It is Monday evening and the warm sun is setting behind Red Lady after a wet day. Alpenglow is packed with …
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Starting to get gritty with the town budget
The Crested Butte parks look great. Little league and softball are played every day on fields of green. Elk Avenue is …
Read More »Happy Birthday, America…
It is Independence Day weekend. It is one of the biggest draws of the season in this small resort town and …
Read More »It’s a good place and getting better
Let’s all admit it. It’s a good thing to live in a mountain town.Or a bike town…Or a resort community…A ski …
Read More »Pondering a what if…
It’s the unthinkable. I hear murmurings but no one really wants to talk about it… including me. What if it doesn’t …
Read More »Bad acronym… Smart people
Meetings are not where anyone should choose to spend their leisure time. If the choice is a government meeting or cleaning …
Read More »Trying to read the tea leaves of summer tourism
Talk about a good news/bad news situation. The Crested Butte-Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce held a panel discussion last Thursday. …
Read More »Quick thoughts on a wet afternoon…
As someone commented Tuesday morning…”That sure was a nice summer.” It was and hopefully we’ll have another, longer one after this …
Read More »It’s not in your jurisdiction?
It’s not always easy being a politician in a small town.I’ve been there and pissed off some close friends, so I …
Read More »Take an extra second
It seemed like anyone in town this Saturday drove by the accident. Remnants of the crash on the highway by Crested …
Read More »It may not be perfect… but it is finally moving
School board president MJ Vosburg came in to the Crested Butte Town Council meeting with her pen, ready to ink a …
Read More »Actions and consequences
Look at it from the business side. Here’s what I recently discussed with Billy Rankin, a CBMR ski patrolman and Crested …
Read More »A serious look
It’s a little after 4-20. Obama should consider a serious look at pot. I like President Obama. He seems like an …
Read More »Dealing with the downturn like everyone else
This town’s newspaper has always been a community sounding board. Not everyone likes that aspect of the News but it is …
Read More »It’s all funny…
Walking into Kochevar’s Saturday afternoon was like walking into a three-dimensional comic book. The new queen and king hoisted their plungers …
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