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Baseball Recap: Gunnison has no trouble against Moffat County
Gunnison put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Moffat County Bulldogs with a sharp 12-6 win. That's two games straight that Gunnison has won by exactly six runs. For Moffat County's part, Caleb Squires made the most...
May 17, 2024: Closed for a month, what’s next for the Blue Mesa Bridge; Forecasting space weather
May 17, 2024: Closed for a month, what’s next for the Blue Mesa Bridge; Forecasting space weather. Daily life has been disrupted in Gunnison by the ongoing closure of an important bridge, from high school athletics, to timber, to health care. What might a fix look like? And what's the timeline? Then, geomagnetic storms test Boulder's Space Weather Prediction Center. Plus, Steve Wozniak, a co-founder of Apple, speaks at the commencement for CU Boulder, where he once was a student. Plus, words to live by from 102-year-old Bill Powell of Fort Collins.
Lake City cutoff now open to larger trucks, trailers
Approximately three weeks after the Middle Bridge on US Highway 50 over Blue Mesa Reservoir was closed for safety concerns, cutting off traffic flow between Gunnison and areas to the west, a full analysis of the bridge’s damage and the repairs needed is about halfway done. There is still no estimated timeline of when the bridge might reopen, but one alternate route is opening to a wider range of vehicles this week. Other alternate routes between Gunnison County and areas to the west are not yet ready to open due to inclement spring weather.
Baseball Game Preview: Gunnison Hits the Road
The Gunnison Cowboys are on the road again on Saturday to play the Forge Christian Fury at 11:00 a.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup. Last Tuesday, it was a hard-fought match, but...
Baseball Recap: Cedaredge falls despite strong effort from Tel Geyer
Cedaredge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 8-2 to the Gunnison Cowboys. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Cedaredge couldn't push the score so high this time. Tel...
County still navigating bumps in road toward Whetstone start
Ideally, Gunnison County would like to break ground on the 255-unit Whetstone affordable housing project south of Crested Butte near Brush Creek Road late this fall before the snow flies. However the realistic expectation from county officials developing the estimated $130 million project is that work will likely start a year from now in the spring of 2025.
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