We could be looking at a nationwide problem. A lack of airline pilots. Small airports such as the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport could begin to really feel the impact of the pilot shortage, especially over the next 10 years. Small airports such as ours could begin to see reductions in flights. Another 144 small airports nationwide, 11 of which are in Colorado, could also be impacted. This shortage of pilots comes from not only the mandatory retirement for pilots at t

The Crested Butte Council gives the final green light to the New Center For The Arts Building

Travelers will have to plan another route other than Cottonwood Pass for the next year and a half. The beautiful, scenic route will be closed for the 2017 construction season which runs from May through September and possibly well into the 2018 season as well. The west side of County Road 209, aka Cottonwood Pass, will be closed for some much needed safety improvements and its first ever coat of asphalt. The increased traffic from visitors to the Gunnison Valley over the year

It was the promise of an "interesting job" in the summer of 1972 that first brought billy barr to the secluded “ghost town” of Gothic, Colorado in the West Elk Mountains. No one, especially billy would have imagined he’d end up staying for the next 40+ years. He originally lived in a secluded little 8'x10' cabin, later helping build a more comfortable, permanent cabin he now calls home. The data billy has collected over the past 4 decades has become invaluable in the study of