage grouse conservation
“The Gunnison Basin is by far the key to survival” The Gunnison sage grouse is in serious trouble and eventually it …
Read More »Carbon Conundrum: Part 4
Economy and Reality Can you grow and shrink at the same time? Some say “sustainable growth” is an oxymoron. Others believe …
Read More »USFS to host meetings on new mining proposal
Tuesday in Gunnison, Wednesday in Mt. Crested Butte Two informational meetings concerning the proposed molybdenum mine on Mt. Emmons will be …
Read More »Briefs Crested Butte
The Irwin snowcat has more room to move Another discussion over snowcats in town was held at the Crested Butte Town …
Read More »School District I.D.’s areas for improvement in math, reading
New programs in place In its first year getting used to a new system of reporting student performance, the Gunnison Watershed …
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