Seventy-three artists from 17 states have works featured in this year’s Rockies West National in Grand Junction, and five of them call Carbondale home. It was the first time Carbondale had such representation in the exhibit, now in its 26th year. That’s because it was the first time the Alaprima Painters decided to submit pieces. […]
March 2018
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RFHS, Ross participate in National School Walkout
No signs. No slogans. Roaring Fork High School’s participation in the National School Walkout on March 14 was a quiet affair. While the whole student body shared 17 seconds of silence during a community meeting inside, around three dozen kids and a handful of grown-ups took it a step further by exiting the front doors […]
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What the fashion?
The 10th annual Green is the New Black Fashion Extravaganza took place on Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, at the Carbondale Community Center. Tickets were also sold for the dress rehearsal on March 8. The show has become so popular that if tickets for the 2019 fashion extravaganza were to go on sale […]
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Teachers packing heat
Dear Editor: I ask myself, would I fire my single shot .22 handgun over the heads of my students if I knew the bad guy with a bump-stocked AR15 was ready to unleash 100 rounds in my direction, over the heads of the 30 children that have been crammed into my classroom? That is the […]
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Carbondale over Glenwood Springs
Dear Editor: It’s been just about three years since I moved to Carbondale after 16 years in Glenwood Springs. Never made a better move in my life. The biggest reason I left Glenwood Springs was the traffic. It was frustrating trying to get anywhere between the hours of 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 […]
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Had enough?
Dear Editor: Yes, I have had enough of people in the newspaper getting a lot of gun shootings wrong. Yes, there are terrible tragedies and yes the FBI should have taken Cruz into custody. Yes, the law officer who was a coward decided that he wanted to wait until officers showed up. Big time dereliction […]
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A rancher’s perspective on wolf reintroduction
There are legitimate concerns and consequences to be considered pertaining to the reintroduction of wolves. It is disingenuous to state that opponents of wolf reintroduction base their beliefs solely on myth while wolf advocates use only facts as suggested by Senator Phillips of Montana. The real myth is that anyone could believe that wolves […]
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Vote yes on 2A to renew streetscape tax
As mayor, the most common question I get is “How are things with the Town?” My response usually includes some combination of the following statements: “The Town is doing great. I inherited a great situation where we have an incredible Board of Trustees and a very dedicated staff. We don’t have much money to fight […]
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Laura Stover’s many magics
There are few more potent potions than the Green is the New Black Extravaganza, and Laura Stover contributes several essential ingredients. With this year’s theme of Super.Natural, it’s easy to imagine her gathered around a cauldron with Deborah Colley and Amy Kimberly, substituting textiles and tech for eye of newt and toe of frog. “Anything […]
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Pages of the Past: You’re only old (news) once
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal March 9, 1978 Developers Ernie Gianinetti and Bob Sewell appeared at a town council meeting to negotiate with the town over a clause in the proposed annexation agreement which would require the two developers to bear the cost of a complete water survey for the 50-acre […]