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KBUT News Team
KBUT partners with the county's two weekly newspapers, the Gunnison Country Times and the Crested Butte News, to bring local news and sports stories to the air. Below are bios and pictures of KBUT's on-air reporters.
Gunnison Country Times Reporters
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Chris Dickey
In 2009, Chris Dickey is celebrating his 20th year in the Gunnison Valley. Like many, he first came here to attend school at Western State College. He graduated from there with a BA in business and a minor in journalism in 1993. For the most part, since then he's been working as a community journalist. He's been the managing editor of the Gunnison Country Times since 2002 and the co-owner of Gunnison Country Publications since January of 2006. He originally hails from Colorado's Front Range, on a small family ranch his great-grandfather homesteaded at the turn of the 20th century. |
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Will Shoemaker
Will Shoemaker is a staff writer for the Gunnison Country Times, covering Gunnison city government and general assignments. He’s been involved with newspapers in the Gunnison Valley, off and on, since 2004. Will received a bachelor’s degree from Western State College in 2006 with a major in English Literature and a minor in Journalism, and served as News Editor and Managing Editor of WSC’s student-run Top ‘O the World. During that tenure, he wrote part-time for the Gunnison Country Times. Will worked for MetroWest Newspapers in Brighton, CO for a year following graduation from WSC. He also worked a year at the city desk of the Exponent, an independent, student-run daily at Purdue University. He’s originally from Lafayette, IN.
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Michelle Burkhart
Michelle Burkhart joined the Gunnison Country Times team in the winter of 2006 as a general assignment reporter. She covers the county beat and a smattering of other stories that hit the GCT radar. Michelle hails from the Puget Sound area where she graduated from Western Washington University. Most recently she completed an internship with High Country News in Paonia. Michelle came to Gunnison to escape the heavy traffic of the Puget Sound area, live close to the mountains, play in the snow and work at a small community paper. |
Crested Butte News Reporters |
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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is a staff reporter for the Crested Butte News. He covers local water issues, the town of Mt. Crested Butte, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, and the various happenings south of Crested Butte to Round Mountain. Evan received a BA in Communications from Western State College in 2005 with an emphasis in Journalism and a minor in business. He served as features editor of WSC¹s student-run Top 'O the World for two years. For a stint after college, Evan was a professional DJ and production assistant at KVLE (The Storm). |
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Than Acuff
Than Acuff moved to the Gunnison Valley in 1992 and the huge winter kept him here forever. He started covering local sports for the Crested Butte Chronicle & Pilot in 1994. He spent the next 15 years covering sports while delving into town and county politics coverage before returning to his roots and remaining in the sports realm creating the Sports Barrel in the Crested Butte News. A broadcast version of the Sports Barrel can be heard on KBUT every Wednesday at 2 pm and 8 pm. |
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Seth Mensing
Seth Mensing has been a staff writer for the Crested Butte News since the spring of 2008. He covers county government and the school district, as well as picking up feature story assignments throughout the area. Originally from upstate New York, Seth moved to Colorado in 2003 to finish his degree in journalism at Colorado State University - Pueblo. He now lives with his wife and son in Crested Butte South, where he is close to the mountains he moved here for. |
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Mark Reaman
Mark Reaman is the current editor of the Crested Butte News. He moved to Crested Butte in 1985 and has since been involved somehow at most of the Crested Butte publications as a writer, photographer, editor, publisher or owner. Despite a desire to work less and play more, he has contributed to the Crested Butte Chronicle & Pilot, the Crested Butte Weekly and the Crested Butte News. He graduated from Ohio University in 1981 and now lives just outside of town with his wife and two sons. |
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