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Town requiring carbon monoxide detectorsLast winter, Crested Butte town councilman Dan Escalante had a close call with carbon monoxide poisoning while …
Read More »Briefs Mt. Crested Butte
Council gives up a month’s pay to hold town picnicThe Mt. Crested Butte town Council is giving up a month’s worth …
Read More »Town ratchets down requirement for new annexation to be carbon-neutral
“Shoot for the moon…” The proposed Foothills of Crested Butte annexation continues to plod along. The developers and town Planning Commission, …
Read More »Wastewater overflow shows need for town sewer plant upgrade
Still hoping for federal stimulus funds. Six weeks ago, on April 20, about 400,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater effluent overflowed …
Read More »School and county to get a budget windfall from the feds
Federal money will go to math materials and a bus Instead of receiving the usual $9,000 or $10,000 from the federal …
Read More »The Store deli/Treasury Liquors, damaged in weekend fire
Investigation still pending Treasury Liquors and The Store deli in Mt. Crested Butte are closed this week and for the immediate …
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 »Court agrees to reconsider mine tunnel
Question still remains whether tunnel is mining or prospecting After a recent court ruling, the controversy will continue over a three-quarter-mile-long …
Read More »The power lines finally come down between the two towns
“That was really Fred’s thing” Nearly five years ago a group of homeowners north of town asked the local electric company …
Read More »Irwin snowcat proponents making revisions to plan
Forest Service decision likely pushed back Given the amount of recent public feedback and the issues raised in the last month, …
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