October 2018

Next Tuesday, the community will cast their vote on a number of measures, including whether or not to allow Garfield County Public Library District and Colorado Mountain College to sidestep the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Referred to as “de-Brucing” (named after Douglas Bruce, who wrote and promoted the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, a spending limitation […]

The Pitkin County Open Space and Trails team has finalized their draft plan for the proposed Carbondale to Crested Butte trail; they are set to present and discuss it with the Pitkin County commissioners on Nov. 7. The meeting will start at 1 p.m. at the Third Street Center, with the Open Space and Trails […]

Stating that access to beginner-level horseback riding is being compromised in the Roaring Fork Valley, riders in the Carbondale area are lobbying the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to designate its Sutey Ranch property for equestrian use only. The BLM is accepting comments from community members through Nov. 5 about three options (referred to as […]

There are only an estimated five historic homes in America that contain a full collection of the very possessions that once belonged to the original residents. Carbondale’s Thompson House, which was added to the National Historic Register in 2013, is one of them (Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello is another). While most people tend to get rid […]

After more than half a century of contributions to Carbondale, Lee Ann Eustis is ready for fresher minds to take the wheel. Luckily, she’s not going anywhere — as your friends would tell you, she’d be impossible to replace. “Everything she addresses, she does it from the standpoint that it matters,” noted friend and renowned […]