81-Year-Old Duane Vandenbusche Is Colorado’s Longest-Serving Professor
The Western Colorado University historian will start his 58th year of classes in the fall.
Grand Junction 101: What To Know, Things To Do, Where To Eat
Grand Junction, a blossoming city at the intersection of two rivers, is hitting its stride.
Colorado Has A New ‘Poet Lariat’ Who Can Wrangle Words As Well As Cattle
Terry Nash is an award-winning cowboy poet who draws from his own experience as a rancher on the Western Slope.
As The Blue Mesa Reservoir Dries Out, A Forgotten Small Town Reemerges
Iola has been deep underwater since the reservoir was built and filled in the 1960s. Drought has brought it back to the surface, for now.
Grand Junction Reminds RockyMounts Founder Bobby Noyes Of Old Boulder
The bike-rack entrepreneur and outdoor-recreation activist is moving his Front Range company to the Western Slope.
91-Year-Old Violet Weitzman Was A Genuine Rockford Peach, With The Card To Prove It
She was a pitcher in 1946 for the professional women’s baseball team made famous by “A League of Their Own.”
Grand Junction Was Home To A Top-Secret Manhattan Project Uranium Mill During WWII
All of the domestic uranium used in the Manhattan Project—about 14 percent—came from Grand Junction. The rest came from foreign countries.
This CSU Professor Battled Vandals And Incurable Diseases To Study Ancient Cities
Archaeologist Chris Fisher has researched ruins in Honduras and Mexico, including one called the “Lost City of the Monkey God.”
This Tiny Mountain Town With 3 Full-Time Residents Is Also An Off-Roading Capital
Tin Cup in Gunnison County looks like so many other mining communities-turned-ghost towns, but the locals want you to know it’s very much alive.
These Breathtaking Photos Of Outer Space Were Taken Right Here On The Western Slope
The Grand Mesa Observatory perches on the edge of the world’s largest mesa and peers into the cosmos.
Joe Doak, Who Sat Vigil With Hospice Patients During Their Final Days, Dies At 96
Doak’s devotion to the dying was recently featured in a profile for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
Brewing Beer Takes Lots Of Water. That’s Why This Brewery Donates To Conservation Causes
Many Rivers Brewing on the Western Slope donates 100 percent of its profits to river improvement projects.
Once A Blighted Area, Grand Junction’s Riverfront Is A Hub For Redevelopment
The city’s waterfront was housed junkyards and even a uranium mill. Now there’s a brewery and townhomes, and a outdoor recreation park on the way.
Colorado’s Longest-Serving Sheriff Says He’s Changed, Along With Telluride
Bill Masters has been in office for 38 years, and he’s seeking an 11th four-year term.
Smartphones, Foodies And Even Wildfires Can’t Slow Down The Bar D Chuckwagon
The iconic cowboy-themed dinner theater celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
As Front Range Real Estate Prices Rise, Businesses Migrate To The Western Slope
Outdoors companies including RockyMounts and Timberleaf Teardrop Trailers are drawn to the quality of life and tax breaks.
