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TAPP faces falling revenue Eyes turn to CBMR to invest in ski resort upgrades Bella Biondini Times Editor
NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY: (Left to right) Laura Osborne, Jodi Payne, Katie Dix and Arden Anderson cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the new Gunnison Country Food Pantry on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Employees and supporters gathered at the new space on 114 S. 14 St. to celebrate the milestone with food, drinks and a tour of the spacious building. For more, see A9. (Photo by Jacob Spetzler)
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NEWS: Conservation crew marked a succes, A13
COMMUNITY: New coffee roaster Jitter Juice opens doors, B1
OPINION A4, A5, A8 CLASSIFIEDS A15-A18 SPORTS B6 ONLINE GUNNISONTIMES.COM
Local sellers anticipate impact during hunting season Abby Harrison Times Staff Writer
Those interested in purchasing a firearm in the Gunnison Valley will now have to wait three days to pick up their gun, following the passage of a new state law that went into effect on Oct. 1. The new waiting period, one of four recent pieces of gun legislation in Colorado, applies to sales at stores and gun shows.
Library ruling A7
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Colorado’s library-user privacy statute shields the identities of people who want public library books banned or reclassified, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Oct. 5, upholding a 2022 Gunnison County District Court decision. The opinion from two judges on a three-judge panel of the state’s second-highest court is based on the “plain language” meaning of the term “ser-
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vice” in the law, which prohibits libraries from disclosing records or information that identify a person “as having requested or obtained specific materials or service or as otherwise having used the library.” The Gunnison County Library District, Crested Butte News Editor Mark Reaman and the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition each argued that people who ask for certain books to be banned or moved to another section of a library aren’t library “users” whose names should be redacted from “Request to Reconsider Materials” forms disclosed under the Colorado Open Records Act.
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Gun law A6
State rules against Crested Butte News
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The purpose of the law, as expressed by the legislators who supported it, is to create a “cooling off ” period to discourage heat-of-the-moment considerations of suicide or other gun violence. Sellers in the valley are expecting the law to primarily impact tourists and hunters who rely on being able to purchase a gun same-day. Three gun sellers are located in the City of Gunnison, while none exist in Crested Butte. Cody Rowe has worked at the gun counter at Gene Taylor’s for six years and said he anticipates some impact on the business, especially on hunters who are passing through and forget their own firearm or want a new one.
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TAPP A6
New gun law Appeals court creates 3-day affirms library waiting period user privacy
SPORTS: GHS football wins at homecoming, B6
OBITUARIES A3
Next year, the Tour ism and Prosperity Partnership (TAPP), the local organization tasked with marketing sustainable tourism in the Gunnison Valley, is expecting falling revenue for the first time in more than 10 years.