Bring your favorite cozy hobby to life. Join the speed puzzling community as it begins to flourish in the Gunnison Valley.
Operation Foster, a service of PACT, offers peace of mind to service members, current or past, facing deployment or in need of mental health services.
For the last three years, women’s soccer players from the Japanese Bridge Women’s Soccer program have come to Gunnison for a week in early spring to scrimmage the Western Colorado University …
It is officially springtime; last Friday the vernal equinox marked the first day of spring here in the Northern Hemisphere yet feels like spring has been here for a few weeks already. If you have …
The tradition of western heritage and community pride continued in Gunnison as the Cattlemen’s Days Royalty was officially crowned September 2025, in time for the 126th year of Cattlemen’s Days, one of the community’s most cherished annual celebrations.
After nearly 45 years of devoted service to the Gunnison Valley, Sue Noone is retiring. Noone helped grow ABBA Eye Care into what it is today. After being hired in February 1981, Noone helped care for community members with a gentle reliance that no one is able to forget.
On Thursday, Jan. 8, Indivisible Gunnison held a candlelight vigil to honor the life of Renee Nicole Good at IOOF Park. Her death in Minneapolis sparked protests throughout the country and hit close to home for community members in the Gunnison valley.
A new study pinpoints the main cause of harmful algal blooms in Blue Mesa Reservoir, and includes a recommendation for a minimum water level to prevent them.
The Gunnison County Historic Preservation Commission has honored the McLain family with their annual Agricultural Heritage Award for significant contributions to the agricultural history of the valley. The family has been directly involved in the production of livestock in the Gunnison basin for over 100 years.
Payton McMichael stepped to the microphone and cracked a joke as Sage Grouse patrons played pool and drank, seemingly unaware of the mess of guitars and speakers across from the bar. It wasn’t until Elliot Johnson, Stefan Bodevin and McMichael started playing that heads began to turn.
The Gunnison Valley is no stranger to thrift stores, but the community’s newest thrift spot is doing things a little differently. Making Change officially opened on Nov. 1 and has already become a staple for community members.
For Jackki Ruiz, giving back is all about connection. Ruiz has been sharing singing telegrams with the community for the past few weeks, performing for any occasion from holidays to birthdays and everything in between.
I entered my first VA hospital at the age of 14. No, I did not lie about my age and enlist at the age of 10 – that event occurred when I volunteered for the Air Force at age 19.
On Tuesday, Dec. 23, Mountain Roots volunteers put together 225 Christmas dinners for families in need in the Gunnison valley as part of their weekly effort to end food insecurity within the community.
On Jan. 5, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be opening up Requests for Proposals (RFP) for its range riding program for the 2026 season through the Colorado Vendor Self Service.
If Western Colorado University’s campus is any reflection of the wider world, then you’ll see and hear about 30 percent fewer birds on campus today than you would have in 1970. That’s according to a landmark 2019 study suggesting the native bird population is down by about three billion breeding adults, with devastating losses in every region.
Last Sunday was cool and sunny as 17 volunteer scientists spread out to look for birds. For 52 years this Christmas time tradition has been carried out in the Gunnison Valley. The effort is part of a larger nationwide and international scientific effort by the Audubon Society to gather reliable data on the status of bird populations that has been going on for 126 years.
On Sept. 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This was the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Those who were selected from the draft lottery were required to serve at least one year in the armed forces. Once the U.S. entered World War II, draft terms extended through the duration of the fighting.
Ten Gunnison Valley residents recently returned from Nepal after completing a philanthropic and outdoor expedition organized by the locally owned Karuna Project.
The National Audubon Society is once again sponsoring its annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This will be the 126th year this event will be held, making it the longest running wildlife monitoring effort in history. The CBC enlists bird enthusiasts all over the world to record a snapshot of wintering bird populations during a three-week period around Christmas once they have settled in for the winter.