Being on the healer’s journey for years has led me to explore how holistic healing differs from Western medicine. Particularly it focuses on four levels of health — mental, emotional, physical and spiritual — rather than just the physical body. Many people are surprised to learn of a probable connection between the mind and the […]
March 2023
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – March 16, 2023
Pay as you throw The City of Glenwood Springs approved transitioning to a single hauler collection system for residential trash and recyclables. Services will be volume-based with pricing tied to the size of your trash cart and recycling included for every household. Mountain Waste and Recycling was chosen for a five-year contract following a competitive […]
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Colorado legislature lends focus to youths’ mental health
Mental Health Colorado (MHC) President Dr. Vincent Atchity spoke with The Sopris Sun recently about bills before the Colorado legislature focusing on “a strong start for all children.” MHC is a Denver-based mental health advocacy nonprofit whose work Atchity describes as “looking at the health of the mind across the lifespan for everybody. When we […]
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Carbondale Report: One year in, Trustees begin to refine STR regs
Tuesday’s meeting saw all trustees in attendance for a standard agenda capped with a lengthy executive session “for a conference with the Town Attorney for the purpose of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions.” Presumably, this pertains to a mediation which took place on March 9 between Michael Francisco and the Town of Carbondale […]
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Basalt Report: Fears amid Midland Ave construction
On March 14, Basalt Town Council held a well-attended meeting to discuss, among various things, the Midland Avenue Streetscape Project. The meeting opened with impassioned public comments concerning Midland specifically. Complaints were reiterated by business owners along Midland — especially restaurants — that the construction would occur during their busiest seasons. Without the high summer […]
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GarCo Report: Airport tug-o-war, Trout Unlimited request delayed
Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) met at 9am in Rifle Monday at the Sheriff’s annex near the Rifle Garfield County Airport (RIL). The airport was one of the longer discussions during one of this year’s shorter meetings. Commissioners approved the revised 2023 Airport Development guidelines and then went right into a discussion about, wait for it, […]
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Letters – March 16, 2023
Not so icy Several places in Carbondale improved this winter, especially the Promenade and sidewalks near the Recreation Center. Thank you to those whose efforts were put forth. And, flowers to the road crew who worked during those warm, melting February afternoons followed by deep-freezes overnights that create the tire-shredding ice knives of road ruts […]