Students receive hands-on training from the Three Rivers Smokehouse team in Almont Three Rivers Smokehouse, located at Three Rivers Resort in Almont, recently had the pleasure of welcoming …
As prolonged drought sets the stage for the record-setting wildfires that continue to race across forests in the American West and Canada, new research from Western Colorado University suggests the …
Classes may be out of session at Western Colorado University, but the campus has been anything but quiet this summer...
Longtime Denver journalist, trained naturalist, and environmental writer Jamie Siebrase has been awarded the 2026–2027 Mari Sandoz Nature Writing Scholarship to attend Western Colorado University's …
“Across the world, the deepest hope families carry is that their children will grow into healthy, happy, and capable adults. I take that responsibility personally and will uphold it every day with …
A Gunnison third-grade teacher has been recognized as one of the best educators in Colorado. Sarah Murtaugh was named a 2027 Colorado Teacher of the Year semifinalist June 3. She was one of 21 …
Dr. Mary Sawyer, the first faculty member hired by Western Colorado University’s new nursing program, has won the statewide Excellence in Nursing Award from the Colorado Nurses Foundation, which is …
Look nearly anywhere in the Gunnison Valley, and you'll find traces of Western Colorado University's influence. But if you look a little further, you'll find that influence in some unexpected places. …
Mountain Roots Food Project will honor longtime educator and school leader Sally Hensley as the 2026 Community Honoree at this year’s Feast in the Field, taking place Sunday, July 12, at Red Dog …
It was after hours in Western Colorado University’s Quigley Hall on a recent Wednesday, and a couple of dozen students filled their plates from a stack of pizza boxes before spreading out to computers scattered around the room, each with a video game queued up and ready to play.
It was after hours in Western Colorado University’s Quigley Hall on a recent Wednesday, and a couple of dozen students filled their plates from a stack of pizza boxes before spreading out to computers scattered around the room, each with a video game queued up and ready to play.
Teacher shortages have become a persistent problem for school districts across Colorado, particularly in rural communities where recruiting and retaining qualified faculty can be a challenge.
When you first look back through old black-and-white photographs, it’s hard to place yourself in the world that gave rise to Western Colorado University’s earliest days as the Colorado State Normal School. In many ways, that world seems so far removed from our own reality that we almost can’t help but reduce it to the sepia tones of some distant past.
When the journalist and filmmaker Julian Rubinstein first arrived at Western Colorado University in the fall of 2023 to take a position as the University’s first Visiting Filmmaker and …
After nearly three years of planning and investment, Western Colorado University is now accepting applications for its new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, with the inaugural cohort beginning this fall.
For nearly 57 years, KWSB 91.1 FM “The Penguin” has broadcast Western Colorado University students’ voices, music, and Mountaineer sports across the Gunnison Valley.
Gunnison High School was locked down for almost an hour on Tuesday, March 10.
As Colorado faces increasingly unpredictable seasons, the University of Colorado is deploying sophisticated new technologies across its four campuses to ensure the state’s most precious resource — water — remains safe and plentiful.
Small gullies in the dry ground were the first clues Matt Vasquez got that something wasn’t right. He was a student at Western Colorado University in the early 2000s and worked …
The Gunnison Watershed School District announced Friday morning that a contract for a new superintendent is being negotiated with William (Bill) Summers after interviews held the week of Feb. 9.