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County and state to begin work this week on early Kebler Pass Road opening
County and state to begin work this week on early Kebler Pass Road opening. With Gunnison County Road 26 open as a limited detour around the closed Middle Bridge on Highway 50 near the Dillon Pinnacles, the county and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will soon be moving some resources to Kebler Pass Road. The idea is to remove snow and shore up the road to get Kebler open sooner than normal to provide another route between Gunnison County and Montrose.
Fire on the mountain
A prescribed burn on 112 acres southeast of Ridgway took place Tuesday. The point of the blaze was to forestall a bigger one. The prescribed fire, part of the Baldy Mountain Landscape Resiliency and Habitat Improvement Project, had been in the works for over a year. “The exclusion of fire”...
Montrose Monday!
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — Recurring guest, Tonya Maddox, tells WesternSlopeNow about the city of Montrose’s Earth Week theme: Invest in Montrose. Maddox also talks about Business After Hours at The Temple on Thursday and Demystifying Entrepreneurship at the Delta Innovation Center on Friday and Saturday.
Nearly Reaching Record Highs Today With Afternoon Wind
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - This week, weather patterns will undergo steep fluctuations in temperatures and conditions. A High-Pressure System will impact the Western Slope through Wednesday evening. With that being said, conditions are consistent with a high-pressure ridge today. Temperatures are expected to get warm. Grand Junction is expected...
Shorter detour for local traffic to be available starting Monday twice a day
Shorter detour for local traffic to be available starting Monday twice a day. Lake City Cutoff a way for cars and light trucks to bypass closed bridge. A limited local detour will be open daily starting Monday, April 22 to make for a much shorter distance to get around the so-called Middle Bridge on Highway 50 that was closed due to significant structural defects discovered last Thursday. Gunnison County and the Colorado Department of Transportation have been working for several days to shore up the Lake City Cutoff Road officially known as County Road 26 to get it ready for increased traffic volumes.
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