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Local stakeholders ask: Is three years of monitoring enough? U.S. Energy, the mining company with mineral rights beneath Mt. Emmons, submitted …
Read More »Council and public weigh in on summer transportation study
Look at all the options… Two meetings have been held in the last month to discuss the focus of this summer’s …
Read More »Leatherwood sentenced to 12 years for school theft
Some restitution, some insurance money and a hot dog cart The tiny, makeshift courtroom at Webster Hall was packed to capacity …
Read More »CBMBA receives sustainability accolade
No money, but recognition and exposure The Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association (CBMBA) trail work season has begun. CBMBA just wrapped …
Read More »A brief intro to watching Roller Derby
I’ve tried to make sense of the mayhem on the track and, truth be told, it’s tough. But here are some …
Read More »Crested Butte slowpitch softball season opens next week
Summertime, and the livin’ is, wait….what? Softball season is finally here. It seems so long ago when the Nuts & Honeys …
Read More »Crested Butte’s finances are really healthy, so…
A financial audit is like taking a physical. Actually, the process is probably like getting a tooth pulled without gas. But …
Read More »Council expected to decide on sales tax question this month
“We haven’t seen the pitchforks come out yet…” The march toward putting an initiative on the November ballot to raise Crested …
Read More »Signs, bridges, cattle guards highlight summer trail and road improvements
Bridge at Deadman’s The U.S. Forest Service will tackle a handful of trail and road improvement projects near Crested Butte this …
Read More »Crested Butte Council ponders move to eliminate plastic bags
Tourism impacts being considered With almost 2,000 signatures collected in favor of a plastic bag ban in the area, the Office …
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