Abby Harrison

Typically, Peggy Stockton's trip to Grand Junction for her husband Tom's chemotherapy appointment takes two hours. Last week, the couple woke up a little after 5 a.m., piled into their car and drove nearly seven hours, along I-70, for the same appointment. The couple, both in their early 80s, have lived on a 100-acre plot of land between Powderhorn and

Nearly two weeks ago, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) officials closed the Hwy. 50 “middle bridge” after inspectors found cracks in the steel. Since then, Gunnison County Public Works crews have been working to clear remote county roads, which are usually buried in snow this time of year, as possible detours. Public works staff are working with CDOT employees to

Brett Andrew Nelson, 44, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC). After a seven-day jury trial in early March in Gunnison District Court, Nelson was found guilty of 20 of 24 counts brought against him by a Colorado grand jury in April 2022. The charges include various counts of criminal extortion, retaliation

Nearly two weeks ago, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) officials closed the Hwy. 50 “middle bridge” after inspectors found cracks in the steel. Since then, Gunnison County Public Works crews

Thanks to the work of three Western Colorado University seniors, several low-income homeowners in the Gunnison Valley now have a ready-to-use guide to switch to a greener and more affordable heating system for just a few thousand dollars. When bitter cold hits the valley each winter, houses with aging heating systems or poor insulation can

Satellite maps of the north shore of Blue Mesa Reservoir show tan swatches of sagebrush, cleaved by a number of creeks. Local rancher Daniel Strausbaugh studied the shoreline as it wound east toward Gunnison. “This just might work,” he thought. For Strausbaugh, the trip from Soap Creek to the Dillon Pinnacles parking lot was a

Gunnison County announced that County Road 26, or the Lake City cutoff, is opening on Thursday, May 9 for all vehicles under the state’s legal load limit of 85,000 pounds — allowing livestock trailers, campers and other heavier vehicles. The county opened the road with restrictions weeks ago as a detour around the closure of

A spacious backcountry cabin sits in a high-country meadow north of Crested Butte, under the shadow of Gothic Mountain. Undisturbed, most would consider it a blueprint for the Gunnison Country's more iconic terrain. But that cabin is now at the heart of a lawsuit that was filed against Gunnison County at the start of February by the property's owner. In […]

Pending state budget approval, Western Colorado University's Leslie J. Savage Library will undergo significant renovations in the coming years. The changes are meant to upgrade the library's infrastructure, and make it a “central hub” on campus.

Nearly a year and a half after the Gunnison Watershed School District passed its historic $95 million bond for district-wide renovations, construction is set to begin at each of the Gunnison Valley schools this summer. By the end of the summer, students at Gunnison Community School (GCS) and Lake Preschool and Kindergarten will have entirely new playgrounds. At Crested Butte