High above the ground, three six-seater Cessna 210 airplanes are flying in formation. Below them stretches the arid landscape that dominates much of the Colorado River watershed. Inside the planes are college students from around Colorado hoping to get a new perspective on the drought crisis in the Colorado River basin. The eight college students […]
April 2023
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – April 13, 2023
Silo reopening After a winter hiatus, Silo announced on social media that the restaurant will soon reopen. Servers and chefs are being hired. For more info, email eat@silofood.com Back Back Back Ellie Barber, formerly of Carbondale’s beloved “Pearl & Wood” band, released her first album as a solo artist on April 7. “Back Back Back” […]
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Under the Big Top (kinda)
The Circus was in town last Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, as the Community Hall at the Third Street Center transformed for “Cirque d’Sopris: Gods and Goddesses.” The show was billed as “a show of youth design, daring and dance,” but more specifically it was a show of fun, fashion, flying (aerials), dance and martial […]
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Branching Out: So much life, right here
Highway 133 rocks. Specifically, the bucolic stretch between the fish hatchery and the KOA. Thanks to ranching and open space, we have a “national park” right here. The diversity of wildlife in this four-mile stretch is more than I’ve seen anywhere else in the state — and that’s with half a lifetime in the backcountry. […]
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Affordable housing at Basalt River Park
On April 11, Town Council convened for a regular meeting to discuss a variety of topics ranging from a new town logo to affordable housing at Basalt River Park for employees of Colorado Mountain College (CMC) and the Fire Department. In his opening comments, Mayor Bill Kane announced that the Motors at Midland car show […]
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Trustees weigh in on statewide housing bill
All trustees were present at Tuesday’s meeting. The audience was filled out by some 30 Colorado Rocky Mountain School students observing local government in action. One spoke during general public comments about the lack of Highway 133 pedestrian crossings from the RFTA station to the roundabout (.7 miles). Mayor Ben Bohmfalk responded that 133 crossings […]
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No BYOB at Carbondale Rodeo, Sweetwater Lake protections advance
Monday, April 10, the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) continued public hearings about the Sweetwater Lake 1041 designation after a morning of approvals and grants. The Funky Bear Café in Battlement Mesa is one step closer to its grand opening after the BOCC approved a hotel and restaurant liquor license for the establishment. And, the Carbondale […]
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CMC approves new bachelor’s degree
Colorado Mountain College (CMC) trustees met at the Dillon campus on March 14 for a regular meeting, during which they approved a new bachelor’s degree program. The Bachelor of Applied Science in Integrated Media will be its eighth bachelor degree offering and will focus on marketing, strategic communication in digital space, content creation, video creation […]
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CRFPD promotes emergency responders
The morning of April 4, the promotional ceremony for 10 members of the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District took place, but only after about a 40-minute delay. As friends and family arrived for the ceremony, conducted at the headquarters in Carbondale, they heard sirens blaring and saw emergency vehicles heading out to the scene […]
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Clay Boland, an epic soundtrack
By Myki Jones Sopris Sun Correspondent At age 92, Clay Boland Jr. is still going strong creating original jazz music. Boland was an accomplished professor of communications and humanities at Colorado Mountain College (CMC) from 1973 to 1995, all while writing, recording and performing as a professional musician. Since age 5, he has written original […]