With the start of the new school year comes the beginning of the high school fall sports season, and the Rams of Carbondale’s Roaring Fork High are raring to go. Two RFHS teams had away games on the slate this week to open things up, with the girls volleyball team overcoming Grand Junction on Tuesday […]
August 2023
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Keeping social and active with the 100 Club
The 100 Club is a little-known secret here in the Valley, and perhaps that’s because you must have a trained ear to catch wind of it. It’s a boys and girls adventure club, but only those with enough life experience are allowed. That’s right, to be eligible an individual must be over 50. A couple, […]
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Carbondale Report: Tree lovers fill Town Hall
It was standing room only for late arrivals to the Trustees’ regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 22. All trustees were present in-person along with more than 70 members of the public. The majority had something to say about the Forest Service’s plans for a new building, which had minimal opportunity for public input. Because the […]
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Basalt Report: Hearing planned for development on Emma Road
This week, Town Council convened for a regular meeting to discuss items including a potential housing development at 431 Emma Road and the possible timeline for the next stages of the Midland Avenue Streetscape Project. No citizens stepped up during the period for general public comments. Mayor Kane offered praise for the continued success of […]
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GarCo Report: Virtual deputy training, public health takes over mosquito control, new natural gas wells approved
Carbondale resident Richard Votero and Town Trustee Chris Hassig must have gotten up early Monday to speak to the commissioners (BOCC) about the imminent demolition of the U.S. Forest Service Aspen/Sopris Ranger District (USFS) building and surrounding trees in Carbondale. They were not on the agenda so had to be at the meeting and ready […]
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Uinta Basin Railway dead in the water for now, but oil transport still on the table
Uinta Basin Railway (UBR) opponents have reason to celebrate. On Aug. 18, a D.C. Circuit Court judge overruled the Federal Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) December 2021 decision to approve the UBR. Ted Zukoski, attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the plaintiffs in the case, told The Sopris Sun that the STB and […]
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Colorado Extreme da un ejemplo sobresaliente de diversidad, equidad e inclusión
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Colorado Extreme, un programa de hockey juvenil, ha tomado por asalto el centro del valle (y más allá), superando las expectativas dentro y fuera del hielo. En concreto, la falta de diversidad en el hockey es un tema que ha ido filtrándose en todo el país, hasta llegar a la Liga […]