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Officials of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort, State Land Board and U.S. Forest Service signed one of the largest land swaps in the history of the state on Thursday. The transaction took nearly a dec

IMPACT continues its investigation into a drug that is spreading through the party scene, which can

... birdwatcher, is one of the masterminds behind the nonprofit effort, called the "Gunnison Legacy Fund." She was director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. While working there, Lohr got t

In this edition of IMPACT, more sex and lies in the Military. This time it involves the Air National Guard.

FOR people in a hurry, the flight between Aspen, Colo., and Crested Butte takes about 11 minutes. For people on a hike -- or perhaps a horse -- it takes about six hours to go over land from one town t

AS rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other gases cause global temperatures to increase in coming decades, lush grassy mountain meadows may be overrun by sagebrush and other woody shrubs,

Lush meadows now gracing many of the world's most picturesque moutainsides will fall victim to global warming in the next century, with drought-tolerant sagebrush obliteraing water- loving flowers and

Bumping down the streets of this high country tourist mecca this summer, a pickup hauled a large cardboard model of a condominium being chased by a herd of stampeding cows. Titled "Cows Not Condos," i

... overgrazing has had on native grasses, or water quality or wildlife," said Susan Lohr, a member of the Alliance and director of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, a 60-year-old non-profit i

EXHIBITORS at antiques shows are used to facing the awful possibility that their wares might be fake, but until now gardeners clamouring for prizes at the Chelsea Flower Show have had no such worries.

AT a glance, the bright yellow bloom might seem to be just another of the many flowers that dot Colorado's alpine meadows as the winter snows begin to retreat. But a closer inspection reveals that thi

Gov. Tommy Thompson has gone to Houston to be at the Republican National Convention. Lt. Gov. Scott McCallum is scheduled to leave the state for Houston on Saturday. Administration Secretary James Kla

FOR THE FIRST few days of a vacation one of us took last summer at several Colorado ski areas, our 3 1/2-yearold kept asking when we were going skiing. He soon figured out that we couldn't actually sk

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (REST) THE official Chamber of Commerce office is down the street a few blocks, but the unofficial, after-hours, every-day-of-the-week visitors' bureau is at the Conoco station wh

Getting there: Crested Butte is in the central Colorado Rockies, 30 miles north of Gunnison, 198 miles from Colorado Springs, or 230 miles from Denver. Continental Express and United Express have dail