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I-70 through Glenwood Canyon is now open
From the Colorado Dept. of Transportation: Open: I-70 1 lane each direction, 14-foot width restriction, Glenwood Canyon, call 511 or go to cotrip.org
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Glenwood Canyon closed – major rock slide
From the Denver Post: A 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 has been closed in western Colorado after a rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on the highway.
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Celestial News: Welcome back, evening star
By Jimmy Westlake, professor of physical science, Alpine Campus It’s been nearly a year since the planet Venus graced our evening sky. Venus spent last spring, summer, and fall, as our morning star, rising in the east an hour or two before the sun. Then, on January 11, Venus passed behind the sun as…
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Colorado Mountain College seeks 4-year degree program
By Dennis Webb, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel When Colorado Mountain College employee Erin Furman heard her employer wanted to begin offering four-year degrees, she immediately began thinking about going back to school.
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Which schools produce the most Olympians?
Colorado Mountain College makes the Wall Street Journal’s list The Wall Street Journal recently posted an article listing the top Winter Olympian-producing colleges in the United States – and Colorado Mountain College makes the list! Read the full story here, and check out the full list after the jump.
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CMC Students Demong & Spillane win gold & silver
The following is reprinted from the Steamboat Pilot: Whistler, British Columbia — The sun peeked through the clouds Thursday just in time to see the best Nordic combined skiers in the world take their place on the podium in Whistler, British Columbia. Two of those skiers were Americans.
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Flexibility allows athletes to train and study
Nine current Olympians have ties to Colorado Mountain College By Suzie Romig Although U.S. snowboarding team member Zack Black may travel across the world to compete, that doesn’t mean the 19-year-old missed out on starting college.
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CMC Olympians Win Another Silver
Ed. Note: The US Nordic Combined Team won its first-ever Olympic medal on Tuesday. Two of the four team members have taken classes at Colorado Mountain College: Johnny Spillane and Bill Demong. The following is reprinted from Steamboat Today: Whistler, British Columbia — The U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team, led by two Steamboat Springs natives and an…
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Solar class offered online
It seems improbable that a primarily hands-on subject like solar electric systems installation could be offered online. But this March,Colorado Mountain College’s Virtual Campus is doing just that. The course, Solar Photovoltaic Components, starts March 8.
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International Film Series at Colorado Mountain College
Submitted by Lori Meurs Leadville – The Spanish film “Lovers of the Arctic Circle” (Los amantes del círculo polar) kicked off the Colorado Mountain College Timberline Campus International Film Series course Feb. 19. The 1998 film was directed by Julió Medém. It was be the first of eight original-language films with English subtitles to be…