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Repair work planned for dam at Meridian Lake Park Reservoir
Access to Long Lake via the Washington Gulch Trailhead unaffected By Alissa Johnson Starting this June, the Mt. Crested Butte Water and …
Read More »Driver’s license office relocates to new downtown Gunnison location
Tech upgrades should alleviate visitor headaches by Olivia Lueckemeyer After months of searching for a new location, the Gunnison driver’s license office …
Read More »New SNOTEL units to fill in data gaps in Taylor Park water forecasts
“We have had issues in recent years where there’s not enough data” By Alissa Johnson Predicting inflows into Taylor Park Reservoir …
Read More »Mt. Emmons Mining Co. withdraws its Plan of Operations
Shifting focus to water treatment plant By Mark Reaman Another significant step in the long walk to end the idea of mining …
Read More »Crested Butte has plenty of summer projects
Streets, housing, Big Mine, tennis courts, mine transition and overall stuff by Mark Reaman Summer is busy, not just with tourism but …
Read More »Growing pains continue at CBCS
Secondary school seeing significant early enrollment numbers by Olivia Lueckemeyer Forty-four additional students are enrolled so far at the secondary level of the …
Read More »Council to work with consulting firm in permanent town manager search
“Peer review” to be part of the finals By Mark Reaman The Town Council of Crested Butte will soon hire a consulting …
Read More »Chamber wire fraud has happy ending
Lessons to be learned by Mark Reaman It took a while but the bank-wire fraud scam that almost cost the Crested …
Read More »Town and county wrestle over 201 facilities plan with Foxtrot
Same end goal, but a really difficult journey By Mark Reaman In what appears to be a somewhat contentious ping-pong dialogue between …
Read More »County mosquito control program renewed for next three years
Cost increase won’t affect county budget By Adam Broderick and Olivia Lueckemeyer Last summer was an unusually wet one and mosquitoes seemed …
Read More »Roundabout plans progress as town asks for support and settles on design
Project slated to begin in 2020 by Olivia Lueckemeyer The Town Council’s proposal to install a roundabout at Highway 135 and Red …
Read More »Timbers condos close to move-in ready
Around a dozen units purchased by locals By Alissa Johnson On May 3 the town of Mt. Crested Butte approved and …
Read More »Council appoints four members to Mt. Crested Butte Planning Commission
Address concerns with process By Alissa Johnson The Mt. Crested Butte Town Council reappointed four members to the Planning Commission earlier this …
Read More »EPA, town and county develop new emergency plan for Standard Mine
Improving communication By Mark Reaman and Olivia Lueckemeyer Improving on what was admittedly not a super-smooth process last fall when there was …
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