The exercise of brainstorming ideas is one way humans move forward. A thought is bounced around and people build on it. …

The latest twists in a proposed Crested Butte annexation bring with it a variety of immediate reactions: disappointment, bafflement, anger, cynicism …

First, we should say thanks to the volunteers who showed up and spent a long night putting out a big fire …

Any other hard-working locals having trouble finding affordable housing?I just counted almost 40 “employment”’ ads in last week’s classified section, and …

I go to a lot of government meetings. Not all of them are good. Monday’s Crested Butte Town Council meeting was …

It seems most people understand there is a real need to give the Crested Butte Center for the Arts a facelift …

Young death came to our high mountain valley this week. It usually surprises and always hurts.Such misfortune rips at each of …

Forgetting that I have friends and acquaintances who fall into both the “hippie” and “right wing” categories, I threw out a …

I know it is supposed to be winter and after a long, weird spring in January and February it is nice …

I just like the idea of the title. It has a touch of rumor, innuendo, religion and societal impact. And yet …

Luck. It comes in many shades. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it feels bad. Sometimes it is as brilliant as …

It all makes sense. The weather. The political issues arising in town. The rash of strange actions by locals. There has …

Let me rant for a second. Believe it or not, I don’t smoke a lot of weed these days so this …

There still isn’t a lot of detail about last week’s tragedy on the hill. When I got off the Silver Queen …

By almost every indication, MLK weekend was busy in the upper valley. It was perhaps the busiest such mid-January holiday weekend …