We are at a point in the season when things begin to turn and we need to pay attention. It is …
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Gentrification and spirit
First, a shout-out to Olympic bronze medalist and former Crested Butte high school track athlete Emma Coburn, who medaled in Rio …
Read More »Walking into the transition period
While I’m walking the dogs on an early August morning that is starting to feel like September in most other places …
Read More »Short-term rentals: Some good things, some bad things, some weird things
Despite the claims of some people, the short-term rental situation is not a slam-dunk on any side of the issue. Some …
Read More »Being wrong. Size, backcountry clusters and punching it in from the five-yard line
I’d rather be right than wrong but there’s nothing wrong with not always being right. I have to admit I was …
Read More »Black flies and bag bans
Like the flies that are in the backcountry right now, the Crested Butte bag ban ordinance and discussion is getting a …
Read More »Hitting this summer’s sweet spot…
The sweet spot is a place where a combination of factors results in a maximum response for a given amount of …
Read More »Making America Great Again— war, prisons, open space and opportunity
According to the local Chamber of Commerce, it appears less people came to celebrate America’s birthday in Crested Butte this year …
Read More »Fourth of July Thoughts
Welcome to the Fourth of July week. Traditionally it is one of, if not the, busiest weeks of the year for …
Read More »Hot flash thoughts; Trump, fire, water
This middle age thing is tough. I’m always hot. But I’m not alone. I have chatted with people on the East …
Read More »Straight Talk
Crested Butte News editor Mark Reaman took off for a beach in South Carolina this week, where the heat index is …
Read More »Feeling the heat…tourism, health insurance and Vinotok
It seems to start earlier every year. It, of course, being the hot summer tourism season. This year it seems to …
Read More »Small Town
Despite what appeared to be record business and early season trailhead activity this past Memorial Day weekend in Crested Butte, we …
Read More »Strike? Seriously? That’s seriously silly.
More than a few years ago when I started my first job in a news department at a small TV station, …
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I’m not sure which analogy to use. Both will get me into trouble with friends and both are applicable but not …
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