Crested Butte News

09/21/2025

This week's editorial...

Politics, including local politics, is centered a lot on messaging. What a politician or group wants

09/18/2025

Fifteen years ago, the Crested Butte Film Festival (CBFF) started as a gathering of filmmakers and cinephiles held in town that featured films of various genres, celebrity discussions and social events.

Film Fest begins September 24 By Dawne Belloise Fifteen years ago, the Crested Butte Film Festival

09/11/2025

Project Hope’s Stand With Me Luncheon raises funds and awareness for domestic violence

“We aren’t doing this work alone” By Katherine Nettles The supportive, caring energy was palpable l

09/11/2025

During a work session last week with the Gunnison County Planning Commission, two separate developer teams homed in on potential details to work toward completing their respective sketch plan phases with the county and move toward ultimate approval that could bring at least 400 new homes to the North Valley.

Potentially two new subdivisions along Highway 135 By Katherine Nettles During a work session last w

09/11/2025

Effective this Friday, September 12, 2025, all fire restrictions will be lifted. Please continue to exercise caution. We appreciate you all keeping our valley safe. Thank you.

09/09/2025

CDOT Advisory

⚠️TRAVEL ALERT⚠️ | US 50 Gunnison to Salida

Beginning Tuesday (9/9), crews will perform paving operations on US 50, on the west side of Monarch Pass, near Sargents. The 3-day paving operations will take place this week, Tuesday through Thursday, between 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Motorists will encounter full stops, alternating traffic and 15-minute delays while crews pave approximately three miles of US 50 (Mile Points 193 to 196).

🔶Expect full stops and alternating traffic

🔶Watch for flaggers and signage signaling lane shifts and lane closures

🔶A speed reduction of 40 mph will be enforced through the work zone

📲 Check the latest road conditions on www.COtrip.org or on the COtrip www.cotrip.org

09/05/2025

This week’s editorial…

It’s the small-town element most of us love and hate: pretty much anyone with some history in the No

09/04/2025

The Colorado Supreme Court has awarded $12.4 million to Annie Miller, an Oklahoma woman left paralyzed after falling from the Paradise Lift at Crested Butte Mountain Resort in 2022.

Long-term ramifications for ski resorts? [ By Kendra Walker ] The Colorado Supreme Court has award

09/01/2025

This issue's editorial...

It was like going to church last Sunday but different...in a good way. Having spent 12 years in Cath

08/30/2025

08/30/2025

Headed to the People’s Fair this weekend? The Mountain Express Town Shuttle is here to get you where you need to go!

August 30–31, the Town Shuttle will still service all Crested Butte stops, but will re-route up Maroon Ave. during the festival.

Enjoy the art and thanks for riding the bus!

08/28/2025

Property owners in a large portion of Mt. Crested Butte will be helping to finance a major sewer line capacity expansion project through a new tap fee now in place.

Details of final expansion plan being worked out [ By Mark Reaman ] Property owners in a large por