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"Embrace the challenge" Last week Titans head cross-country coach Austin Ross said it might be time to bring some JV runners …
Read More »Toe-Moss takes second DYOG title in a row
Splitter day, serious traffic A member of the U.S. Women’s Army Corps, Betty Magnuson, reported seeing French children in the Montmartre …
Read More »You know when the family holiday dinner turns ugly? Well…
Maybe it’s the new proliferation of jet contrails that someone called to tell me about. They appeared this week, dulling our …
Read More »Crested Butte Council supports school district ballot issue
Sees school as an economic driver Representatives of the group actively supporting a mill levy override to increase property taxes for …
Read More »Council ready for Elk Avenue to be back to normal, no exceptions
The blue light pole will be repainted green…but could be red in the future In theory, the last of the blue …
Read More »“Whatever USA” contract change fires up Crested Butte town council
Huckstep and Owen blow up as councilman asks for mayor’s resignation The ramifications of Whatever USA just won’t end. Deciding how …
Read More »Court decision requires agencies to consider climate effects of coal mining
Arch Coal denied approval for expansion near West Elk Wilderness Developing new coal mines in the United States may have just …
Read More »County board approves three licenses for marijuana grow operations
A first for the county The Gunnison Board of County Commissioners approved three licenses for marijuana grow operations being planned …
Read More »Crested Butte transportation planning rolls down the road well traveled
Closing Elk not a priority The Crested Butte transportation planning process is moving ahead and it appears no major changes …
Read More »Beetles and SAD: Feds devising plan to avoid the worst of forest ailments
The forest will probably look really different here… The spruce beetle outbreak that set the stage for the devastating West Fork …
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