When fire commanders try to figure out how to contain a major wildfire, the last thing you might expect them to deploy is a herd of beef cattle. But during the recent Gold Mountain Fire in western …
Like it or not, artificial intelligence is being foisted upon us. I think we can all see the writing on the wall – the day is coming when every car, computer, phone and other electronic device will …
Through June, City of Gunnison sales tax collections were up 5.35% year to date. But that number needs context. City Finance Director Ben Cowan noted that collections from the City's top 20 …
Do you struggle sometimes, often, or always with darkness and discouragement? Me too. There is no shame in feeling darkness and discouragement. It is so common, even among people of deep faith. …
Had Donald Trump been president in 1973, when Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into federal law, the Gunnison sage-grouse would be extinct. Close to 90 percent of all Gunnison …
I drove to the bluff overlooking the “Gunny” to process the sad news — news that hasn’t yet been made official — that by October a big portion of the lower Gunnison River in western …
Democratic Socialists are cruising through Democratic Party primaries like a hot knife through butter. Entitled young adults, especially, respond to their angst-driven message, frustrated that …
University of Colorado environmental health researcher Colleen Reid explains what’s in that smoke and why breathing it is a health concern everyone should be aware of.
In all my years of watching The Andy Griffith Show reruns, I don’t think we ever saw a hospital in Mayberry. Maybe everyone went to Mount Pilot, the next town over. Who knows. All I know is as I …
Can I tell you a secret? Even people who believe in Jesus get overwhelmed. And anyone who tells you different is a liar. And that may be a good thing. Not the lying. That we all get overwhelmed and …
In Colorado and much of the West, wildfire season has arrived. Near the Colorado-Utah border, the Snyder fire has burned through more than 30,000 acres. Tragically, three brave firefighters lost …
For as long as I’ve been a journalist, I’ve believed a community newspaper should do more than report the news. It should give neighbors a place to share ideas, raise concerns, …
The Native Americans used them to communicate. I can’t imagine smoke signals would work well when the smoke rolls in from forest fires. I wonder whether the Native Americans would have considered …
As I began writing this introduction on a Friday afternoon, I glanced out the window at my mountain bike leaning outside my new office at the Gunnison Country Times, where I have just begun serving …
Folks in Gunnison County and across Colorado should begin receiving their primary ballots this week and they are due back by 7 p.m. on June 30. Although there are no local primaries on the ballot, …
A few years back while driving with a couple of friends near Placerville, I leaned into a curve and came out the other side to find a gargantuan moose crossing the road in front of us. I slowed …
When a loved one is arrested, families often experience a flood of emotions all at once; fear, confusion, urgency and uncertainty. Unfortunately, scammers know this. Increasingly, criminals are …
This year’s Democratic contest for Colorado governor may be one of the more consequential primary elections in quite some time. Given the massive fundraising by both U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and …
If you've followed local housing discussions recently, you've likely heard about three projects that are shaping conversations in the North Valley: Mineral Point, Whetstone Village, and the initial …
I was raised in the religion of the American Southwest in a place known as The Sonoran Desert , The Old Pueblo, Homeland of the Hohokam, Scorpion Country, The Sunbelt, Rodeo Town, The …