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KBUT will broadcast the 2019 Crested Butte News Candidates Forum LIVE from the Center for the Arts on Sunday, October 20th at 6 p.m.
Life After Coal: Mining Towns In SW Colorado Race To Survive Another Energy Bust
When Blondie’s Diner closes around 9 p.m. and a table of hunters finish their green chili cheeseburgers and head back to their hotel, the town of Naturita feels a bit like a ghost town.
There are two new marijuana dispensaries still open late with green neon signs, but on a November night at the start of hunting season, not many customers are partaking.
County Climate Conference Sets Goal of 50 Percent Emissions Reduction by 2030
The Gunnison Valley Climate Action Conference was well attended last Friday. As a winter blizzard bore down on the Gunnison Valley, elected leaders and staff from Gunnison County and all three of its major municipalities took part in an exercise that could result in the county cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent in 10 years.
Life After Coal: How A NW Colorado Town Is Bracing For A Future Without A Power Plant
It’s a good day when Tammie Delaney hears a train rumbling down the tracks outside of the century-old granary building she owns in Hayden.
“Oh, you get the train noise today!” she shouts as a train whistle pierces the usual silence in the small town of about 2,000 people.
West Elk Word, 1/4/20: Climate Action Conference
Gunnison County and City of Gunnison representatives John Cattles and Russ Forrest discuss the upcoming Climate Action Conference, scheduled for Friday, January, 17th.
As State Lawmakers Return To Work, Gov. Polis Weighs In On Looming Debates
Gov. Jared Polis recently outlined an ambitious agenda for lawmakers in 2020. He vowed to reduce health care costs, find a solution to the state’s road funding woes and get more children into preschool. But some of the governor’s priorities will prove to be contentious.
Sheriff Satisfied With Final Red Flag Law
Gunnison County Sheriff John Gallowich says Colorado’s new red flag law is not designed to confiscate weapons and will rarely be used.
State Lawmakers Draw Battle Lines On First Day Of 2020 Session
There were the usual jokes and friendly banter between the House and Senate.
State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle exchanged hugs in a chamber that felt a bit like a school getting back to work after an eight-month break.
West Elk Word, 12/7/19: Maryo Ewell, Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley
Maryo Ewell and a conversation on community, resiliency, and busting the myth of what it means to be a non-profit.
With Drought Plans Finished, Water Managers Pause Colorado River
With short-term drought plans finished, water managers from across the Southwest recently gathered in Las Vegas to figure out what’s next
CORE Act Could Mean More Fishing Access on Gunnison River
Reporter Dennis Web of the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel on a decades old promise for more fishing access.
