One of the most popular “Overheards” we have run in the paper came from a summer tourist who commented, “There must …
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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 …
Read More »Now the real work
It will come as no surprise that I am not a fan of Donald. I think he is a thin-skinned, mean-spirited …
Read More »Guessing what will dominate the news this week…
So there is no shortage of real news in the upper valley these days. There’s a big step in the potential …
Read More »It is what we do…
The thing that got me as much as anything about the close call and the tragedy of a young man being …
Read More »Anger Management: The PowCam, Met Rec, public officials and perspective
It has been a while since I’ve heard so much anger over a local issue. Snodgrass, Whatever, Brush Creek. But the …
Read More »Affordable housing questions—and a little concern
There will not be a request this November for county voters to raise their taxes to pay for affordable housing in …
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