Backstory

BackStory is a production of the Gunnison Country Times. In this week's episode, Times podcast producer attends a Together Again Community Celebration organized by the Gunnison Chamber of Commerce. It was an eclectic party featuring a snowdance, singalong, ribbon cutting to officially open the renovated IOOF Park in Gunnison, and a lot more!

BackStory is a production of the Gunnison Country Times. In this week's episode, Times podcast producer visits the sawmill of Montrose Forest Products to get a tour — and to talk about proposed timber harvest changes in the draft forest plan under consideration by the U.S. Forest Service.

In this episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn discovers the mental health-enhancing properties of skating — and hanging out with supportive and caring people — at the Jorgensen Skate Park in Gunnison, Colorado. The Mental Madness project is the brainchild of Gunnison resident Maddie McCarthy.

In this episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn explores the green thumb magic of Ginny Thomas — a resident of the Mountain View Apartments who has made it her mission to beautify the outdoor spaces around the senior housing units. Thomas wouldn't "toot her own horn" so Coburn does it for her. Give a listen!

In this episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn talks with Western Colorado University geologist Allen Stork and Emeritus professor of Geology Bruce Bartleson — about the explosive and violent history of the Gunnison neighborhood.

In this episode of BackStory, Times podcast producer Anna Coburn pays a visit to 85-year-old Sidney Plotts on the eve of the Gunnison Car Show, where Plotts will display several of his vintage cars. But the tour revealed his collection of a lot more than automobiles. Give a listen!

In this episode of Backstory, Gunnison Country Times staff writer and podcast producer Anna Coburn reports on a traffic accident in Gunnison that ended with a yellow Jeep through the bedroom wall of Katherine Liberatos.

Gunnison Country Times staff writer and podcast producer Anna Coburn spent a July weekend at the 121st annual running of the Cattlemen's Days Rodeo in Gunnison, Colorado. A self-proclaimed "tree hugger," Coburn says she quickly forgot she was on assignment and felt swept away by the sights and sounds — and most of all, the people — of the rodeo.