Heather Connor | Your Local Crested Butte Realtor | 970.209.8050. |Heather@cbblackdiamond.com
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Good morning everyone, this is Heather Connor, your Local Realtor, sharing the local news for the Crested Butte and Gunnison Community. My goal is to get you updated on the relevant local happenings, in just a few minutes.
I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday season. Around here we have had clear, bright bluebird days with some below-zero mornings. We also had some snow and with it has been some fun days on the ski resort, but brings extra, extra caution for the backcountry. Personally, I have taken my backcountry excursions to skinning up and skiing down the ski resort in the mornings and a lot of nordic skiing in areas that are safe from potential snow slides. Everyone, please be extra safe and enjoy the snow.
Locally, we also have free coronavirus testing held last week. In Crested Butte 824 people were tested and in Gunnison an additional 800. The results were 1,572 negative cases, 44 positive cases, and 8 with insufficient data. The tests came back with a 2.7% positive rate compared to the 7 or 8 percent which is the state's average. However, in general, there is concern that our valley, due to some concerning cases including 58 new positives, that we may be moved into the next state level, of which we are currently at yellow on the state meter and blue on the county coronameter.
And David Baumgarten has been the Gunnison County attorney for 31 years and at the end of this year will step down. He has held this position since 1989 and Matthew Hoyt will step into the position. While Baumgarten plans to help with the transition, it sounds like he plans to enjoy some time at home and be able to hang out with his dog and kittens.
For further information on any of the topics, you can click on the links to the Crested Butte News. As always, if you are considering purchasing or selling your home in this beautiful valley give me a call. Stay safe out there folks, this is your local realtor, Heather Connor, signing off on the local news.
