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Land exchange eyed for Mt. Emmons
Proposal would end decades-long prospect of controversial mine near Crested Butte
Will Shoemaker
A 35-year-long fight over a mine near Crested Butte would be laid to rest amid a monumental proposal announced early this week.
Opponents of the mine are working with the project’s current owner, U
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‘Stage 1’ fire restrictions enacted
To take effect May 21
Will Shoemaker
The potential for wildfire in the face of persistently dry conditions outweighed any potential economic impacts from enacting a county-wide burn ban in the minds of the Gunnison County Commissioners this week.
The commissioners voted unanimously to enact “Stage 1” fire restrictions throughout Gunnison County, effective May 21
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Admin changes at WSC
College welcomes new provost, says goodbye to VP for enrollment
Laura Anderson
Some changes are in the works for Western State College’s administration. A new provost was hired and Vice President for Enrollment Services Teddi Joyce is resigning
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STIFFED - at Stocker Stadium
GHS girls claim league title, despite absence of trophy
Matt Smith
GHS Track and Field — The Gunnison girls returned to the top of the team standings at the regional track and field meet, yet longtime head coach Bob Howard felt there was something missing.

Despite winning their fifth Class 3A Western Slope League (WSL) meet in the past seven years on Saturday at Grand Junction’s Stocker Stadium, it became apparent to him that high school track and field has become more about individual accolades than team standings
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Avoiding an Internet outage
Poncha slip-up underscores what telecom task force is working to prevent
Will Shoemaker
An inadvertent slice of a fiber optic cable last week in Poncha Springs left that town, Salida and Buena Vista without much of their Internet and cell phone service for most of the day.

It’s that sort of slip-up that a telecommunications task force in Gunnison County is aiming to avoid, by coordinating a redundant Internet connection for the valley
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Cattle truck crashes near Blue Mesa
27 bovine, one dog killed as result of accident
Will Shoemaker
Photo by Matt Smith
Not your everyday Western-style round-up resulted from a traffic accident last Friday afternoon near Blue Mesa Reservoir. A cattle truck that was part of a caravan bound for Sunray, Texas, drove off the road about a mile west of the Lake City Bridge
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