January 2019

You may have heard of “that coffee shop in the Third Street Center” but could never quite remember the name. Founder and roaster Lance Norton heard the message loud and clear, so he’s rebranded from Cilundu — meaning ‘mountain’ in Tonga — to Blue Spruce Coffee, a nod to Colorado’s official state tree. “We were […]

Evelina Sutro has just returned from Finland after competing in the 2019 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships on the U23 U.S. National Team. Currently a sophomore at the University of Vermont, Evelina traces her roots back to Carbondale, where she grew up. “I love skiing at Spring Gulch, but I think my favorite nordic skiing […]

Praise Ullr — Spring Gulch is boasting “conditions… about as good as they can possibly be,” according to Michael Shook of the Mount Sopris Nordic Council. That’s particularly exciting this time of year, when organizers are feverishly soliciting donations and generally raising the stoke for the annual Ski for Sisu. Not that it’s a particularly […]

The Planning and Zoning Commission heard proposals for two separate self storage facilities during its Jan. 24 meeting — but only to submit comments to Garfield County, not to make any decisions on the applications, Planning Director Janet Buck clarified. “These are referral items from Garfield County, and P&Z is not the approving authority on […]

Jim Calaway never took no for an answer and never failed to say thank you. It’s an approach that elevated him into the top of Texas business and politics in his youth, helped him inspire a new era of philanthropy in the Roaring Fork Valley and was a source of admiration, amusement and consternation to […]

In a ranching town, hamburgers are serious business. Pretty much every restaurant takes particular pride in their patty, which more often than not comes from a cow that could have been driven through town last year. Diners debate the merits of each — the meat, the toppings, the bun, the sauce — with near religious […]