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An Attitude of Gratitude
(This CMC Corner Column by Professor Becky Loth Luetke appeared in the Nov. 2 issue of the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.) This Thanksgiving, make sure you count your blessings – it is good for your health! Normally around this time of year, we are reminded to be thankful and grateful, and to reflect on the…
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Colorado’s 2015 Top Adventure Towns
Elevation Outdoor magazine tallied its readers on the best adventure towns in Colorado, and one of our own beloved mountain towns was chosen as the Top Mid-Size Adventure Town for 2015. Read the full article by Doug Schnitzspahn below. THE VOTES HAVE BEEN TALLIED. Elevation Outdoors readers have Spoken and PICKED the top adventure towns…
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Unofficial election results show initiative 4D winning
Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show that ballot initiative 4D, Colorado Mountain College’s broadband initiative, was approved by a large margin of voters participating across all six counties within the college’s district. This initiative provides Colorado Mountain College with legal authority to provide telecommunications services should available alternatives prove inadequate or too costly or both.…
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Leadville Throwback: Sugar the Leadville Llama
No one was quite sure what attracted the llama named Sugar to the Timberline Campus but she decided to make it her home in the spring semester of 1994 through the fall of ‘95. Sugar belonged to Earl & Nancy Boeve who managed to catch her once only for her to escape again and make…
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1000 Words: 50 Years of CMC
On election day fifty years ago, voters across the Colorado Mountain College district approved the establishment of the college. We’ve dug up some old Glenwood Post newspaper clippings that encouraged the citizenry to get out and vote that day, something we still encourage today. Make your vote count! What a change the decision to do…
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Election Results
Nov. 3 is election day. We understand that some people are looking for election results, especially regarding several ballot issues important to the college. CMC staff are working with local county clerks across our six-county district to obtain those results as they become available. Once official election results are known, we’ll share them on the…
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Catch the Drift project debuts educational signs
Steamboat Springs — The Leadership Steamboat class of 2015 river stewardship project culminated earlier this month with the installation of four permanent educational signs along the Yampa River Core Trail and the river itself. The group installed the signs as part of the yearlong “Catch the Drift” project aimed at renewing enthusiasm for stewardship of…
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The Golden Age of local radio
This story on Roaring Fork Valley radio features Radio CMC was published in the Aspen Daily News. By Madeleine Osberger. From rock to alternative, and talk radio to classical, all formats jam the local radio dial It’s 7 o’clock on a fall Friday night and like many small towns in America, there’s high school football…