What seemed like an unreachable green goal a decade ago was treated as a simple stop-gap on the road to greater sustainability at the March 12 Board of Trustees meeting. According to Town Manager Jay Harrington, an entirely different set of trustees opted out of Holy Cross’s out-of-state wind program around eight years ago in […]
March 2019
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Obituary: Tim Moore
Thomas (Tim) G. Moore, 79, died on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at home in Carbondale. Affectionately known as Tim to many, he was a true gentleman with a great sense of humor. Tim was in the first class at Colorado Rocky Mountain High School in Carbondale. He later attended Middlebury College in Vermont and graduated […]
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Obituary: Annie Markham
Annette Markham (Annie) passed away in Carbondale on Feb. 18, 2019 at the age of 94. Born to Peter and Ruth Glasier, she grew up on a farm near Denver. After graduating from East High School, she earned her degree in English Literature from McPherson College. She married Paul Markham and raised their four children […]
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The start of a new season, even if it doesn’t look like it
Spring sports are like the time they fill — unpredictable but full of promise. With basketball officially over following playoff losses March 1 and 2, the Roaring Fork High School auxiliary gym now hosts a wide array of outdoor sports practicing inside because of snow. Games are scheduled to begin this week, although Mother Nature […]
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Avalanche pros emphasize safety following heavy snowfall
With great snow comes great responsibility. The Colorado Rockies have enjoyed an above average snowpack this season, which means locals and visitors alike have been recreating abundantly in the mountains. But the heavy snowfall has increased the risk of avalanche danger statewide, as well as caused transportation woes such as rockslides and avalanches across highways. […]
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Susie Strode’s legacy echoes beyond the airwaves
It’s difficult to pin Susie Strode down, even posthumously. But that would likely make the music and travel lover smile. Whether DJing as Madame Gumbo on KDNK or hosting one of the myriad performances she curated in the lower Roaring Fork Valley via Music Gumbo Productions or traveling in her camper, Strode always took everything […]
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Webber weaves together print and radio
Megan Webber was of course thrilled to meet journalism icon Bob Woodward, but she admits that probably nobody at the Denver Athletic Club that night was more excited to meet her hero than Webber’s grandmother. “I brought her up to meet him, and she was speechless. The look on her face was priceless — it […]
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TRTC’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ brings audience to its feet
Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) brings John Steinbeck’s depression-era novella vividly to life in “Of Mice and Men.” The action opens with George Milton (Corey Simpson), chiding Lennie Small (Owen O’Farrell) for drinking water from a muddy stream while rough-camping near Soledad. George and Lennie are two “bindlestiffs” who have arrived in California’s Salinas Valley […]
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Yllanes pleads to careless driving, speeding
A Carbondale Trustee who was originally cited for driving under the influence of alcohol pleaded guilty to lesser offenses as part of a deal reached on Feb. 28. Luis Yllanes, 44, was stopped for speeding near the corner of Second Street and Snowmass Ave. just after midnight on Jan. 12. At the time, 9th District […]
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Terri Ritchie finishes stitching together The Sun
is Sun, chances are Terri Ritchie was the one who took all the stories and pictures and pieced them together into a beautiful whole. Now, even as she begins a new role, she’s sewing The Sun in a more literal sense. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Born Therese Gilcrest in California, she lived […]