Thursday, February 25, 2021
Even a skiing competition can go virtual in 2021. Refusing to cancel Western Colorado University’s annual Rail Jam, organizer and student Thomas Gregor looked to the X Games for inspiration. He settled on a format where contestants filmed their tricks at Cranor Hill and then submitted videos for…
Anonymous
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Even a skiing competition can go virtual in 2021. Refusing to cancel Western Colorado University’s annual Rail Jam, organizer and student Thomas Gregor looked to the X Games for inspiration. He settled on a format where contestants filmed their tricks at Cranor Hill and then submitted videos for judges on Instagram.
News
Kate Gienapp
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Gunnison County leaders have spent the last decade exploring different avenues to sustain transportation infrastructure. But after years of failed state…
Roberta Marquette
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Western Colorado University faculty will vote on whether President Greg Salsbury should keep his job after the Faculty Senate approved putting a statement “in…
Roberta Marquette
Thursday, February 25, 2021
The criminal case of a former Gunnison man continues to be postponed by prosecutors.
Brett Andrew “Drew” Nelson has been in and out of virtual courtrooms since…
Features
Kate Gienapp
Thursday, February 18, 2021
The inauguration of Joe Biden gives the Republican Party a chance to redefine itself post Donald Trump. But Gunnison County’s most prominent Republicans…
Morgan Schaefer
Thursday, February 18, 2021
For many residents of the Gunnison Valley, outdoor pursuits are a way of life. But steps as simple as pitching a tent or relieving oneself in the woods are…
Anonymous
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Western Colorado University’s Center for Mountain Transitions held an Instagram contest on the occasion of International Mountain Day in December. The contest…
Sports
Brandon Warr
Thursday, February 25, 2021
GHS Swim & Dive — The Gunnison High School (GHS) swim and dive team has never been the biggest in terms of number of participants. But they’ve never lacked…
Brandon Warr
Thursday, February 25, 2021
CBHS Hockey — It was an action packed and exciting week for the Crested Butte High School (CBHS) hockey team that ended with the Titans adding three more wins…
Anonymous
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Savannah Tice swam to two conference titles for Western Colorado University’s swimming and dive team in last weekend’s RMAC Championships in Grand Junction,…
Columns & Opinions
Alan Wartes
Thursday, February 25, 2021
If all Americans could agree on one statement, it might be this: Our nation is in trouble. We are in trouble on numerous fronts—a persistent pandemic (and its…
Demitra Biddle Anna Markey Haley Morris Brian Wagenaar
Thursday, February 25, 2021
We are writing in response to Professor Holden’s piece last week, as we believe it references one of us (Brian) when it mentions a “supposed environmental…
Sam Liebl
Thursday, February 25, 2021
My dad starts telling me about tomatoes this time of year. In Houston, where he lives, the weather turns the corner by late February. The kale and arugula and…
Obituaries
Anonymous
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Earl West Brown, known by his family as Peter, was born in Lewiston, Idaho on June 24, 1925 to Earl B. Brown and Maude Evelyn West. He was the youngest of five…
Anonymous
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Marian Delores Darcy (or for those who knew her, Lorie Darcy,) went to be with the Lord on Feb. 18, 2021.
Born in Toltec, Colo., to Timothy and Mary (Spock)…
Anonymous
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Duke was born in Seattle, Wash., to Wendell and Anne Iverson. He graduated from Pe Ell High School in 1958. Following high school, Duke earned his B.A. in…