July 2018

The Western Slope just can’t catch a break. In addition to the now mostly contained Lake Christine Fire,  inciweb.nwcg.gov is tracking a dozen active blazes on our side of the Divide.  The closest to Carbondale is the Cache Creek Fire on Battlement Mesa near Rulison, which was sparked by an unknown source on July 28 […]

Two weeks ago, artist Lindsay Jones was sitting outside her garden-level apartment in Carbondale with a dozen or more wooden plant-inspired shapes scattered on the ground around her. Some as big as six feet around, they were the art pieces for one of her largest art installations to date. She had white flowers with flowing […]

Diane Orlov’s studio space in the Third Street Center is filled with hundreds of carefully stored plates, each harboring glass pebbles in different sizes and colors arranged in different designs. But those plates aren’t the designs’ final destination: they’re pieces that will create a larger whole on an 8-foot-by-12-foot mosaic in Glenwood Springs. Orlov, in […]

Not many people accidentally stumble into Why Cycles, as you have to successfully navigate the Dolores Way commercial maze in order to find its 2605 address. But those who do are rewarded with offerings of a libation from the coffee bar (which, in addition to a sleek espresso machine, features a full lineup of bottles […]

Carbondale’s Full Moon Cruise has waxed and waned, but if history is any guide, this month’s Mountain Fair ride is likely to prove particularly bright. The last time circumstances so aligned, hundreds of cyclists flooded Main Street right after the slideshow, breaking into several smaller groups that still outnumbered most successful months. Other nights, a dozen […]

Having increased regulation of tobacco and decreased taxation for marijuana on the same Board of Trustees agenda seemed like a contrast, but the final outcome on July 24 showed a measure of consistency. Several meetings worth of discussion came to fruition with an ordinance increasing the smoking and vaping age to 21. The Board stopped […]

With the summer festivities and cool mountain nights comes a stern reminder from the Carbondale Police Department to stay safe and refrain from driving while intoxicated. The reminder is especially salient here, because Carbondale sees a relatively high rate of DUI citations compared to neighboring municipalities. In the past year, there were 108 DUI/DWAI cases, […]

July 27, 1978 In a story on mid-valley water battles, Don Sky described a turn-of-the-century dispute in which a farmer threatened to shoot another for stealing his water, but missed and was killed by the alleged thief. By ‘78, however, lawyers were the preferred weapon for the purpose, with the Basalt Water Conservancy District coming […]