The search for a new superintendent to lead local K-12 schools is nearing its end.

High school graduates from the Gunnison Valley will soon have a tuition-free path to a college degree. 

Monday, Jan. 19, Gunnison Middle School celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by devoting the day to his teachings.

Three candidates have been selected as finalists for the Gunnison Watershed School District’s next superintendent. 

Since the public release of tools like ChatGPT in late 2022, the pace of change has been swift. Some surveys suggest that as many as 90 percent of college students are using tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to help them with their coursework, reshaping how they write, research and navigate academic life.

It was the summer of 1979, and a group of high school and college wrestlers from around the state gathered beneath the trees at Spring Creek Resort to work on their technique with the legendary Western coach Tracy Borah, who had coached teams to two national championships in the previous decade.

For decades, managing federal wilderness meant keeping our hands off and letting nature take its course, even when there were signs of trouble. But a pair of new studies from faculty and alumni at Western Colorado University suggests it might be time for a more nuanced approach.

Congratulations are in order for the Gunnison Middle School students of the month for November. The value and practice for the month was “I build positive relationships.”

It was pouring rain and nearly dark outside when Sally Romero finally left her office after a long day at work. Her husband was out running the kids to practice and she was thinking about dinner. Then she saw someone sitting on the steps outside her house, shivering and soaked to the bone.

The Western Colorado University Art Department invites the public to the exhibition for seniors in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program, which will open with two events at the Quigley Gallery next week.

Sarah Macort, a counselor at Gunnison High School, is being celebrated this month statewide. She recently learned she was named the Colorado Council on High School/College Relations Counselor of November.

The Gunnison High School Drama Club presented an original play last week titled “Friday Night Fuego.” The play was written by a pair of GHS students, Anastasia Harvey and Kaysha Brunsting.