February 2018

Sarah Uhl has been in jail for the last several months and will remain there for the foreseeable future. “It’s endless, how fun it is to say all these things about jail,” she said about her art studio. The Old Jail, part of the Mt. Sopris Historical Society, originally sat at Main and Second Streets […]

Carbondale’s oldest business isn’t afraid to change things up. From its formation in 1950, the Roaring Fork Valley COOP has been an essential stop for ranchers and their ilk. In the years since, the membership-owned store has expanded to include gasoline from Cenex — itself a cooperative — and propane. In 2015, it underwent a […]

By the time you read this, the Dandelion Market may have already closed for good. If not, better get there fast to stock up on what’s left. “Things are flying off the shelves,” said Board Member Erica Sparhawk, who also serves as a town trustee and works as the program director for Clean Energy Economy […]

After numerous setbacks and hurdles, the Sopris Lodge project obtained most of the necessary approvals needed to move forward at the Carbondale Board of Trustees meeting Feb. 27. “It’s been over three years since we originally started working on this project and we came really close to throwing in the towel a few times,” Project […]

Audience members of the Sopris Theatre Company’s closing weekend of “Red” will have the opportunity to be a part of the exploration of the process that is creating art — after all, the works created for the production must be destroyed after the curtain closes on the show. It’s tradition. The play, first produced in […]

With the installation of high speed internet in the Carbondale core nearly complete, Cedar Networks is looking toward potential customers for a sense of where to expand next. “We’re trying to see where the demand is and we’ll go in that direction,” Chief Business Development Officer Chris Stebner said. Last year, the Durango-based company began […]

From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal March 2, 1978 A “changing of the guard” was underway in town government, with the old families giving way to relatively new residents. Some of the pending candidates at the time had barely made their one-year residency requirements. Following four years of growth, the Journal urged […]