/tags/gunnison Gunnison en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-28/collaborating-with-the-cora-community-in-gunnison The Cora, otherwise known as Náayerite, are an ethnic group Indigenous to northwestern Mexico. Gunnison County happens to boast the largest population of Cora people outside Mexico. Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-28/collaborating-with-the-cora-community-in-gunnison Jace DiCola, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel /news/2024-06-09/lake-city-cutoff-eases-some-traffic-woes-on-u-s-50-but-long-waits-are-still-the-norm The bridge closure on U.S. 50 has some drivers using Gunnison County Road 26, also known as the Lake City Cutoff, as a detour. The road is not open all the time so people need to plan ahead and expect delays. Here's what a couple of motorists using the cutoff had to say about it and an update from emergency response officials. Sun, 09 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-06-09/lake-city-cutoff-eases-some-traffic-woes-on-u-s-50-but-long-waits-are-still-the-norm Laura Palmisano /news/2023-11-28/gunnison-voters-elect-marisela-ballesteros-first-cora-city-council-member Marisela Ballesteros ran unopposed for a seat on the Gunnison City Council earlier this month. She will be sworn in on December 12 as the first city council member from the Cora Indigenous group in the council's history. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:01:11 GMT /news/2023-11-28/gunnison-voters-elect-marisela-ballesteros-first-cora-city-council-member Michael Lyle /environment/2021-10-12/western-settlers-caused-erosion-in-wet-meadows-now-volunteers-are-restoring-these-vital-habitats The Gunnison Basin is experiencing drought much like the rest of the West. In this part of sagebrush country, work is underway to restore critical wetland habitat for the federally threatened Gunnison sage grouse and other species. Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:24:32 GMT /environment/2021-10-12/western-settlers-caused-erosion-in-wet-meadows-now-volunteers-are-restoring-these-vital-habitats Laura Palmisano /science/2019-11-25/new-monitoring-program-hopes-to-boost-science-on-colorado-river-headwaters A new federal program hopes to fill in knowledge gaps on how water moves through the headwaters of arguably the West’s most important drinking and… Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:18:25 GMT /science/2019-11-25/new-monitoring-program-hopes-to-boost-science-on-colorado-river-headwaters Luke Runyon /news/2018-07-23/crowds-at-rocky-mountain-national-park-inspire-some-to-visit-colorados-lesser-known-areas Brant Porter, the supervisory ranger at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, is contending with a very Colorado kind of problem: people, a lot more… Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:33:00 GMT /news/2018-07-23/crowds-at-rocky-mountain-national-park-inspire-some-to-visit-colorados-lesser-known-areas Michael de Yoanna /environment/2014-11-12/frustrations-aired-as-gunnison-sage-grouse-is-listed-under-endangered-species-act After years of consideration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Nov. 12 a decision to list the Gunnison sage grouse as "threatened" under the… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:25:48 GMT /environment/2014-11-12/frustrations-aired-as-gunnison-sage-grouse-is-listed-under-endangered-species-act Grace Hood