There’s a lot of “I don’t knows” happening right now. There’s the big one of: I don’t know why we are …
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Thoughts heading into Independence Day
“No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the …
Read More »Lessons of an early season lunch ride
Summer this year seems to be coming with a flip of the switch. I’m talking both the weather and the busyness. …
Read More »Looking for the perfect parking spot
No one wants to be a meter maid (or meter butler) in Crested Butte. Fair enough. As chief marshal Mike Reily …
Read More »Some CB perspective from CR
Sitting on a tiled patio watching a lightning storm move across the lake, thunder rolling between the deep green hills, is …
Read More »The poverty of biking
One of the most popular “Overheards” we have run in the paper came from a summer tourist who commented, “There must …
Read More »Here’s to the graduates of a great community school
If last weekend was a touchstone of the community’s past, with family of Crested Butte old timers gathering to remember their …
Read More »School and town on the verge of a not so neighborly squabble
In a small town your neighbors sometimes know too much about one another and remember too much from past indiscretions. There …
Read More »Memorial Day in CB and chicken hawks in DC
Memorial Day seems early this year, or perhaps it is just that winter seems to be hanging on and on and …
Read More »Summer is coming… partnerships are crucial
It is off-season and people are still stoked to be skiing powder (not just corn) in the backcountry. But it is …
Read More »Heart
The community lost a little heart this weekend. The neighborhood watering hole in heaven probably gained a couple more patrons with …
Read More »The valley’s new housing plan needs more meat from the large employers
The housing plan approved this month by the Gunnison Valley Regional Housing Authority is pretty much what you might expect. There …
Read More »Sheriff’s coverage with Mt. CB a good move
It appears a resolution has been reached to the quandary of how to provide law enforcement services in the north part …
Read More »Off-season bonding
Sunday was a good ending day—to a great season. Slushy spring skiing, tutus and onsies, smiling people all communing on the …
Read More »Field trip for a reminder in compassion
I found myself walking around a few construction sites last week at the invitation of a local contractor who has often …
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