The doors of opportunity opened wide for two Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) seniors, Yahjairi Castillon and Omar Gomez Rodriguez, who were each awarded full four-year QuestBridge National College Match Scholarships. QuestBridge is a national nonprofit that connects exceptional youth from low-income families with leading colleges. In 2020, they received 16,500 applications from across the […]
January 2022
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Naturalist Nights back with something for everyone
Naturalist Nights, one of the most highly anticipated events of the year, is back and ready to inspire audiences around the Roaring Fork Valley (RFV). Founded by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) in 1998, Naturalist Nights is a free winter speaker series created to connect environmental experts to the local community with the intent […]
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Glasenapp’s ‘Recollectivity’ sees light
Terry Glasenapp, age 72, has a knack for collecting art. Not fancy paintings or bronze sculptures, but the pop art of American culture in motion. As an employee at Colorado Mountain College (CMC), Glasenapp was instrumental in bringing to fruition the Glenwood Springs Arts Council back in 1982. Thanks to CMC, he helped to secure […]
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Naturalist Nights back with something for everyone
Naturalist Nights, one of the most highly anticipated events of the year, is back and ready to inspire audiences around the Roaring Fork Valley (RFV). Founded by Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) in 1998, Naturalist Nights is a free winter speaker series created to connect environmental experts to the local community with the intent […]
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Scuttlebutt and Calendar – Jan. 13, 2022
SCUTTLEBUTT: Cannabis gives LivWell Enlightened Health, a cannabis manufacturing company, donated $60,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Colorado toward its affordable housing construction efforts. The funding came from LivWell’s customers who participated in the business’s “Round Up” campaign. Since Colorado’s stay-at-home order went into effect, LivWell has offered customers the ability to round up their […]
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The flipside to the short-term rental debate
There are two sides to every coin and, following the Carbondale trustees’ Dec. 21 work session addressing Community First Carbondale’s (CFC) proposal to regulate short-term-rentals (STR), a flip-side presented itself. In response to the work session, a contingent of people in favor of short-term rentals formed their own group in the wake of the debate. […]
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Letters – Jan. 13, 2022
The gift of you Money is great. If we have any extra, we ought to spread it out to help others. It is satisfying if done correctly, which means being guided by good intentions. But, don’t forget, we are also great. Even better than money. So we ought to give a little of ourselves, too. […]
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Branching out: Oh, my god, the shoveling?
It’s been 15 years since I’ve lived in a natural setting, and wow. Overnight. Lifestyle. Change. At a slower rate, I’ve been shuttling for three weeks, moving to our new digs. Every time I pass Sunfire, the mouth of the canyon whispers, This is serious stuff. The winds whip; snow gusts. Too sharp a […]
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Pet adoptions surge trailed by surrenders
As people were told to stay home in 2020, due to the initial spread of COVID-19, pet adoptions from animal shelters skyrocketed. However, in 2021, animal shelters across the country have reported a record amount of those same animals being returned, or surrendered, to shelters. Colorado Animal Rescue, better known as C.A.R.E, has an adoptable […]
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Omicron surge en el Valle
Omicron, ya la variante de COVID más prevalente, fue identificada en Sudáfrica a finales de noviembre. Semanas después, se detectó en Colorado y el 15 de diciembre ya había llegado al condado de Garfield. Días después, el 20 de diciembre, el condado de Pitkin reportó su primer caso de Omicron, con un individuo vacunado dando […]